9/11 charity scammers plead guilty

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent Last May, The Observer carried a story about two “alleged…

Bank robber gets away with $1,100

EAST NEWARK – Seventeen days after a bandit robbed a Kearny bank, another bank just a…

KPD blotter: ‘Never off watch’

Two Kearny officers — one off duty, one on — combined forces to take down a…

Thoughts & Views: Here’s looking at you, gov

Even before Gov. Chris Christie’s lengthy pity-party press conference last week on the George Washington Bridge…

CORRECTION!

A story in last week’s Observer mischaracterized Kearny Mayor Alberto Santos’s length of service as the…

WE’VE GOT MAIL

GIFTS APPRECIATED To the editor, I would like to thank all of the senior citizens and…

Hope to bring psychic’s life to small screen

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Karl Petry is in touch with things beyond…

Around Town

Belleville Belleville Elks Lodge No. 1123, 254 Washington Ave., hosts its monthly breakfast on Sunday, Jan.…

Blue Tide making big stride toward respectability

  By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer When he was first growing up in Jersey City…

NA girls: Trying to get through injuries

  By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Karen Smith had high hopes for her North Arlington…

Golden Griffins look to improve with veteran team

By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer As the Lyndhurst recreation coordinator, Paul Passamano has been involved…

Kearny native now at the helm

    KEARNY – Kearny’s newly appointed acting superintendent of schools is poised to take the…

Obituaries

Frank Goresh Frank Goresh passed away on Sunday, Jan. 5, surrounded by his family. Born on…

Consider dental care for the New Year

  Happy New Year from the staff and doctors of The Smile and Implant Center, 837…

News from the Nutley Police blotter

Jan. 10 Several Nutley High School students reported that their cellular phones were removed from the…

BREAKING: Nutley police seek help locating 16-year-old girl

The Nutley Police Department is seeking help to find a missing girl. Christina Simeonidis, 16, was…

Hydrants will be tested Jan. 13 in North Arlington

The Passaic Valley Water Commission and borough fire department volunteers will be testing fire hydrants in…

Unhappy New Year for carjack suspect

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent  KEARNY – A 26-year-old Newark man was languishing in…

Adding but also taking

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – The Township has hammered out a new labor…

Town rethinking ‘exempt’ pay package

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – With Christmas in sight, Mayor Alberto Santos and the…

Kearny EMS out, MONOC in at Harrison

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – The Town of Harrison has a new tenant…

2014 forecast: ‘Trying to contain taxes’

  KEARNY – Sworn in for his 12th consecutive term as Kearny’s chief executive at the…

Thoughts & Views: Keys to my newspaper kingdom

  On New Year’s Eve, a typewriter repairman in Manhattan hung up his ribbons, so to…

Take a quick trip to Manhattan, and you’ll love ‘The Gong Show Live Off Broadway’

Leslie Gold ‘The Radiochick’ brings it to New York with all trimmings of old TV show…

KPD blotter: Could you be a bit more conspicuous?

And the first person to be locked up in Kearny in the New Year was (sound…

Around Town

Bloomfield Oakeside Mansion, 240 Belleville Ave., is hosting an open house on Sunday, Jan. 19, from…

Then & Now

  Last time, we had a photo of people ice skating on the Passaic River between…

Belleville girls’ basketball team has higher hopes

  By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The Belleville High School girls’ basketball team won 10…

Kearny wrestling: Trying to instill pride

  By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer For 14 years now, as the head coach, Tony…

Harrison girls’ hoops squad doesn’t skip a beat

  By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer It’s not an easy task when your girls’ high…