KPD: 1 suspect, 6 hours, 3 arrests

At 7:30 a.m., May 2, Kearny police headquarters received a call about a suspicious individual, wearing gloves and possibly trying…

Walker’s potential realized in ‘Brick Mansions’

    By Anthony J. Machcinski  Observer Correspondent  Sometimes you just don’t know what you have until it’s…

The Observer: 127 years of news coverage

By Anthony J. Machcinski  Observer Correspondent  For over 127 years, The Observer has been the leading resource for…

Around Town

Belleville  Belleville High School Music Department presents an instrumental music concert, featuring the BHS orchestra, chamber orchestra, concert band and wind ensemble,…

Then & Now

  The lovely red brick building with the white Doric columns has stood on Kearny Ave.…

North Arlington golf team heads to NJSIAA state sectionals

    By Jim Hague  Observer Sports Writer  Dan Farinola knew that when he took over as head…

Versatility a key for NJCU local trio

    By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer While most of their baseball comrades in the New Jersey…

Kearny’s ‘No-Hit Kid’

Sawyer fires third no-hitter of season in county tourney opener By Jim Hague  Observer Sports Writer …

Burger Bound arrives in Kearny

    One of the latest trends in the new American restaurant landscape is the stylish winebar- burger-joint-milkshake restaurant. What…

Obituaries

Jaime Arevalo Jaime Arevalo died suddenly at home on May 6. He was 89. Born in Argentina,…

ShopRite of Lyndhurst marks grand reopening

    ShopRite of Lyndhurst, an Inserra Supermarkets store, hosted a grand re-opening to mark completion of its comprehensive…

Accreditation for SMMC’s MBC surgery unit

    The Metabolic and Bariatric Center at St. Michaels’s Medical Center (SMMC) earned national accreditation from the Metabolic Bariatric Surgery…

News from the Nutley police blotter

May 4  Police responded to a McKinley St. location at 7:20 p.m. on a report of a large branch…

The Observer welcomes advertiser Chilltown Pet Spa

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Ups & downs of Kearny industry

  By Ron Leir  Observer Correspondent  KEARNY –  A South Kearny business sent reeling by super-storm Sandy has rebounded…