A Lyndhurst woman, a former U.S. Postal Service employee, has been sentenced to 46 months in…
Year: 2013
How can you resist these loving creatures?
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST– Tucked beneath some green awnings at 221- 223 Stuyvesant…
Civilian dispatchers coming aboard soon
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – One year after the town designated East Orange to…
Borough enacts long-term financing plan
NORTH ARLINGTON – In a move that the Democratic majority says will save taxpayers money…
Revised recycling strategy in Belleville
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – Starting Aug. 1, the Township of Belleville will be…
Thoughts & Views: Still plenty of afflictions to cure, here & abroad
The time is out of joint – O cursed spite, That ever I was born to…
WE’VE GOT MAIL
Displacing BOE president ill advised To the Editor: At the July 12, 2013 special meeting of…
KPD blotter: 100 degrees, 106 calls
At 7 a.m. last Wednesday, July 17, the Kearny Police Department logged its 15,000th job for…
Highlights from the Nutley Police blotter
July 18 The representative of a company that delivered goods valued at more than $4,000 to…
Around Town
Belleville Belleville Elks will hold a Type O blood drive, open to Belleville and the surrounding…
Nutley East 12s: On to the state championships
Locals defeat Hoboken to win Section 2 title; head to states in Wallington By Jim…
Lyndhurst Post 139 has pitching in line for postseason
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Before Lyndhurst Post 139 began play in the…
Kearny girls’ basketball camp gives locals a head start
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Eight-year-old Natalie Natalie likes playing basketball a lot. So…
Obituaries
Leo R. Fitzsimmons Leo R. Fitzsimmons died at home on July 12. He was 52. Born…
PVSC repairs sewer line
Last week, the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission closed off part of Schuyler Ave. near the Harrison/Kearny…
BOE faces suit from one of its own
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – And on goes the war. Kearny Board of…
Faulty span delaying dredging
LYNDHURST – The dredging of the contaminated Lyndhurst mudflats on the banks of the Passaic…
Fatal shooting probed by Essex prosecutor
BELLEVILLE – A July fatal shooting in Belleville July 9 is being investigated by the Essex…
Detectors key to safe evacuation
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Working smoke alarms were credited with helping to save…
Big bang in Nutley still a mystery
NUTLEY – Authorities are investigating an outside explosion that took place at 8:45 a.m. Saturday, July…
Spring opening for new health center
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – April 1, 2014, is the projected target date…
Portuguese monument pitched for park
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – As the town’s newest section of waterfront parkland…
Township, schools will share lawyers
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – The N.J. State League of Municipalities says it hasn’t…
Thoughts & Views: Flying with the ‘comrades’
Is “fugitive intelligence leaker” Edward Snowden still languishing at Moscow Airport? As of press time, he…
CORRECTION!
A story about the Harrison East Newark Elks published July 3 contained two misstatements. First, as…
WE’VE GOT MAIL
Who’s protecting the river? Our community is worried with regard to the future of our town…
This eagle will ‘fly’ at the Capitol
Three area students were honored for accomplishments recently by members of Congress from their representative…
‘Huffing’ his way into trouble, 3 days in a row
KEARNY – Perhaps you are familiar with the word already, but your correspondent was not, and…
Around Town
Belleville The Belleville Irish American Association is sponsoring a trip to Wildwood/Smithville/ Ocean City/Atlantic City/ Cape…
Lyndhurst hurler Kelly overcomes struggle with Tourette syndrome
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Maria Kelly noticed that there was something different about…