By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – Republican loyalist Brian Fitzhenry was rewarded for his longtime service to…
Month: January 2015
Murder-suicide & more: NPD blotter
Details remained sketchy in the wake of what law enforcement agencies characterized as a murder-suicide on Hillside Ave. in Nutley last…
Drug suspects indicted
KEARNY – Three suspects — one from the Bronx and two from Kansas — arrested by N.J. State Police…
Township gets 3 new cops
LYNDHURST – The Lyndhurst Police Department has three new members. Officers Michael LeStrange, Steve Batista and John DeCamp were sworn in…
Today’s vocabulary lesson
Ready for another column on the Great War? (I warned you I was fanatical about it.) This won’t deal with…
Cops nab suspect in church burglary
A man who police described as the “primary suspect” in last year’s theft of a sacred relic – since recovered…
‘Ninja Turtles’ slowed up drug suspects
Two East Orange men who abandoned their car in a Kearny intersection following an accident ended up in the county…
Suspected ‘batter’ busted & more: KPD
You can credit a sharp-eyed Kearny police officer with the arrest last Thursday of a Harrison man wanted in connection…
Fatal shooting ruled suicide by police
KEARNY – The death of a 60-year-old Garfield man, found mortally wounded in his car in Kearny last week,…
around town
Bloomfield Bloomfield Public Library, 90 Broad St., hosts a Book Club meeting Feb. 2, 6:45 to 7:45 p.m., in…
Lyndhurst North Arlington wrestling co-op moves forward
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Mike Goff is in his third year coaching the Lyndhurst-North Arlington High Schools…
QP boys’ hoops: Getting better with time
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The Queen of Peace boys’ basketball team continues to work its way through…
Ford’s long-range shooting boosts Vikings
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The high school basketball season had yet to begin, but the North…
3 plead guilty in teen killing, accused shooter awaits trial
KEARNY – According to published reports, three suspects in the Jan. 17, 2013, murder of 16-year-old Alishia Colon in Kearny, have…
Obituaries
Michael Angelo Cowley Michael Angelo Cowley entered into eternal rest on Monday, Jan. 12, surrounded by his loving family.…
Nutley police, Essex prosecutor, investigating apparent murder-suicide
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Nutley Police Chief Thomas Strumolo announced today that…
Robbery attempt backfires
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Two feisty service station attendants not only refused to be cowed…
Man charged in New Year burglary
HARRISON – Harrison PD believes it has located – with help from the Newark PD – the suspect…
Cops hunt Belgrove burglar
KEARNY – Police are hunting a brazen burglar who smashed the front window of a Belgrove Drive home, ransacked…
Keeping rail talks on track
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – A renewed push for a rail link. More tax abatements.I nfrastructure improvements. These…
No commitment yet on school occupant
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – Holy Cross parish, which has been seeking a new tenant for…
Fire wrecks plastics factory on 2nd St.
A Harrison factory that makes plastic and plaster moldings for ceramics dealers was consumed by a three-alarm fire this past Sunday.…
Surprise ‘visit’
Fatima Cruz of Kearny was maneuvering her car through the parking lot at Jack’s IGA shopping center,…
Facing morals charges
KEARNY – A 37-year-old man who thought he was sending nude photos of himself via cell phone to a…
It only takes a cartoon
In the aftermath of the massacre at the satiric French publication Charlie Hebdo and, subsequently, the attack at a kosher…
Kitchen fire quickly contained
HARRISON – A fire at D’ Carbon, a Peruvian barbecue restaurant at 506 Frank E. Rodgers Blvd. North, last Monday…
News from the Nutley police blotter
Between Jan. 3 and 9, Nutley PD responded to 27 auto accidents, 36 medical calls, 15 disputes and suspicious…
around town
Belleville Belleville Elks Lodge 1123, 254 Washington Ave., holds its monthly breakfast Sunday, Jan. 18, 9 a.m. to noon. Admission…
Nutley girls’ hoop squad experiences growing pains
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Larry Mitschow knew this was going to be a tough season for…
Kearny coach Hill reflects on late father
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Growing up as a female athlete in a male-dominated world in highly competitive Harrison…