Photo courtesy Sgt. Dave Doyle The driver of this tractor-trailer was eastbound on Harrison…
The Observer Staff
Obituaries
Traci Lee Dunekack Carlen Traci Lee Dunekack Carlen passed away on April 4 after a very courageous battle…
Acclaimed by their peers
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – American Legion Post 99 on Belgrove Drive was the setting Friday…
Turf is the way to go
KEARNY – Real grass seems to be headed out with the dinosaurs these days for Kearny’s municipal playing fields.…
‘Dream’ plan nixed by council
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – The township is retreating on one prospective real estate development front…
Stepping up in the ranks
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – These days, Kearny is paying attention to its public safety personnel rosters.…
More library staffing sought
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – The Kearny Public Library, struggling to maintain its services in the face…
Now he’s running Montclair schools
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent Former Kearny schools chief Ron Bolandi has a new administrative school post, this time…
Thoughts & Views: Drive the lane you’re in & don’t foul up
It’s down to the Final Four. No, not NCAA teams. (Since I don’t follow basketball, I have no idea…
Cops use Narcon to save life: NPD
Police intervention prevented a suspected drug-induced fatality, Nutley Police Chief Thomas Strumolo said. A Nutley PD press release said that police…
KPD blotter: You can run but . . .
A 16-year-old Kearny youth who was where he should not have been could have ended up with a trespassing…
34-month sentence for embezzler
KEARNY – A receptionist who embezzled nearly half-a-million dollars from a medical office in Kearny and used fraudulent credit cards…
around town
Belleville The Woman’s Club of Belleville meets the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at its clubhouse,…
Kardinals loom as one of Hudson County’s diamond dandies
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The Kearny High School baseball team won 13 games last spring, but head…