By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – An arbitrator has dismissed 12 of 13 tenure charges filed March…
Month: August 2014
Kearny band ‘A Midnight Tragedy’ has its eyes set on big goals
By Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Correspondent KEARNY — You’d almost think that a kid who grew up in…
Feds tie area druggist to illegal OC scheme
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NEWARK – A Belleville pharmacist and 15 others have been charged as alleged conspirators…
Logged on the Nutley police blotter
Aug. 9 A San Antonio Ave. resident reported that someone was placing harassing notes – some very offensive –…
Around Town
Belleville Belleville Public Library and Information Center, 221 Washington Ave., will hold registration, beginning Aug. 20, for its Music Together…
Kardinals have chance to be good soccer squad
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The Kearny High School boys’ soccer team enjoyed a highly successful season in…
So much for summer, it’s time for fall sports
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Well, you think there’s still time to get out the suntan lotion, hit…
NA’s McCarthy remains king of New Jersey football scouting
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer He’s now 72. His health in recent years hasn’t been great, battling…
Senior housing project advancing
HARRISON – The 15-unit, 3-story apartment building billed as affordable rental housing for senior citizens – the first such…
Sobering reminder for all drivers
Police departments in four Observer communities are among 195 New Jersey law enforcement agencies that have been awarded grants to fund…
Notes from the KPD blotter
A Schuyler Ave. couple got a rude awakening early Saturday, Aug. 9, when a driver crashed his station wagon into…
Obituaries
Josephine ‘Josie’ Helene Aleniewski Josephine “Josie” Helene Aleniewski, of Rumson, formerly of Harrison, passed away on July 22. She will…
Prepping for opening
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – When the bell rings for the opening of classes at the…
Eyesore will soon be gone
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – At the top of the Oval, there’s a small square…
Vehicular homicide charge in fatal crash
A Union City truck driver has been charged with vehicular homicide in connection with a N.J. Turnpike crash that claimed the…
Kearny ‘Night Out’
Photos by Karen Zautyk On Tuesday, Aug. 5, the Kearny Police Department sponsored its annual National Night…
Celebrating Nutley’s history
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – If you were a kid, where would you opt to…
New superior among the Bravest
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – On Jan. 20, 2013, Kearny firefighters were battling a fire at…
Two-time loser
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – A 50-year-old Nutley was sentenced last week to four years and seven…
Thoughts & Views: ‘Wretched writers welcome’
The Bulwer-Lytton Contest winners for 2014 have been announced, and I feel compelled to share some of them with you. I…
Cat colony conundrum
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Controversy over how to deal with a cat colony in the…
News from the KPD blotter
Aug. 1 At 1:30 a.m., Officer Derek Hemphill responded to the report of a hit-run accident on the 200…
‘Polarized’ impossible to put down after picking it up
By Ryan Sloane Observer Correspondent With some summer night’s heat so oppressive you don’t want to venture outside, there’s…
New wellness center in Harrison
Pedestrians walking along Frank E. Rodgers South in Harrison lately may have noticed a new storefront open up…
Around Town
Belleville A performance by the Library Players, a children’s acting troupe, on Aug. 18 and a Science Fun Workshop…
Call him the ‘Golden Boy’ of the ring
North Arlington teen Cammett aspires to become professional wrestler By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer …
McCourt, O’Neill got coaching starts in Kearny
Thirty years ago this fall, Kearny High School enjoyed a soccer season to remember, perhaps the greatest single year in a…
Nutley’s Papaccio finds new baseball home with Rockland Boulders
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer After getting drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 18th round of…
Then & Now
Regarding the site depicted in this week›s ’Then’ photo, the following description is by William C. Brigham…
Logged on the Nutley police blotter
Aug. 2 At 3:29 a.m., police responded to a call of a motor vehicle crash on Franklin Ave.…