Month: November 2014
State champs again!
The Harrison High School boys’ soccer team shows off the NJSIAA Group 1 state championship trophy…
Heck of a way to get home
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – The mercury had dropped to near-freezing last Friday night, Nov. 14,…
90 displaced by 3-alarm blaze
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – A three-alarm fire in an apartment building on Beech St. at…
OCI will reopen, owners say
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – Akitchen fire sent about 30 customers scurrying out of a popular Nutley…
More apartments eyed for Bergen Ave.
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Carlstadt builder Ed Russo is looking to expand a residential development project…
Local taxes up again in borough
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – Borough residents should be getting their property tax bills by…
Vets’ photos wanted for ‘Wall of Honor’
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – This township, which has been in the forefront when it comes…
Thoughts & Views: ‘Phishing’ season is year-round
In my spam folder, there are currently 15 emails: two ostensibly from EZPass telling me I owe toll money;…
3 rescued in Beech St. house fire
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY– The Kearny Fire Department, responding to a Beech St. house fire last Thursday…
Warning: Stop trashing Kearny
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Notice to anyone who views Kearny as their personal trash heap:…
Black ice creates havoc
KEARNY– November temperatures, half-a-month overdue, arrived with a vengeance last week, bringing with them that bane of winter travel: black…
KPD: Mother knows best
A teenage auto-theft suspect who led police on both a car chase and a foot chase ended up cooling…
Merchant stuck with fake bills & more: NPD blotter
A Franklin Ave. business in Nutley was the apparent victim of a counterfeit sting. The business representative informed Nutley PD that…