Police probing attack at local night club

LYNDHURST –  Police reported a stabbing incident at the Rivas Blue night club, 525 Riverside Ave., Lyndhurst, early Monday.…

SMMC urges cataract awareness

    St. Michael’s Medical Center, Newark, advises community members to take control of their eye health and know…

Obituaries

Frances Case Frances Case entered into eternal rest on Monday, Aug. 4. Born in Kearny, Frances was a lifelong…

September meeting on backups

NORTH ARLINGTON –  The borough has completed a jet cleaning of the Geraldine Road sanitary sewer line and a camera…

Sarlo, Sweeney to meet with Giangeruso, press to discuss DeJessa Bridge traffic issues

State Sens. Paul Sarlo and Stephen Sweeney will be meeting with Lyndhurst Mayor Robert Giangeruso and…

Highlights from the Harrison police blotter

July 29 At 1:08 p.m., police were dispatched to a residence on the 100 block of…

Duprees concert in NA cancelled tonight

North Arlington’s Concert featuring the Duprees  that was scheduled for tonight at Riverside County Park, has…

Mounds keep growing

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent  KEARNY –  Those piles of trash being dumped in the Keegan landfill in…

5 seek 3 seats on BOE

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent  KEARNY –  Five candidates, including two incumbents, are seeking three seats on the…

School brass roster shifting

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent  KEARNY –  Looking ahead to the September schools opening, the Kearny Board of…

Fighting for veterans

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent  NUTLEY –  A delegation of the region’s veterans convened at the Nutley VFW to…

Hoping to extend access to riverfront

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent  HARRISON –  It may not compare with the breezes from the Jersey Shore…

Serial-hoax suspect nabbed

By Karen Zautyk  Observer Correspondent  LYNDHURST – On Jan. 31, just two days before the Super Bowl, letters…

Fire engine on auction block

KEARNY –  Want to buy a used fire truck? You’ll have a chance to do so in Kearny…

Getting a leg (or ankle) up on crooked pols

It has been widely reported that the City of London is tackling hooliganism on the public streets triggered by repeated…

‘Charity scam’ in name of slain cop

    By Karen Zautyk  Observer Correspondent  KEARNY –  How low can you go? Not much lower…

Sprucing it up

    The state Department of Transportation is arranging for the sandblasting and repainting of this old…

Red Bulls & SportsCare: perfect together

  HARRISON – The New York Red Bulls, the major league soccer team based in Harrison, has contracted with the…

‘The Hunt With John Walsh’ on CNN is already paying off

By Kevin Canessa Jr.  Observer Correspondent  John Walsh lived every parent’s nightmare back in 1981, when his then…

KPD: ‘Knock, knock’ not funny

An overzealous door-to-door solicitor got himself arrested after an encounter with a 70-year-old woman who wouldn’t put up with his aggressive…

News from the Nutley police blotter

July 26  The manager of a Washington Ave. gas station called police at 12:10 a.m. to report that the…

Around Town

Belleville  A performance by the Library Players, a children’s acting troupe, on Aug. 18 and a Science Fun Workshop…

Kearny youngsters learn at annual boys’ PAL basketball camp

    By Jim Hague  Observer Sports Writer  Ten-year-old Jonathan Muller of Kearny loves playing basketball, but there was…

Ledo new North Arlington girls’ hoops coach

After spending several years as a youth and AAU basketball coach, as well as the last few seasons as the…

North Arlington’s Collins Field gets major facelift

  By Jim Hague  Observer Sports Writer In 2011, Rip Collins Field on Passaic Ave. in North…

Then & Now

    Officially, it was known as the Catholic Protectory, an orphanage for boys in the Diocese…

Obituaries

Isaletta Candeliere  Isaletta Candeliere (nee Nastri) died at home on July 28. She was 91. Born in Italy,…