To the Publisher: USDA’s new MyPlate dietary logo illustrates graphically the shrinking role of meat and…
The Observer Staff
A candy caper and other crime news
By Karen Zautyk NUTLEY — A bank robbery (but not what you’d think), a case of…
New Yorker nabbed in local drug sales
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY — Following a monthlong investigation, members of the Kearny Police Department’s Vice…
News from the Kearny Police Blotter
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – Police are investigating a pair of overnight burglaries at two Kearny…
Lincoln Jumpers for American Heart
By James A. Vezos If you happened to pass by Kearny’s Lincoln School on May 27,…
The UnderGrounds provide blast from the past
By Anthony J. Machcinski Bands such as Led Zeppelin, The Beatles and Creedence Clearwater Revival became…
Around town
Bloomfield Oakeside Bloomfield Cultural Center, 240 Belleville Ave., announces the performance of “Songs From the Heart,”…
Belleville seniors, Nutley’s Mangum unite at Robeson Classic
Quartet of locals help East to 35-28 win in their final high school grid game By…
Lyndhurst’s Naseef ends career as state All-Star
By Jim Hague New Jersey’s best 100 high school baseball players all convened at Diamond Nation…
Kearny’s Pettigrew named top sophomore female athlete at Seton Hall
By Jim Hague It seemed like it was yesterday when Jenn Pettigrew was minding the nets…
Saving money using the DRIP method
By Randy Neumann I love English grammar. I attended a Catholic grammar school where the…
Obituaries
Laura A. Kimball Mrs. Laura A. Kimball (Bartley), 47, passed away on Thursday, June 9, in…
At 125, LFD is still going strong
From bucket brigades to state-of-the-art rigs By Karen Zautyk LYNDHURST – Back in 1886, when this…
Raging fire displaces 11 victims
By Ron Leir HARRISON – Eleven people were left homeless by a fire that swept through…
Driver hunted in fatal crash is caught
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY — The Elmwood Park man sought in connection with a May 6…