4 new promotions but still understaffed

KEARNY –  He’s been a Kearny cop since 1999 but five years prior, Adriano Marques learned what it was like…

Thoughts & Views: The sporting life

The recent passing of Walter Byers, who built up a then-fledgling National Collegiate Athletic Association into a college sports dynamo, brought…

CORRECTION

A story in The Observer’s May 27 issue about a Lyndhurst residential development misstated the name…

BOE settles with Doran on back pay

KEARNY – The Kearny Board of Education has agreed to settle a tort claim for wrongful termination brought by…

Emergency device will help save lives

LYNDHURST –  The township of Lyndhurst has equipped one of its ambulances with a Zoll AutoPulse Non-Invasive Cardiac Support Pump…

KPD: No Coke. Pepsi.

Three Kearny juveniles who mistakenly thought they were smarter than the cops ended up in custody last week after they stole…

NPD: Lock your car doors!

Nutley PD is reminding residents to lock their car doors in the wake of multiple vehicular burglaries and a stolen…

around town

Harrison  Washington Middle School PTO hosts a “Pot of Gold” Tricky Tray Thursday, June 4, at Harrison High School,…

Frank’s GMC supporting Valerie Fund New Jersey

Franks GMC, 325 Orient Way, (www.FranksGMC.net), Lyndhurst, announces you can make a difference in the life of a child one…

Obituaries

Rasheed Hassan  Rasheed Hassan, of Jersey City, died May 25. He was 77. He was born in Guiana.…

Man dies from injuries suffered in ‘home invasion’

BELLEVILLE – A Nutley man has been arrested in connection with the now-fatal assault on an 85-year-old man in his…

Full letter: Cifelli-Sherry says enough with the Kearny bashing

This letter has gone viral on social media! Click the headline to find out why Barbara…

Over and out

NORTH ARLINGTON –  A contractor was prepping for work on overhead utility lines when his tractor-trailer tipped over, landing…

Safety first for Chubb Ave. project

LYNDHURST –  A Warren County developer is poised to convert a vacant commercial building bordering the Lyndhurst meadows area into…

She did practice teaching here; now she’ll run high school

KEARNY – The Kearny Board of Education voted May 18 to hire a retired educator from the Jersey Shore…