KEARNY – Joseph Peden Jr. was about four months shy of official manhood when he – like a lot…
Month: February 2017
Better for the Oval: Soccer or baseball?
KEARNY – The Battle of Gunnell Oval is over … for now … but the guns…
Target parks for changes
NUTLEY – A partial upgrade for one municipal park and a fix for a decades-old problem at another are being pursued by Nutley officials.…
Another diversion burglary hits Nutley
NUTLEY — Police here are warning of yet another diversion burglary. Police Director Alphonse Petracco and…
After car crashes, cops find driver shot
BELLEVILLE – An apparent car chase that started in Newark ended in Belleville with a crash…
Salute to parade’s deputy marshals
When the 44th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade kicks off in Harrison on Sunday, March 12, at 2…
Harrison man pinched on sex rap
A Harrison resident was among 10 men arrested in a prostitution ring in Newark last week, Newark…
Are we really ready for this?
By Karen Zautyk The thing in the photo, which resembles a lunchbox on wheels, is a…
Obituaries for 22 Feb. 2017
Florence G. Leonard Florence G. Leonard (nee Ness) died Feb. 15. She was 98. Born in Newark, she lived…
Three Kearny track standouts advance to Group IV championships
It’s not every day that a Kearny High School track and field athlete advances to the…
QP wrestlers gain redemption with win at District 11
After losing by a single point in the NJSIAA Non-Public B North sectional finale to DePaul…
North Arlington’s Ricci has game to remember
When the high school basketball season began in earnest in late November, James Ricci didn’t really…
At World Trade Center, tragedy strikes beloved rower
By Jim Hague & Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Sports Writer & Observer Correspondent NEW YORK CITY…
Christie: ‘Stop and think first’
NUTLEY – Gov. Chris Christie came to Nutley’s Washington Elementary School last week to help put…
Council selects tri-lingual Santana for Second Ward opening
KEARNY – Davis Ave. resident Peter Santana was appointed Second Ward Councilman at a special council…
Longer days for cops, firefighters evade change in work schedule, in Harrison
HARRISON – Beginning March 1, police officers in Harrison will adjust to a new work schedule…
Proposed pipeline posing problems
KEARNY – The Town of Kearny and the state’s biggest utility may be going to war…
KPD: Get the drift? You’re under arrest
By 9 p.m. last Thursday, Feb. 9, the snow had stopped falling, but Kearny police reportedly had…
New Harrison school to be named after JFK
HARRISON – The Harrison Board of Education has revived the memory of a former U.S. president…
KHS bomb threat probe continues
KEARNY – As reported online by The Observer last week, a written bomb threat was found in…
Robbery suspect at large
HARRISON – Police are seeking a gunman who, they say, robbed a local service station early…
OPINION: Did private car service gouge after storm?
By Kevin Canessa Jr. I can’t deny that Thursday, Feb. 9, felt a little like being…
Obituaries for 15 Feb. 2017
Ethel Luz Durand Ethel Luz Durand, 76, of Kearny, died Jan. 28. A funeral service was…
Kardinal boys, girls earn impressive wins over Bayonne; head to county tournament
It was a historic weekend for both the Kearny High School boys’ and girls’ basketball teams.…
Once 1-7, Nutley makes it to NJSIAA state wrestling semifinals
When the current high school wrestling season began, the Nutley High School wrestling squad found itself…
Kearny’s McClelland catches fire at right time
There’s no question who owns the busiest schedule in Kearny High School. That distinction belongs to…
Where there’s a Will ….
HARRISON – With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, a lot of folks are thinking of ways…
Developer revising apartment project
KEARNY – Plans to build new apartments on a Kearny Ave. site occupied by a now-closed gas…
Proposed traffic changes worry SKIA
If you take away the light, it will be safer. Or, at least, that’s what state…
KPD: A not-so-nice walk in the park
At 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 26, Officers Derek Hemphill and Sean Podolski were approached on Kearny…