By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – On Saturday afternoon, with temperatures well below freezing and the wind-chill well below…
Year: 2015
ATMs in stores targeted
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – If you’re a store owner who has an ATM near…
Tomko is new schools chief
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – Richard Tomko came up unlucky in the race for state senate…
PJs & reading: perfect together
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent EAST NEWARK – Some folks probably were scratching their heads after seeing adults and…
Check how town’s plowing … from home
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – That big Nor’easter that was supposed to whack The Observer’s territory last…
9 displaced by Brown St. fire
NUTLEY – A fire at a multi-family residence at 12 Brown St. broke out in the early morning hours…
Serial robber gets 20-year prison term
A Newark man who robbed a Harrison pharmacy — and 10 other establishments in Hudson and Essex counties over an eight-month…
Welsh joins Brady, Brady & Reilly firm
James C. Welsh, supervising judge of compensation, has joined Brady, Brady and Reilly of Kearny as head of the…
Thoughts & Views: The world must never forget
Last Tuesday marked the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. I am embarrassed to admit that I had not…
CORRECTION
A story in last week’s issue of The Observer about the Kearny Town Council preparing to…
KPD Blotter
Jan. 24 Officer Patrick Becker, checking the registration on a double-parked vehicle at Kearny Ave. and Rose St. at…
Man charged in beating case & more: NPD blotter
A Clifton man accused of beating up a Nutley resident in the resident’s apartment last week has been arrested, according…
Adding up the benefits of calcium
Calcium, the most common mineral in the body, plays an essential role in blood clotting, muscle contraction, nerve…
around town
Belleville Belleville Public Library and Information Center’s Children’s Room, 221 Washington Ave., announces the following activities for children: A Hibernation Party kicks…