Thoughts & Views: Mars? Tempting but focus on Earth first

After listening to President Obama’s most recent State of the (Dis) Union speech last Tuesday night, I couldn’t help thinking, I’d…

CORRECTION

A story in the Jan. 13 issue of The Observer about a fire at Plaque Art…

Have you seen these suspects?

BELLEVILLE –  Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Belleville Police Chief Joseph Rotonda are seeking the public’s help in…

Guns, ammo & more: KPD blotter

Last Thursday evening, Kearny police responded to the report of a man with a gun in a home on…

Another suicide & more: NPD blotter

Nutley PD has labeled the death of a 49-yearold Washington Ave. man initially discovered unresponsive at his home as a suicide.…

around town

Belleville  Belleville Public Library and Information Center’s Children’s Room, 221 Washington Ave., announces the following activities: A Hibernation Party kicks off…

Sought in fatal accident, she fled to Brazil, cops say

By Karen Zautyk  Observer Correspondent  HARRISON –  A Harrison woman has been indicted on two counts of…

Four Nutley wrestlers earn Essex tourney titles

Bellevillle’s Greene also earns county gold By Jim Hague  Observer Sports Writer  Nutley High School wrestling coach…

Buccaneers hope ECT win is a solid start

By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The boys’ high school basketball season was not going according to plan for…

Kearny’s Fernandes emerges as dominant inside force

By Jim Hague  Observer Sports Writer  When Emilia Fernandes was in eighth grade, still in the fledgling stages…

Obituaries

Michael ‘Mike’ Boyd Michael “Mike” Boyd, 76, of Pocono Lake, Pa., formerly of Harrison, died on Jan. 19.…

3 arrested in Nutley robbery

NUTLEY — At 12:50 a.m., Jan. 18, a Nutley police officer noticed three young men fleeing…

3 displaced, 1 injured in Belleville fire

BELLEVILLE – Three township residents were displaced and one was injured by a fire that heavily…

From Kearny Mayor Alberto Santos … RE: the snow emergency

The Kearny Office of Emergency Management, in coordination with the Kearny Police and Fire departments, Kearny…

Closures for Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 26 & 27 (ongoing list)

Here’s an ongoing list of local closures as of 5:39 p.m., Jan. 26. We’ll update this…

Nutley Library closing today at 1 p.m.

The Nutley Public Library will close early Monday, Jan. 26, 2015 at 1 p.m., due to…

State offices closing at 1 p.m. today, will be closed tomorrow

State offices will close today at 1 p.m., and will be closed tomorrow, after Gov. Christie…

Delivery of The Observer will likely be delayed Tuesday; no trash pickup in NA Tuesday

Because of the pending storm, delivery of The Observer will likely be delayed tomorrow, Jan. 27.…

Angelo Feorenzo, father of former Observer Publisher Lisa Feorenzo, dies at 75

Above: Tina Feorenzo, Angelo J. Feorenzo and former Observer Publisher Lisa Feorenzo. Angelo James Feorenzo, 75,…

4th year for CANstruction

By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent  KEARNY –  Several years ago, Paul Rogers of Kearny visited a unique exhibit in…

$3.7M deficit confirmed

BELLEVILLE –  Well, now it’s official. An audit of the Belleville Board of Education for the 2013-2014 school year…

Medical school will be Roche tenant

By Ron Leir  Observer Correspondent  NUTLEY –  Roche USA, the Swiss-based pharmaceutical company that is marketing its 118-acre property…

Fitzhenry picked for vacant seat

By Ron Leir  Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON –  Republican loyalist Brian Fitzhenry was rewarded for his longtime service to…

Murder-suicide & more: NPD blotter

Details remained sketchy in the wake of what law enforcement agencies characterized as a murder-suicide on Hillside Ave. in Nutley last…

Drug suspects indicted

KEARNY –  Three suspects — one from the Bronx and two from Kansas — arrested by N.J. State Police…

Township gets 3 new cops

LYNDHURST –  The Lyndhurst Police Department has three new members. Officers Michael LeStrange, Steve Batista and John DeCamp were sworn in…

Today’s vocabulary lesson

Ready for another column on the Great War? (I warned you I was fanatical about it.) This won’t deal with…

Cops nab suspect in church burglary

A man who police described as the “primary suspect” in last year’s theft of a sacred relic – since recovered…

‘Ninja Turtles’ slowed up drug suspects

Two East Orange men who abandoned their car in a Kearny intersection following an accident ended up in the county…

Suspected ‘batter’ busted & more: KPD

You can credit a sharp-eyed Kearny police officer with the arrest last Thursday of a Harrison man wanted in connection…