Coping with another senseless school shooting

There is nothing rational to explain this past Friday’s shooting at an elementary school in Newtown,…

WE’VE GOT MAIL

Kudos to Holiday In The Park sponsors Dear Editor: On behalf of the Lyndhurst Board of…

Help Wanted! Freelance Reporter

The Observer newspaper is looking for a part-time general assignment reporter who will cover hard news…

Fire Department probes cause o warehouse fi re

A one-alarm fire at a South Kearny warehouse was quelled quickly last Wednesday. Kearny Fire Chief…

Arlington Jewelers: a ‘gem’ of a business

  Arlington Jewelers has a motto: “You’ll be singing a happy tune when you shop with…

News from the Kearny Police Department

Dec. 7 At about 10 p.m., vice detectives saw three teenagers huddled together at the corner…

Highlights from Nutley Police blotter

Dec. 13 Police were notified about a possible scam by a resident who reported getting an…

Around Town

Belleville Belleville Elks, 254 Washington Ave., will sponsor a special Type O blood drive on Wednesday,…

They’re back!

After almost six weeks, Bagel Bistro, Slice Restaurant Pizzeria and People’s Express Dry Cleaners at 41…

Kearny wrestlers start off season as host to holiday tourney

  By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The Kearny High School wrestling team began the 2012-13…

Kearny boys’ hoops: Looking to improve

  By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer When Bill Schoener took over the head coaching duties…

Lyndhurst girls’ basketball team shoots for league crown

  By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The Lyndhurst High School girls’ basketball team had a…

The Bixler Group

  The Bixler Group, LLC, formerly E. H. Bixler & Sons, was established in 1891 with…

Obituaries

Dorothy V. Chisholm Dorothy V. Chisholm died on Nov. 28 in West Hudson Post Acute Care…

A tree glows in Kearny

By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – We were driving past Riverbank Park on Passaic Ave.…