Ready to define ‘normal’ for you

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent  HARRISON –  Those delightfully ghoulish characters created by Charles Addams will be making their…

around town

Belleville  Belleville Public Library, 221 Washington Ave., is holding registration, for a Teddy Bear Tea Party set for Saturday, May…

Cardenas, Mullen earn state gold at NJ state youth wrestling championships

Kearny Recreation sends 5 wrestlers to medal round By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer  The Kearny…

Belleville looks to pitching staff to continue winning ways

By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer After two highly successful seasons, ones that saw his program win a total…

FDU coach Herenda headlines Kearny hoops awards dinner

By Jim Hague  Observer Sports Writer  Greg Herenda remembers when he was an aspiring basketball player, growing up in…

2 nabbed in meth bust

BLOOMFIELD –  Two Bloomfield men, one of whom is confined to a wheelchair, were arrested last week after police executed…

Obituaries

Michael Gaynor Michael J. Gaynor, 54, died on Sunday, March 15, at home in East Stroudsburg, Pa. Arrangements…

Car thieves collared in NA after multi-town chase

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – Two Passaic men driving two stolen cars were…

March 24 Harrison school board meeting time changed

A special Board of Education meeting to unveil plans for a new Harrison school will take…

Former official guilty

By Ron Leir  Observer Correspondent  KEARNY –  Last Monday, March 9, at his second day on trial…

Target parking lot for new school

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent  HARRISON –  If no significant environmental issues arise, the municipal parking lot across the…

Saw pal fatally shot; now he’s shot dead

An East Orange man who was a passenger in a vehicle whose driver was fatally shot by police after a…

Many parents still wary of PARCC

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent  The N.J. Department of Education has adopted a “no opt-out” policy for the administration…

Thoughts & Views: ‘Great gift of faith’

(Editor’s note: Earlier this month, preceding its St. Patrick’s Parade, the Nutley Irish-American Alliance held its annual Mass at St.…

It took a while but MUA rehab is done

By Ron Leir  Observer Correspondent  KEARNY – After year and a half of occupying temporary trailers, the Kearny Municipal…

Still probing how body ended up in river

By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent  BELLEVILLE –  The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and the Belleville Police Department are continuing…

Local government left in the dark

KEARNY –  The roll had been called, the Pledge of Allegiance was recited and the Kearny governing body was…

Images from the 2015 West Hudson St. Patrick’s Day Parade

All Photos By Karen Zautyk

KPD blotter: Cars stolen & recovered

At 4 a.m. last Wednesday, March 11, Officer Kevin Arnesman was on patrol when he spotted three cars, two…

Admitted bank robber faces June sentencing

An East Orange man has pleaded guilty to robbing a PNC Bank in Bloomfield last June, U.S. Attorney Paul…

Business Review: Vito’s Hotdogs brings Sabretts to Harrison & so much more

        Photos Courtesy Vito Casale By Kevin Canessa Jr.  Observer Correspondent  HARRISON – …

around town

Belleville  Belleville Public Library, 221 Washington Ave., is holding registration, beginning March 23, for a Teddy Bear Tea Party set…

How the feds saw the crime

Here, contained in a March 9 press release, is how the U.S. Attorney’s Office described John Leadbeater’s role in a…

STATE CHAMPS!

Nutley wins NJSIAA North 2, Group III title as No. 13 seed By Jim Hague  Observer…

Kearny suffers huge loss with grid coach Edwards’ resignation

By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer It was only two years ago when there was a sense of…

NJIT experiences March Madness in CIT tourney

By Jim Hague  Observer Sports Writer  NEWARK –  Eight years ago, when the New Jersey Institute of Technology arranged for…

Obituaries

Audrey M. Borkowski  Audrey M. Borkowski (nee Mohr) of Kearny entered into eternal rest at Select Specialty Hospital in…

‘Don’t forget his public service,’ says Santos

Kearny Mayor Alberto Santos had this reaction to the news of John Leadbeater’s guilty plea: “The initial charges came…

Don’t shovel, get ticket: NPD

It may be getting a trifle warmer but in Nutley, police have been no less vigilant in trying to…