What’s next for the Harrison FD & PD?

HARRISON — Now that Harrison has averted a potential fiscal crisis by the state granting its…

KHS, East Newark mark 9/11 15th anniversary

KEARNY/EAST NEWARK – It was held belatedly only because Kearny High School’s opening was delayed five…

Leadbeater reports to prison in Pa.

A former Kearny lawmaker and school trustee has taken up residence in the Keystone State, courtesy of…

Veteran overseer minding BOE checkbook

KEARNY – He started his career in educational administration back when Lyndon Johnson was president. Now…

KPD: Carted off in cuffs

Standard operating procedure for most shoplifters fleeing the scene of their crime appears to be to…

Archbishop Emeritus Gerety dead at 104

The Most Rev. Peter Leo Gerety, archbishop emeritus of Newark, died Tuesday, Sept. 20.    He…

HPD: Gunman held up couple near PATH station

HARRISON – The Harrison Police Department is investigating two robbery incidents – one successful, the other…

Why is Hickory St. Playground still closed?

KEARNY — A summer has passed with Kearny’s Hickory St. playground eerily devoid of sounds of children…

Remembering Lynn Italiano Kelly one year later

By Kevin Canessa Jr. I can’t forget — nor would I ever want to forget —…

Obituaries for Sept. 28, 2016

Celmira Vicenta Acaro De Soto Celmira Vicenta Acaro De Soto, of Harrison and Ecuador, died Sept. 21.…

Young Kearny soccer player is as radiant as her name

Niamh Devlin is eight years old. Her first name, pronounced NEEVE, is of Gaelic origin. It…

Harrison girls experience growing pains

The Harrison High School girls’ soccer program is in good hands. The Blue Tide has Raphael…

Nutley’s Steck becomes school’s all-time goal scoring champ

It’s almost unfair that there’s not a video component to The Observer Athlete of the Week…

Do coverage gaps put kids at risk?

Now that school is in session, safety controversies involving several Kearny public schools got a public…

KFD quickly puts out Beech St. fire

KEARNY – A one-alarm fire, quickly brought under control, nevertheless forced the temporary evacuation of all…

Kearny FD promotes 3 to the rank of captain

  KEARNY – Piece by piece, the roster of the Kearny Fire Department is getting restored.…

WASP gets dying wish: Burial in Arlington

By Ron Leir Bad news continues to dominate the headlines these days. There was the so-far…

KPD: Every party has a pooper

At 10:40 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10, Kearny Police Officers Tim Castle and Jason Ward responded…

Lyndhurst fire leaves occupants homeless

LYNDHURST – A house fire in Lyndhurst last Thursday night, Sept. 15, left the occupants homeless,…

Show utility bill to go to EN school

EAST NEWARK – During the 2015-2016 school year, East Newark public school employees suspected that certain…

10 from Kearny PBA Local 21 bike from DC to NYC

KEARNY — On Wednesday, Sept. 14, 10 members of Kearny Police Department PBA Local 21 were…

HCPO: 2 nabbed in shoplifting/shooting incident

KEARNY – Two men have been charged in connection with an alleged shoplifting and subsequent shooting…

Drugs figure in 2 weekend arrests: HPD

HARRISON – Two men were arrested by the Harrison Police Department in separate drug busts conducted…

Nutley girls’ soccer off to solid start

Mike DiPiano knew that his Nutley High School girls’ soccer team might have had to handle…

North Arlington girls’ soccer: Life without Seca

The North Arlington High School girls’ soccer team won 17 games last year, one of the…

OBSERVER ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Lyndhurst’s DiTonto carries on with family tradition

It was only natural that Vincent DiTonto would become a soccer player. After all, the Lyndhurst…

Kearny preps for 150th birthday

KEARNY — The Kearny Sesquicentennial Committee is laying out an ambitious agenda for celebrating the town’s…

2 armed robberies on the same day

HARRISON – A recent uptick in armed robberies reported in town the last few weeks is…

1 teachers contract settled, 2nd stalled

  BELLEVILLE/EAST NEWARK — Public school teachers in Belleville will be going back to their classrooms…

KPD: Arrests from A to Z-z-z-z

This week’s blotter is topped by two sleepyheads from Hoboken who reportedly opted to take an early-morning…