Raymond Bush, Allen Henry and Robert Kapps, members of Kearny Fraternal Order of Eagles, we re inducted…
Year: 2015
Feline-friendly efforts recognized
KEARNY – Last Tuesday, the Kearny Town Council greenlighted a plan by the TNR (Trap/Neuter/Release) program to install cat shelters and…
Check out voucher coupons at market
KEARNY – The wine is gone, but a bakery is hoped for and periodic public healthrelated booths are joining…
Thoughts & Views: Some things on my mind …
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is playing the “Ugly American” role to the hilt, if news accounts about veiled efforts to…
WE’VE GOT MAIL
‘THINK TWICE BEFORE KILLING DOGS’ To the Editor: Every morning and night, I ride my skateboard to…
Behind hijacking was bigger scare
A man who allegedly hijacked a tractor-trailer cab in South Kearny got a bit more than he had bargained for…
Bad hose makes good zoo product
The Lyndhurst Volunteer Fire Department recently made an unhappy discovery which it turned to good use. As is required…
From trailers to basement
KEARNY – The last piece of the new Kearny Board of Education facility on Midland Ave. – two basement…
Brush to attack plaque, advises Smile Center
One of the easiest dental problems to spot is a buildup of plaque, the soft, sticky layer of bacteria…
KPD: 2 nabbed with phony $50s
Two Newark teenagers were arrested July 10 for allegedly attempting to pass counterfeit bills at businesses along Kearny Ave. Reports…
Business Review: No one puts on a move quite like Action Transfer & Storage
If you’ve ever moved from one home to another, you remember it all too well: it was a pretty…
around town
East Newark West Hudson Brave Women Fighting Breast Cancer meets the last Friday of every month, 7 to 9…
Kearny Kids’ Kamp draws crowd of baseball-loving youngsters
Although he’s far from actually grabbing a baseball and heading to the pitcher’s mound to throw in a Little League…
Harrison holds summer hoops camp
When Noel Colon got the job as the head boys’ basketball coach at Harrison High School, he knew that it…
Kearny wins Lyndhurst Junior League baseball crown
For the last quarter century – 26 years to be precise – Lyndhurst has hosted a fantastic baseball tournament strictly…
New cops, firefighters are multi-skilled
Of the 15 new cops hired , 11 are Kearny residents and four live in Newark. And, of the…
Obituaries
Leo A. Koncher Leo “Lee” A. Koncher passed away on July 4 at home. He was 57. Born…
Youth arts association concert is Thursday night in Lyndhurst’s Town Hall Park
The Lyndhurst Youth Performing Arts Association sponsors its second summer event with a free concert Thursday,…
A tangled web, indeed
BELLEVILLE – He once designed and maintained the township’s web site. But now Michael Melham is entangled in a…
Were you delivered by NJ poet?
RUTHERFORD – Those of you with a literary bent have heard of the celebrated 20th-century poet William Carlos…
Consultant defends his work
NORTH ARLINGTON – Robert Ceberio, retained earlier this year by North Arlington as its redevelopment consultant, duked it out –…
Play space fix nearer?
KEARNY – Town and school officials in Kearny appeared to be edging toward an agreement for a new basketball court…
Hearn named acting police chief
NORTH ARLINGTON – Borough Police Capt. John Hearn was named acting police chief by Mayor Joseph Bianchi at last…
Spat with fire chief leads to firing
EAST NEWARK – An East Newark volunteer firefighter has been fired following a verbal blow-up with the chief of the…
Community Garden continues to grow
KEARNY – For more than two decades, his profession was police officer in Kearny but Bob Edwards has been…
Thoughts & Views: Straight from the shark’s mouth
Following our June 24 column, in which we celebrated the 40th anniversary of “Jaws,” we received a call from an Observer…
Seeking to boost recycling efforts
NORTH ARLINGTON – North Arlington has applied for a $5,000 N.J. Department of Environmental Protection Bonus Recycling Grant to promote recycling…
Essex tributes to ‘first patriots’’
July 4 was marked as America’s Independence Day with public ceremonies in Belleville and Nutley. At the historic cemetery…
‘Shots-fired’ call leads to discovery of body
NORTH ARLINGTON – A man has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the Riverview Gardens apartments just off…
While in jail, he’s charged with more crimes
KEARNY – A 26-year-old Newark man, Onajii Campbell, has been charged in connection with two overnight break-ins that occurred here in…