Fall festivities planned

  KEARNY — The Town of Kearny has slated a Block Party Celebration for Sunday, Oct.…

Obituaries for 16 Aug. 2017

Raymond C. Condon Raymond C. Condon, a lifelong Kearny resident, died suddenly Saturday, Aug. 5, at…

Golden Bears look to build on winning grid season

The Lyndhurst High School football team posted a 5-4-1 record in 2016. In a lot of…

Belleville looks to improve on last year’s tough season

Four weeks into his high school football head coaching career and Mario Cuniglio had the world…

Return to state playoffs goal for Blue Tide

It was a momentous football season for the Harrison High School Blue Tide in 2016, culminating…

TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN

THE FIRST TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN IN 99 years — well, it’ll almost be a…

Pesky fire was difficult to locate: KFD

KEARNY — A kitchen fire in an apartment at 824 Kearny Ave. Friday, Aug. 4, was…

Honoring a long-ago local hero

BELLEVILLE — This Friday, Aug. 11, marks the 155th anniversary of the death of Capt. Henry Benson,…

Thanks to Doyle, river cleanup rolls on for quarter century +

KEARNY — Years ago, Carol Jean Doyle was doing research in the Kearny Museum and happened…

I partied like it was 1979 …

By Joann Barton Special to The Observer I spent Friday night, Aug. 4, going back in time…

New junior high inching closer

LYNDHURST – The Lyndhurst Board of Education has moved a step closer toward the construction of…

Emergency water supply brought to Kopper’s site

KEARNY — The former Koppers Coke Seaboard Site in the South Kearny meadows may still be…

Belleville case cited in Rx-crisis battle

NEWARK — Expanding efforts to stem the flow of prescription drugs fueling New Jersey’s opioid crisis, state…

How now, brown cow?

By Karen Zautyk Last weekend, we took a ride up to Sussex County, one of the…

Obituaries for 9 Aug. 2017

Richard ‘Dick’ Larkin Richard “Dick” Larkin, a prominent municipal bond analyst and beloved husband and father,…