Thoughts & Views: In praise of lousy prose

If you love good writing, you probably also love bad writing–providing it’s deliberately bad. It takes…

Mirroring real life in art: sex abuse & gangs

  By Ryan Sloan Observer Correspondent (Updated) At 25, she’s already written two fiction books. And…

Author explores at-risk teen girls’ behavior

By Laurie Perrone Observer Guest Correspondent “Bad” is an intriguing young adult novel about teens overcoming…

Never too young to learn to dance

  Now in its 17th year, Visions Dance Dance Studio of Kearny is offering a new…

Around Town

Belleville Tickets are now available for St. Peter’s Rosary Confraternity’s annual Communion Breakfast to be held…

Local hoop enthusiasts get tips from Hall of Fame coach Hurley

    By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer It all started three years ago, when Ron…

Riverside County Park will be home to both NA, QP this season

  By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer If you take a drive around the area’s high…

A battle of champions in Lyndhurst, for a good cause

  By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer It started out as a simple idea and blossomed…

Obituaries

George P. Blauvelt George P. Blauvelt of Bloomfield passed away on July 23 at home surrounded…

Score Mentors offer lifeline to Sandy-hit NJ businesses

While New Jersey continues to re-build in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, many small businesses are…

From ‘honor system’ to ‘palming’?

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – To scan or not to scan? That is…

KFD in top gear with new trucks

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – A few weeks back, in our article about…

They’ll be studying in style this fall

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – When he heard that he’d be looking…

Mudflats cleanup starts in Lyndhurst

  LYNDHURST – After many months of planning, it has begun. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock…

He’s in the money: $19M

  It happened by accident. One of the regulars, as store employees describe him, came into…