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…