BELLEVILLE – An apparent car chase that started in Newark ended in Belleville with a crash…
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Are we really ready for this?
By Karen Zautyk The thing in the photo, which resembles a lunchbox on wheels, is a…
Obituaries for 22 Feb. 2017
Florence G. Leonard Florence G. Leonard (nee Ness) died Feb. 15. She was 98. Born in Newark, she lived…
At World Trade Center, tragedy strikes beloved rower
By Jim Hague & Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Sports Writer & Observer Correspondent NEW YORK CITY…
Christie: ‘Stop and think first’
NUTLEY – Gov. Chris Christie came to Nutley’s Washington Elementary School last week to help put…
Longer days for cops, firefighters evade change in work schedule, in Harrison
HARRISON – Beginning March 1, police officers in Harrison will adjust to a new work schedule…
Proposed pipeline posing problems
KEARNY – The Town of Kearny and the state’s biggest utility may be going to war…
KPD: Get the drift? You’re under arrest
By 9 p.m. last Thursday, Feb. 9, the snow had stopped falling, but Kearny police reportedly had…
New Harrison school to be named after JFK
HARRISON – The Harrison Board of Education has revived the memory of a former U.S. president…
KHS bomb threat probe continues
KEARNY – As reported online by The Observer last week, a written bomb threat was found in…
Robbery suspect at large
HARRISON – Police are seeking a gunman who, they say, robbed a local service station early…
Obituaries for 15 Feb. 2017
Ethel Luz Durand Ethel Luz Durand, 76, of Kearny, died Jan. 28. A funeral service was…
Where there’s a Will ….
HARRISON – With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, a lot of folks are thinking of ways…
Developer revising apartment project
KEARNY – Plans to build new apartments on a Kearny Ave. site occupied by a now-closed gas…
Proposed traffic changes worry SKIA
If you take away the light, it will be safer. Or, at least, that’s what state…
KPD: A not-so-nice walk in the park
At 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 26, Officers Derek Hemphill and Sean Podolski were approached on Kearny…
Siwek Center finally OK’d for Medicare aid
HARRISON – The Dr. Stanley J. Siwek Health Center in Harrison has achieved a breakthrough of…
Sugar cookie’s bitter aftertaste
KEARNY – On Friday, Jan. 27, Kearny police received a 9 p.m. report of a…
LPD: Suspect nabbed in church thefts
LYNDHURST – The thief who police say allegedly pocketed the contents of the poor boxes at a…
Town website ‘infected’ but no harm done
KEARNY – The town’s website went down for a short time but was quickly returned to…
Domestic livestock prompts complaints
KEARNY – The Town of Kearny is considering drafting a law to deal with an emergence…
All’s well that ends well – even with a gun
KEARNY – At 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 28, Kearny police received a report from University…
Turn potholes to profits
By Ron Leir Potholes are everywhere: ‘tis the season. It’s especially annoying in winter months when…
Obituaries for 8 Feb. 2017
Maria B. Manish Siegle Maria B. Manish Siegle, 71, of Bethlehem Twp., Pa., died Friday, Jan.…
5 public safety promotions
KEARNY – It was a hail and farewell day for certain Kearny public safety employees last Tuesday.…
Burglary/theft suspect nabbed
KEARNY – A 28-year-old Newark man, on parole after a 2007 conviction for aggravated manslaughter, was back behind…
Valley project stalled
BELLEVILLE – The Township of Belleville put off approving a tax exemption for a proposed multi-family…
Happy New Year!
BELLEVILLE – On Saturday morning, to mark the start of the Chinese New Year, Belleville residents and representatives…
2 victimized by armed robber: HPD
HARRISON – A mugging, armed robbery and a drug arrest occupied the attention of the Harrison Police…
KPD: ‘Walmart declined to prosecute’
On Sunday, Jan. 22, at 1 a.m., four KPD members — Sgt. Jack Corbett and Officers Sean…