KEARNY/NORTH ARLINGTON – Two of The Observer communities that receive revenues from the Meadowlands Intermunicipal Tax…
Year: 2017
Doffont to lead St. Paddy’s Day parade
The grand marshal of the United Irish of West Hudson’s 2017 St. Patrick’s Day parade is…
Police arrest suspected ‘diversion’ burglars
By Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Correspondent A joint investigation between the Nutley and Bloomfield police departments…
Surf & turf at Walmart
KEARNY – Three alleged members of what Walmart security termed a a shoplifting ring” ended up in…
It happens every spring …
By Ron Leir Well, it’s officially March which means we can start actively thinking about outdoor…
Obituaries for 1 March 2017
Bonnie B. Martone Bonnie B. Martone, 67, of West Milford, formerly of Kearny, died Feb. 19. Visiting…
Golden Griffins’ strong group headed to AC for state wrestling
It’s safe to say that the disappointment the Queen of Peace wrestling team experienced after a…
Lyndhurst wrestler Daub experiences mixed emotions
Talk about the highs and lows of high school wrestling. Lyndhurst/North Arlington junior Matt Daub had…
Kearny’s Vereen saving his best for last
The high school basketball season was winding down to the last precious few games, so it…
A Kearny son remembered
KEARNY – Joseph Peden Jr. was about four months shy of official manhood when he – like a lot…
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…