Lawrence Davidson Sr. Lawrence J. Davidson Sr. passed away on Monday, Aug. 31. Arrangements were by the Thiele-Reid Family…
Year: 2015
Correction
A story about the fish exchange program in The Observer’s Aug. 26 issue contained two errors.…
100 years of memories
HARRISON – Woodrow Wilson was U.S. president. War raged in Europe and the Luisitania was sunk. Stateside, Alexander Graham Bell…
Farewell to the ‘Voice’
KEARNY – “The Voice of Kearny” has signed off. Diane Malley, who made the scene at the Kearny…
A Heaven ¢entopportunity
KEARNY – Many have been in a situation like this one — especially since 2009 when the Great Recession…
The evidence is in … lots of it
On the evening of Aug. 24, the Kearny Police Department received multiple calls from residents concerned about a plane that was…
Displaced flag poles & more: NPD
A Washington Ave. resident told police he found two, 7-foot metal poles with American flags attached to them on his lawn…
KPD: Temper, temper . . .
A local man was arrested last week and charged with criminal mischief after he was allegedly involved in an assault…
New play surface; possible park do-over
One municipal playground is due for a partial facelift and another may be in line for a full makeover. Lyndhurst…
Thoughts & Views: To celebrate wretched writing
In 1982, the English Department at California’s San Jose State University launched the annual Bulwer- Lytton Fiction Contest, inviting deliberately “wretched writers”…
‘Modest’ tax hit from school projects: CFO
LYNDHURST – Township Board of Education officials have pegged the cost of a new junior high school at Matera Field…
KHS: windows going in now, steel is next
KEARNY – Want to see proof that progress is being made on the ongoing construction project at Kearny High School?…
Nearly full day spent quelling marsh fire
KEARNY – Firefighters last week spent nearly 24 hours in the marshes behind Gunnell Oval, combating a stubborn brush fire…
around town
Belleville Belleville Public Library and Information Center, 221 Washington Ave., announces the following programs for children. Registration is required for…
2 area towns getting Fire Dept. assist grants
U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. (D- 9th), chairman of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, announced that the U.S. Dept. of…