Turf is the way to go

KEARNY –  Real grass seems to be headed out with the dinosaurs these days for Kearny’s municipal playing fields.…

‘Dream’ plan nixed by council

By Ron Leir  Observer Correspondent  BELLEVILLE –  The township is retreating on one prospective real estate development front…

Stepping up in the ranks

By Ron Leir  Observer Correspondent  KEARNY – These days, Kearny is paying attention to its public safety personnel rosters.…

More library staffing sought

By Ron Leir  Observer Correspondent  KEARNY – The Kearny Public Library, struggling to maintain its services in the face…

Jaycees fete 5 for ‘distinguished service’

                  Photos courtesy Walter Smith Clockwise from top…

Now he’s running Montclair schools

By Ron Leir  Observer Correspondent  Former Kearny schools chief Ron Bolandi has a new administrative school post, this time…

Thoughts & Views: Drive the lane you’re in & don’t foul up

It’s down to the Final Four. No, not NCAA teams. (Since I don’t follow basketball, I have no idea…

Cops use Narcon to save life: NPD

Police intervention prevented a suspected drug-induced fatality, Nutley Police Chief Thomas Strumolo said. A Nutley PD press release said that police…

KPD blotter: You can run but . . .

A 16-year-old Kearny youth who was where he should not have been could have ended up with a trespassing…

34-month sentence for embezzler

KEARNY –  A receptionist who embezzled nearly half-a-million dollars from a medical office in Kearny and used fraudulent credit cards…

around town

Belleville The Woman’s Club of Belleville meets the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at its clubhouse,…

Kardinals loom as one of Hudson County’s diamond dandies

By Jim Hague  Observer Sports Writer  The Kearny High School baseball team won 13 games last spring, but head…

Harrison softball turns to veteran coach Ronga as leader

By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer After spending last spring away from coaching softball for the first time in…

Vikings look to improve with solid pitching staff

By Jim Hague  Observer Sports Writer  As he begins his eighth season as the head baseball coach at…

Obituaries

George Dock  George Dock, 92, died on March 24 at St. Luke’s Hospice in Bethlehem, Pa. Arrangements were…