Thoughts & Views: Sportsmanship? ‘Show me the money!’

So the sword has fallen on the head basketball coach and athletic director at Rutgers, our…

News from the Kearny Police blotter

Recent reports from the Kearny Police Department blotter included, but were not limited to, the following:…

Spa opens

  Jasmine Foot Spa, 397 Kearny Ave., Kearny, celebrated its grand opening on April 9. At…

Around Town

Belleville Save Monday, May 20, for Clara Maass Medical Center Foundation’s annual golf invitational at the…

Kearny girls win Hudson County Relays championship

      By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Before the Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic League…

Trying year for Belleville softball

  By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer For the first six years of his tenure as…

Harrison’s Dolaghan, NA’s Fego share honors after pitching gems

  By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer It was a pitching matchup that will go down…

Obituaries

Irene Almeida Irene Almeida (nee Moraes) died on April 15in St. Barnabas Hospital. She was 81.…

Fraud charges are family affair

LYNDHURST — A Lyndhurst businessman and family members have been criminally charged in an alleged scheme…

Can you spell ‘busted’?

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – If you had occasion to drive or walk…

Fire death ruled accidental

HARRISON – The death of an elderly woman at a Harrison fire scene last Monday, April…

EPA working on mudflat plan

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – By month’s end, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency…

Recalling local hero & national tragedy

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent NUTLEY– On the morning of April 10, 1963, the USS…

Crumbling factory too close for comfort

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – A distraught First Ward resident appealed to the Kearny…

A mile of meadows goes up in flames

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY — A stubborn brush fire, fanned by strong winds,…