Health officials are on the lookout for a dog that badly injured a man in Kearny’s…
Month: August 2015
Cadets get upclose lesson on 9/11
KEARNY – Last week, we wrote about the Kearny Police Department’s Junior Police Academy and the 50 dedicated cadets who…
Overseas mission for teacher
KEARNY – Before she returns to her teaching job at Kearny High School next month, Jennifer Hansen will be…
‘Dream’ now closer to reality
LYNDHURST – The long-delayed American Dream retail and entertainment complex planned for the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford has…
Library shooting to grand jury
HACKENSACK – A little more than two months after a township man was fatally shot in the Lyndhurst Public Library…
Better late than never on court safety
KEARNY/HARRISON – Maybe the state should throw the book at them. Nine years after the N.J. Administrative Office of the…
Expanded public parking on Grant Ave.?
EAST NEWARK – In the wake of a fire that wrecked a two-story duplex on Grant Ave. next to…
Burglaries top KPD blotter news
Kearny police are on the hunt for a man who allegedly burglarized two Kearny Ave. businesses in the overnight hours…
Thoughts & Views: Refreshing paws on a summer day
If you don’t recognize the photo accompanying this column, you must have neither television nor Internet access. It’s a still…
CORRECTION
A story in the Aug. 19 issue of The Observer misstated the number of jobs that…
Bras, other undergarments taken from resident’s laundry: NPD
An Adams Court resident in Nutley lost several bras, gym pants, socks and other undergarments on Aug. 16 and…
Doing their part to protect anglers
Some of New Jersey’s veterans who’ve seen combat action overseas have returned to the home front to enlist in a…
around town
Belleville Belleville Elks Lodge 1123, 254 Washington Ave., hosts a blood drive on Wednesday, Aug. 26, from 5 to…
Don’t be scammed by fake IRS callers
Nutley Commissioner Steven Rogers is warning the public that criminals are continuing to use sophisticated phone scams targeting taxpayers, especially senior…
Blue Tide looks to reload instead of rebuild
Defending NJSIAA Group I soccer champ features almost new roster It was business as usual for the…
Blue Tide looks to turn tide with new coach Glover Jr.
Pardon Rich Glover Jr.’s enthusiasm as he takes over the moribund Harrison High School football program. Sure, Glover Jr., the son…
Golden Bears will look to improve on gridiron
It was a tough first season in 2014 for Lyndhurst head football coach Rich Tuero. The longtime assistant took…
Help keep kids safe
The Kearny Police Department Traffic Bureau is reminding residents that Kearny public schools will reopen Thursday, Sept. 10. The KPD…
They can dance with the best
Visions Dance Studio of Kearny is proud of its competition team and knows the importance of…
Obituaries
Irene Dorothy Conklin Irene Dorothy Conklin, 61, of Montclair, and formerly of Kearny, died on Aug. 16. Arrangements…
Another mulch fire erupts
KEARNY – Firefighters from Kearny and North Arlington battled a stubborn fire over the weekend at a meadowlands mulch company where fires…
Nutley police arrest man suspected of breaking into Romano St. home
The Nutley Police Department has arrested a man they say is responsible for an Aug. 4…
NA schools update start-of-year procedures
The following updated press release came to us after the last edition of The Observer was…
Saluting Junior Police
KEARNY – Last Thursday evening, 50 youngsters — ages 11-13 — received their diplomas as proud graduates of the Kearny…
Landfill on short leash?
KEARNY – Kearny is preparing to give a big meadows tenant the boot. Letters have gone back…
Short-staffing spells OT woes
KEARNY – Town officials are seeing red around the Kearny Fire Department but it’s not flames that have their…
FedEx Freight pitched for Porete Ave.
NORTH ARLINGTON – The long vacant Bethlehem Steel site on Porete Ave. is targeted for development as a FedEx Freight…
Forget longer school day, educator says
LYNDHURST – Local educator Danielle R. Sammarone is committed to improving performance outcomes for her students – but she’s not convinced…
On Kearny Ave., unwanted attention
KEARNY – A 32-year-old man was arrested last week after he allegedly accosted a 14-year-old girl on Kearny Ave. and…
Brother, can you spare a billion?
Puerto Rico is $70 billion in the hole and Greece is seeking approval from the European Union and the IMF…