around town

Belleville  Belleville Public Library, 221 Washington Ave., is holding registration, for a Teddy Bear Tea Party set for Saturday, May…

Cardenas, Mullen earn state gold at NJ state youth wrestling championships

Kearny Recreation sends 5 wrestlers to medal round By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer  The Kearny…

Belleville looks to pitching staff to continue winning ways

By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer After two highly successful seasons, ones that saw his program win a total…

FDU coach Herenda headlines Kearny hoops awards dinner

By Jim Hague  Observer Sports Writer  Greg Herenda remembers when he was an aspiring basketball player, growing up in…

2 nabbed in meth bust

BLOOMFIELD –  Two Bloomfield men, one of whom is confined to a wheelchair, were arrested last week after police executed…

Obituaries

Michael Gaynor Michael J. Gaynor, 54, died on Sunday, March 15, at home in East Stroudsburg, Pa. Arrangements…

Car thieves collared in NA after multi-town chase

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – Two Passaic men driving two stolen cars were…

March 24 Harrison school board meeting time changed

A special Board of Education meeting to unveil plans for a new Harrison school will take…

Former official guilty

By Ron Leir  Observer Correspondent  KEARNY –  Last Monday, March 9, at his second day on trial…

Target parking lot for new school

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent  HARRISON –  If no significant environmental issues arise, the municipal parking lot across the…

Saw pal fatally shot; now he’s shot dead

An East Orange man who was a passenger in a vehicle whose driver was fatally shot by police after a…

Many parents still wary of PARCC

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent  The N.J. Department of Education has adopted a “no opt-out” policy for the administration…

Thoughts & Views: ‘Great gift of faith’

(Editor’s note: Earlier this month, preceding its St. Patrick’s Parade, the Nutley Irish-American Alliance held its annual Mass at St.…

It took a while but MUA rehab is done

By Ron Leir  Observer Correspondent  KEARNY – After year and a half of occupying temporary trailers, the Kearny Municipal…