EAST NEWARK – It appears that East Newark will not have a shot at expanding off-street resident permit parking…
Year: 2015
Public asked to report health concerns
Belleville is reaching out to its residents for help in cleaning up the township. The Belleville website allows residents…
Mid-Realty supports battle against cancer
Mid-Realty, 572 Kearny Ave., sponsors a fun-filled family event on Oct. 3, from noon to 4 p.m., to raise…
Man arrested in aftermath of attack
HARRISON – A Harrison man has been arrested for allegedly driving away a suspect wanted in an armed attack…
KPD: No holiday for Walmart suspect
The man in the mugshot accompanying this week’s KPD blotter began his Labor Day with a visit to Walmart and…
Thoughts & Views: ‘The Miracle of Stairway B’
Every Sept. 11, The History Channel (for once living up to its name) broadcasts actual history programming — dealing with the…
Suspected car burglars nabbed: NPD
NUTLEY – Nutley police have arrested and charged two — a 22-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy — after catching…
2 charged in car burglaries: LPD
Two Lyndhurst teens allegedly targeting parked automobiles were collared in the early morning hours on Sept. 4. Police said they…
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Belleville Belleville Public Library and Information Center, 221 Washington Ave., announces the following programs for children. Registration is required for all…
PATH system getting much-needed upgrades following Sandy
U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and U.S. Reps. Albio Sires (D-8th District) and Donald Payne (D-10th District) recently joined the Port…
Nutley starts grid season with style
Maroon Raiders win opener, 62-12 Nutley High School head football coach Tom Basile knew that the 7-3 record that…
Blue Tide girls’ soccer: Moving forward
When Raphael Viana took over the Harrison High School girls’ soccer program last year, coming back to coach girls’ soccer at…
Kearny football turns to new coach Kryzanowski
After spending the last 12 years as an assistant under three coaches with the football program at Kearny High School,…
Value Act Cleaners opens in Kearny
Newark-based Value Act Cleaners plans to shake up the competition by offering a low-price strategy and same day service…
Obituaries
Elizabeth Ann Claxton “Beth” passed away peacefully at home on Sept. 7. She was 56. Born in Montclair,…
Diamond Jubilee
KEARNY – This Sunday, Sept. 13, Our Lady of Sorrows Church, at Davis and Bergen Aves., will mark its…
Showdown looming on O.T.
KEARNY – Town officials and union representatives are still grappling over what to do about finding overtime pay for Kearny…
Prepared to party hardy
BELLEVILLE – Once again, Belleville is getting ready to party. On Wednesday, Sept. 16, Mayor Raymond Kimble and the…
Courtyard at Lincoln School going green with urban garden
KEARNY – As fall classes resume this month, there’ll be a new look to Lincoln Middle School as it…
See WTC beam during NA 9/11 observance
NORTH ARLINGTON – A steel beam recovered from the WTC, donated to the North Arlington Volunteer Fire Department by the…
Driver nabbed in highway hit-run
A Belleville man was being held in the Bergen County Jail on $100,000 bail following his arrest last week on…
KPD: Truck was weapon, fuel was vodka
Shortly before 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 1, Officer Jay Ward was directing traffic in a work zone at Schuyler…
We’re all in this together, folks
As we hurl headlong into another presidential nomination cycle, it’s an opportune time for all of us to step back…
CORRECTION!
A story about the fish exchange program in The Observer’s Aug. 26 issue contained two errors.…
3 robbery suspects collared
KEARNY – A Saturday night party in a Quincy Ave. backyard morphed into a crime scene Aug. 29 when…
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Belleville The Township of Belleville will hold its “We Remember Sept. 11, 2001” ceremony on Friday, Sept. 11, at…
Men’s Wellness Day upcoming at SMMC
St. Michael’s Medical Center, Newark, hosts a “Men’s Health and Wellness Day” in partnership with the American Cancer Society and…
Vikings hope to stay healthy, more competitive this season
The 2014 high school football season was rolling along for the Vikings of North Arlington. They had just won their…
Amid turmoil, QP’s grid team trudges on
It has not been an easy offseason for the Queen of Peace football program. First, former head coach Bob Kearns,…
Lyndhurst boys’ soccer: dramatic improvement in 2015
Denis Jelcic begins his second season as the head boys’ soccer coach at Lyndhurst High School, knowing full well that the…