Girls get ready for hoop season in Kearny league

By Jim Hague  Observer Sports Writer The start of the high school basketball season might still be four months…

Viana new Harrison girls’ soccer coach

By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer After graduating from Harrison High School in 2004 as one of the best…

Nutley’s Ortiz named to Team USA U-15 national baseball team

    By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer  Although he had a stellar 6-0 record with a…

Attacked by bees & other news from NPD blotter

Police responded to Booth Park on July 24, at 4:59 p.m., after getting a call about a female who…

Obituaries

  Josephine Helene Aleniewski Josephine Helene “Josie” Aleniewski, 88, of Rumson, formerly of Harrison, died peacefully…

NAPD seeks man who allegedly passed 4 fake $100s

The North Arlington Police Department  is currently investigating an incident involving use of counterfeit $100 bills…

W.H.A.T. presents ‘The Addams Family’ July 30-Aug. 2, including preview tonight at Angry Coffee Bean

KEARNY — Teen Drama, a theater company for teens celebrating its fifth anniversary this summer, in…

Images from funeral procession for Jersey City police Detective Melvin Santiago

Farewell to a brother in blue

On Friday afternoon, regular traffic came to a halt on the Belleville Pike and Ridge Road to open the…

State eyes raising part of Pike

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent  KEARNY – The Rt. 7/Belleville Turnpike corridor which runs through Kearny’s meadows area and…

Taxes up on average by $244

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent  KEARNY –  Now that Trenton – even without a gubernatorial endorsement by the…

Wild pursuit ends with 3 arrests

LYNDHURST – It started as an alleged speeding incident and led to a frantic chase that ended in three…

Builder targets eyesore

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent  NUTLEY –  A 36-unit residential development being pitched to the Nutley Zoning Board of…

Learning to protect & serve

By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent  KEARNY –  Last Friday, in a ceremony at Lincoln School, 36 youngsters graduated from…

Highway homicide arrests

Following a month-long investigation, authorities have arrested a Newark couple in the June 12 slaying of a Hackensack livery-cab driver who…