The Essex County administration and Essex County Correctional Facility leadership were notified Sunday, March 22, that…
Month: March 2020
(VIDEO) Lyndhurst Mayor Robert B. Giangeruso addresses the community
COVID-19 Update from Mayor Giangeruso – March 20, 2020 from AlphaDog Solutions on Vimeo.
An important message from the Kearny Police Department & Chief George King
To the People of Kearny: In our ongoing effort to slow the spread of the COVID-19…
Nutley officials announce 5 new cases of COVID-19
The Township of Nutley announced on Friday, March 20, an additional five new confirmed cases of…
Parts of Routes 1&9 to close this & next weekend
New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials today are reminding motorists that Route 1&9 Truck will…
Nutley PD will now take non-emergent reports over the phone
Effective immediately, the Nutley Police Department will take police reports over the telephone for certain types…
Kearny COVID-19 cases double to 4
The Kearny Department of Health is currently monitoring four reported COVID-19 cases, including two new cases…
Guest at Harrison HS career fair tests positive for COVID-19, principal says
A guest at Harrison High School’s recent career fair has tested positive for COVID-19, Harrison HS…
KPD: Sea food, steal food? (Blotter for March 178, 2020)
The theft of seafood in Kearny continues. This time, however, it happened at ShopRite — and…
First Lyndhurst resident tests positive for COVID-19, Giangeruso says
The Township of Lyndhurst has its first Coronavirus patient. In a letter dated March 17, Mayor…
Resident of Alaris at Belgrove, Kearny, tests positive for COVID-19; child from Kearny daycare also tests positive
Two people with a Kearny connection — one of whom is a resident of Alaris at…
Belleville declares local State of Emergency to close daycares; Clara Maass treating 4 for COVID-19, two of whom are from Belleville
Officials in Belleville have declared a local state of emergency as they continue to take measures…
Funerals & wakes in a Coronavirus world
One of the areas where there’s been a little more grey area than elsewhere is how…
Patient (a non-resident) at Clara Maass Medical Center first to test positive for COVID-19 in Belleville
A non-Belleville resident at Clara Maass Medical Center has tested positive for the Coronavirus at the…
Kearny schools to switch to distance-learning beginning Tuesday, March 17; snow day to be used Monday
In consultation with the Kearny Board of Health, town officials and the Hudson County Department of…
An update from Mayor Robert B. Giangeruso of Lyndhurst …
A community update from Mayor Robert B. Giangeruso and the Lyndhurst Board of Commissioners / Lyndhurst…
N.A. man arrested for possessing, distributing 2,000+ child-porn images, BCPO says
A North Arlington man has been arrested on charges that he possessed and distributed images involving…
Arrest made in fatal Friday Kearny crash: HCPO
A fatal accident on Harrison Avenue Friday, March 13, has led to the arrest of the…
All 75 Bergen County School Districts to begin online classes next week; County Executive issues said order
Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco delivered the following remarks at an evening news conference concerning the…
Mass suspended this weekend, Catholic schools to close all next week
Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, archbishop of Newark, announced today he has dispensed the faithful of the…
West Hudson St. Patrick’s Day Parade postponed
The West Hudson St. Patrick’s Day Parade has been postponed. Kevin M. Quinn, the president of…
Belleville announces cancelations and procedures in wake of Coronavirus outbreak
Mayor Michael Melham has announced several measures to ensure the safety of Belleville residents in the…
Joseph E. Blood, husband of Kearny Superintendent of Schools Patricia Blood, dies aged 68
Joseph E. Blood of Howell, the husband of Kearny Superintendent of Schools Patricia Blood, died at…
ENGAGING YOUNG READERS
Newspapers are dead. It’s a phrase we hear often in modern times. And, in many instances,…
KPD: Lethal threat on Hickory Street
On March 1 at 10:50 p.m., Kearny Police Officer Jean-Paul Duran and several back-up officers were…
EDITORIAL: Kennedy snub at Belleville Council meeting was telling
Admittedly, The Observer hasn’t covered a Belleville council meeting in a while. However, thanks to technology,…
Obituaries for 11 March 2020
Helen A. Black Helen A. Black (nee Costello) died March 2, 2020, in Clara Maass Hospital,…
STATE CHAMP! Kearny’s Mullen achieves what buddy Cardenas did a year ago
A year ago, Jimmy Mullen was a spectator at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, watching intently…
2 from Kearny among 59 arrested in HCSO sweep
The Hudson County Jail in South Kearny got a lot more crowded last month thanks to…
Congressman Pascrell welcomes Lyndhurst’s Failace; U.S. Representative moved by grid kicker and his mother’s story
PATERSON — It all began so innocently, when Lyndhurst High School senior Michael Failace was nominated…