Mary A. Tortoreti, who for the last four decades was the matriarch of The Observer and…
Month: December 2016
The news stories that made headlines in 2016
Compiled by Ron Leir & Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Correspondents It was another banner year for…
This way madness lies … unless …
By Ron Leir As we’re just days away from 2017, what better way to greet the…
Obituary: Doreen Ballantyne
Doreen Ballantyne Doreen Ballantyne (nee McLean) died Dec. 19. She was 70. Born in Glasgow, Scotland,…
The Top 10 sports stories of 2016
Compiled by Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The calendar year of 2016 produced its share of…
B&C picked to build new Harrison school
HARRISON – A contractor that ended up in arbitration with the Kearny Board of Education on…
Trooper lists online safety tips
BELLEVILLE – On the heels of the arrest of a Belleville man earlier this month for…
5-year deal to reassess local properties
NORTH ARLINGTON – Nobody told the borough to do it – there was no order from…
KPD: Here’s a door — to the county jail
At 11:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 11, after KPD headquarters received a report of two individuals…
Undercovers nab accused package thieves
NUTLEY – Two grinches who thought they were going to steal Christmas from an unsuspecting Nutley…
Korean delegation visits Lincoln Middle School
KEARNY – A delegation of 21 representatives from the Korea Education and Research Information Service (KERIS)…
Not so sweet a season for alleged thief
A Newark man who, police say, may have had thoughts about swiping an unsecured package…
Mall patrol pays off
KEARNY — As it does each year, the KPD has been assigning extra officers…
Every year at Christmas, I remember mom
By Kevin Canessa Jr. I guess as one grows older, the meaning of Christmas changes. When…
Obituaries: 21 Dec. 2016
Obituaries Gloria G. Broant Gloria G. Broant (nee Spinello), of Pompton Plains, formerly of Kearny, died…