KEARNY – Real grass seems to be headed out with the dinosaurs these days for Kearny’s municipal playing fields.…
Year: 2015
‘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…
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…