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…