By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – American Legion Post 99 on Belgrove Drive was the setting Friday…
Month: March 2015
Turf is the way to go
KEARNY – Real grass seems to be headed out with the dinosaurs these days for Kearny’s municipal playing fields.…
‘Dream’ plan nixed by council
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – The township is retreating on one prospective real estate development front…
Stepping up in the ranks
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – These days, Kearny is paying attention to its public safety personnel rosters.…
More library staffing sought
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – The Kearny Public Library, struggling to maintain its services in the face…
Now he’s running Montclair schools
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent Former Kearny schools chief Ron Bolandi has a new administrative school post, this time…
Thoughts & Views: Drive the lane you’re in & don’t foul up
It’s down to the Final Four. No, not NCAA teams. (Since I don’t follow basketball, I have no idea…
Cops use Narcon to save life: NPD
Police intervention prevented a suspected drug-induced fatality, Nutley Police Chief Thomas Strumolo said. A Nutley PD press release said that police…
KPD blotter: You can run but . . .
A 16-year-old Kearny youth who was where he should not have been could have ended up with a trespassing…
34-month sentence for embezzler
KEARNY – A receptionist who embezzled nearly half-a-million dollars from a medical office in Kearny and used fraudulent credit cards…
around town
Belleville The Woman’s Club of Belleville meets the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at its clubhouse,…
Kardinals loom as one of Hudson County’s diamond dandies
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The Kearny High School baseball team won 13 games last spring, but head…
Harrison softball turns to veteran coach Ronga as leader
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer After spending last spring away from coaching softball for the first time in…
Vikings look to improve with solid pitching staff
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer As he begins his eighth season as the head baseball coach at…
Obituaries
George Dock George Dock, 92, died on March 24 at St. Luke’s Hospice in Bethlehem, Pa. Arrangements were…
District OKs refinancing plan; movement seen on KHS job
KEARNY – The Kearny Board of Education is refinancing nearly $16 million in old school bonds in hopes of…
End of an era
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – A piece of Lyndhurst history is destined for the scrap…
Revenue loss dooms post office
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Say goodbye to Kearny’s secondary post office. The U.S. Postal…
Pedestrian killed; ruled ‘accidental’
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – A 70-year-old Kearny woman was fatally injured last Wednesday night when…
Municipal budget still a puzzle
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Will Kearny receive state transitional aid? What will be the outcome of…
Accused burglar & robbery suspect nabbed
The separate arrests of two township men, one on a North Arlington burglary charge, the other on a hefty outstanding…
He bit EMTs after crash, cops say
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – A Paterson man who was involved in an auto accident on…
6 new cops can’t keep pace with retirees
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Six new officers – two with local public safety pedigrees –…
Thoughts & Views: Maybe a Hollywood set crew could help
The U.S. Secret Service wants $8 million from Congress to build a fake White House so its agents can practice…
CORRECTIONS
• Last week’s story previewing a special meeting of the Harrison Board of Education March 24…
He ‘checked in’ to county jail
KEARNY – A Brooklyn man who apparently came all the way to Kearny just to cash a check…
Jurors find Jail official guilty of wiretapping
Following a federal jury trial in Newark, the deputy director of the Hudson County Correctional Facility in Kearny has been…
Potholes will be fixed soon, mayor vows
Now that it’s spring, Mayor Joseph Bianchi is asking local property owners to think ahead about sprucing up the community…
Semiao & Abbott aim for TV hunt show
By Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Correspondent KEARNY – When Fernando Semiao was a younger boy growing up…