Feb. 15 At 8:40 a.m., police responded to a report of criminal mischief at a Harrison…
Month: February 2014
Nutley police need help finding missing girl, 17
Nutley Police are investigating the disappearance of 17-year-old Judith Hicswa. She was last seen Monday, Feb.…
Still seeking consensus on 9/11 steel
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – Some three years after the North Arlington Volunteer…
Tainted firm sues Kearny
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – The law firm founded by Port Authority of New…
Overall decline in Kearny crime in ‘13
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – The Town of Kearny’s 2013 Uniform Crime Report Index…
Roche sale process set in motion
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – A global investment management firm specializing in real estate…
Ready to flex their tech muscles
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – The climbing mercury notwithstanding, winter is still with…
New fiscal personnel in borough
NORTH ARLINGTON – Eugene Leporiere has quit as the borough’s newly hired CFO, just four weeks…
Want to visit Bergen Co. Jail?
Miscreants arrested in North Arlington or Lyndhurst are liable to end up in the Bergen County…
Kearny’s ‘Policeman of the Year’
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Detective Michael Gonzalez has been named the Kearny…
Thoughts & Views: On the road again … and again … and again…
So 2016 could see two New Jerseyans vying for the highest office in the land.…
Ambulance fees targeted for hike
LYNDHURST – It looks like out-of-towners, with certain exceptions, will be paying more for a ride…
KPD: Suspect nabbed on 50G warrant
A Virginia woman, wanted on a $50,000 Kearny robbery warrant, was arrested Feb. 11 when she…
C.O.A.L.G. coming to Centanni’s
By Anthony J. Machcinski Observer Correspondent While the heavy snow and frigid temperatures don’t exactly…
Business Review: Legal expertise at Brady, Brady & Reilly
By Antthony Machcinski Observer Correspondent There is a difference for people who simply have a…
Then & Now
This week’s ‘Then’ photo comes from a 1908 postcard, which unfortunately does not identify…
Around Town
Belleville Belleville UNICO sponsors a bus ride fundraiser to the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City on…
NA track: Not bad for a first-year program
Sending three athletes to the NJSIAA Meet of Champs By Jim Hague Observer Sports…
Meadowlands Museum remembers fallen Marshall football players
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer November 14, 1970, is a day that will be…
Nutley takes home 3rd straight NJSIAA District 14 crown
Belleville crowns three district champs By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Nutley had captured…
De Grace Plumbing: 20 years & thriving
By Anthony J. Machcinski Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – Drivers traveling through the area for the…
Obituaries
Angelo Buttiglieri Private arrangements for Angelo Buttiglieri were by the Armitage and Wiggins Funeral Home. Mr.…
UPDATE: Missing Nutley teen found safely
A teenage girl from Nutley who was reported missing since Feb. 11 is back home, Nutley…
‘A true Harrisonian’
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – Harrison lost its longtime chief executive when Mayor Raymond…
Close call for basement fire victim
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Restricted space in a basement apartment challenged firefighters who…
Fierce competition among towns for salt
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent With forecasters predicting a snow and ice blizzard in the making…
Heavy snow causes Devon St. roof collapse
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – It was only a matter of time. And of…
Cop hurt in Kearny Ave. mele; 4 arrested
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY– Four people were arrested and four police officers were assaulted…
Thoughts & Views: Moments of triumph
Among the happy events associated with Mayor Raymond McDonough and his beloved Harrison in recent…
Is Clark Thread project unspooling?
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent EAST NEWARK – Since its courtship and conditional designation in May…