NORTH ARLINGTON — Three days after officials from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark announced, via email,…
Year: 2017
‘Lights … action … budget!’
KEARNY — No one from the public showed up to speak at last Thursday night’s hearing on…
Remembering the fallen
Like the rest of working America, they get up every day, kiss their loved ones good-bye and…
Absentees were key in contested Lyndhurst election
LYNDHURST — A lot of people didn’t go to the polls in last Tuesday’s municipal election in…
KPD: Girl charged in Kearny Ave. slashing
Police said it started with a friendly conversation at Dunkin’ Donuts, escalated to a robbery and ended…
New 9/11 memorial & more in Belleville police lobby
BELLEVILLE — The Belleville Police Department headquarters, hidden in a first-floor wing at the Municipal Building, has…
Neighboring towns both claim general
KEARNY — Now that Kearny’s adopted general is, in spirit, anyway, keeping company with the likes of…
Bloomfield pol admits bribery, faces jail
BLOOMFIELD — Bloomfield Township Councilman Elias N. Chalet pleaded guilty last week to soliciting and accepting a…
Union City PD sergeant, a Lyndhurst resident, dies in Rt. 3 crash
A Union City police sergeant who lived in Lyndhurst died in a car crash on Rt.…
Of grammar, baseball & more
By Ron Leir Seems that virtually every talk show you happen to tune in to, somebody…
Obituaries for 17 May 2017
Matthew Wayne Carbone Matthew Wayne Carbone, of Kearny, died May 10. He was 38. Private arrangements…
The end of an era: Queen of Peace, 1930-2017 … School with rich sports tradition to close in June
Ed Abromaitis spent four decades of his life being associated with Queen of Peace High School.…
Whacky scheduling for local baseball, softball teams
The spring scholastic seasons are beginning to wind down, but for some reason, the NJSIAA wanted…
Kearny’s Fermaint becomes more than solid backstop
When Tatiana Fermaint was just beginning to give softball a try as a youngster, there was…
The Observer turns 130 …
KEARNY — Because not all editions of The Observer can be found in the library or…