Now that it’s spring, Mayor Joseph Bianchi is asking local property owners to think ahead about sprucing up the community…
The Observer Staff
Semiao & Abbott aim for TV hunt show
By Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Correspondent KEARNY – When Fernando Semiao was a younger boy growing up…
Ready to define ‘normal’ for you
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – Those delightfully ghoulish characters created by Charles Addams will be making their…
around town
Belleville Belleville Public Library, 221 Washington Ave., is holding registration, for a Teddy Bear Tea Party set for Saturday, May…
Cardenas, Mullen earn state gold at NJ state youth wrestling championships
Kearny Recreation sends 5 wrestlers to medal round By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The Kearny…
Belleville looks to pitching staff to continue winning ways
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer After two highly successful seasons, ones that saw his program win a total…
FDU coach Herenda headlines Kearny hoops awards dinner
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Greg Herenda remembers when he was an aspiring basketball player, growing up in…
2 nabbed in meth bust
BLOOMFIELD – Two Bloomfield men, one of whom is confined to a wheelchair, were arrested last week after police executed…
Obituaries
Michael Gaynor Michael J. Gaynor, 54, died on Sunday, March 15, at home in East Stroudsburg, Pa. Arrangements…
Former official guilty
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Last Monday, March 9, at his second day on trial…
Target parking lot for new school
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – If no significant environmental issues arise, the municipal parking lot across the…
Saw pal fatally shot; now he’s shot dead
An East Orange man who was a passenger in a vehicle whose driver was fatally shot by police after a…
Many parents still wary of PARCC
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent The N.J. Department of Education has adopted a “no opt-out” policy for the administration…
Thoughts & Views: ‘Great gift of faith’
(Editor’s note: Earlier this month, preceding its St. Patrick’s Parade, the Nutley Irish-American Alliance held its annual Mass at St.…
It took a while but MUA rehab is done
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – After year and a half of occupying temporary trailers, the Kearny Municipal…