Florence G. Leonard Florence G. Leonard (nee Ness) died Feb. 15. She was 98. Born in Newark, she lived…
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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…