BELLEVILLE – Interim Township Manager Kevin Esposito’s office is advising residents that, as of Dec. 15,…
Month: December 2014
Stranger than fiction
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY– For nearly eight decades, Theodore Zetterlund of Kearny lay in an unmarked grave…
Church will be restored
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – A local landmark church that was badly damaged by Hurricane Sandy…
2 teens are charged in Kearny arson
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – A cooperative investigation by the Kearny Fire Department and Police Department into…
Those Yuletide fires
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent Have you ever seen a Christmas tree go up in flames? If you answered…
Bianchi focused on redevelopment
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – Redevelopment of the borough’s meadowlands acreage will be “the first priority”…
Arce resigning after 11 years of service
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Now only three remain. A second member of the five-person dissident Democratic…
Improvements eyed at Kearny Point
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – The town governing body is poised to adopt a conceptual redevelopment plan…
Thoughts & Views: A time for remembrance
Do you know anything about the S.S. Leopoldville? That’s a rhetorical question, because odds are you don’t. As Christmas…
Union pickets Passaic Ave. mall site
Members of Local 3, Building Construction Laborers of North Jersey, are picketing a Passaic Ave. mall development site where a new…
KPD: How sweet it is
On Dec. 1, Officers Tom Sumowski and Steve Hroncich, responding to a 3:30 a.m. report of a disorderly person…
ShopRite of Lyndhurst hosts healthy-holidays events
ShopRite of Lyndhurst, an Inserra Supermarkets store, 540 New York Ave., has announced its roster of healthy-holidays and wellness events. All…
Back home & giving ‘Maximum’ effort
By Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – It’s one thing when a brother and sister…
around town
Belleville Belleville Public Library and Information Center, 221 Washington Ave., holds a Saturday craft program, open to all ages, Dec.…
News from the Nutley police blotter
Dec. 1 A Hillside Ave. resident reported a case of identity theft. Police said someone had opened a utility…