4 firefighters injured at recycling-plant fire in Lyndhurst

A Thanksgiving Day fire destroyed the interior of a huge paper recycling plant in Lyndhurst. Both…

Season of giving

KEARNY –  The Salvation Army of Greater Kearny, providing religious and social services for needy residents of Kearny, Harrison, East Newark,…

Be wary of ‘IRS’ scamsters

KEARNY –  Scamsters posing as Internal Revenue Service representatives have been bilking American taxpayers for several years now, but recently…

Keeping kitties cozy in winter

KEARNY –  Did you know that exotic fish can help keep a stray cat warm in the winter?…

‘Promedy’ promises lots of laughs

KEARNY –  What happens when a student government leader, theater geek, science whiz nerd, cheerleader, newspaper hound and football jocks, among…

BOE prodded by teachers; names principal

KEARNY — An out-of-town school administrator with ties to Kearny has been hired as the new principal of Kearny High School.…

Town seeks fix for school traffic hazard

KEARNY –  Rosalia Diaz Colon is a Kearny parent standing up for safety. Colon, whose son attends Franklin School on…

Thoughts & Views: What about our homeless people?

It’s rather interesting that the terror attacks in Paris a few weeks ago have opened up a discussion in…

WE’VE GOT MAIL

‘SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT’ To the Editor:  Your article of Oct. 27, 2015, “Township probing BOE,” left out…

News in brief

KEARNY –  So far, the transition from the old Meadowlands tax sharing formula to a tax on meadows hotel…

Resident was triple-scammed victim: NPD

A Nutley man says he was the victim of identity theft after someone allegedly applied for two car loans and…

Pantry providers

The students at Queen of Peace Elementary School, North Arlington, collected food for the Queen of Peace…

Lawmaker charged with taking bribe

BLOOMFIELD – Bloomfield Councilman Elias N. Chalet was arrested last week and charged with allegedly soliciting and accepting a $15,000 bribe…

around town

Belleville The American Legion, 621 Washington Ave., hosts a fundraiser for Toys for Belleville Tots on Dec. 11, from 7…

Train spills toxic soil from Roche site

NUTLEY –  A train reportedly carrying contaminated soil from the former Hoffmann- LaRoche site derailed Saturday afternoon near the intersection of…

Marck father, son become opponents on football field

Anthony Marck said that his oldest son, Zack, took a liking to football when he was just a toddler.…

Seton Hall’s Gordon lives with being openly gay

SOUTH ORANGE – Derrick Gordon took a huge gamble last year, while at UMass, when he became the first active college…

Lyndhurst girls’ volleyball enjoys best season ever

The Lyndhurst High School girls’ volleyball team enjoyed the best season in school’s history, winning 21 matches and advancing to the…

New periodontist joins Smile & Implant Center

Dr. Blair Schachtel announces that Dr. Anna Brunetti has joined his practice at the Smile and Implant Center, Kearny, as…

Nutley’s Tucci Jr. to chair PVSC board

NEWARK –  Nutley resident Thomas Tucci Jr. has been elected chairman of the newly reorganized Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission board of…

Obituaries

Maria do Ceu Carinha Grilo  Maria do Ceu Carinha Grilo passed away at home on Nov. 17. She…

The Observer’s office will close Thanksgiving Day, Friday after

The Observer's office will be closed Nov. 26 & 27 in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday.…

Lessons from Paris

NUTLEY –  A couple of weeks after the 9/11 terror attacks, a Nutley woman contacted the local Police Department with…

Recipe for career in cooking

KEARNY –  Pastry sous chefs Chase La- Corte and Gian Frank Narvaez were busy collaborating on creating mille mango…

4 suspects charged in kidnap plot

LYNDHURST –  Four suspects have been arrested in connection with the alleged kidnapping of a Mahwah resident in Lyndhurst 10…

Honoring America’s veterans

KEARNY –  Timothy Kelly is only 42 but he has spent nearly half his life in military service. Born…

Tavern hit with extended closure

KEARNY –  The proprietor of a troubled Kearny tavern has agreed to “do the time,” and then some. Currently…

5-year build-out for Passaic Ave. project

KEARNY –  The final product is still at least five years down the road but at least Kearny…

All systems go for dog park

It looks like, finally, Kearny canine worshippers will have plenty to yap about now that the town governing body has…

He was a beacon of light to the world

With all the talk coming out of the Presidential debates about controlling the rising tide of immigration – and with the…