Seeking to keep aid, lose watchdog

KEARNY/HARRISON –  Two West Hudson communities currently receiving transitional state to help offset property tax impact are looking to get…

Legitimizing tuition tab

EAST NEWARK – The borough’s municipal government is pressing local school officials to get more aggressive in making sure that…

KPD: It’s deja vu all over again

If the guy in the photo looks familiar, that’s because his mugshot adorned the Kearny police blotter in our Dec.…

Suspect didn’t have a prayer of escaping

KEARNY –  When Kearny police, having travelled to Newark on the hunt, apprehended a suspect in two town muggings, he…

Gone with the winds

As Christmas approached, all talk appeared to be about the weather. How warm it was. How sunny. How lovely. (Though to…

2 men critical after accident

HARRISON –  Two men standing in the street were badly hurt after they were struck by a vehicle on…

around town

Belleville  The Woman’s Club of Belleville meets the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at the clubhouse,…

Obituaries

Alexander L. Davies Sr.  Alexander L. Davies Sr. died at home on Jan. 2. He was 65.…

Calling all ‘Citizen Journalists:’ We want your work

Are you a news hound? Do you take great photos? Are you on the scene of…

Clarification & Correction

A story in this week's edition of The Observer about the opening of the new Harrison…

Ready to open health center next month

HARRISON —  Several years in the making, Harrison’s Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) – which the late Mayor Ray McDonough…

BOE inks 2 union pacts; teachers waiting

KEARNY –  Two more school employee groups were placed in the fold last Monday, Dec. 21, as the Kearny…

Thoughts & Views: So, ya wanna fight?

The Christmas / Chanukah / Kwanza/ Festivus holiday season is supposed to be a time when we all can take…

WE’VE GOT MAIL

‘THANK YOU’  To the Editor:  As mayor, and on behalf of the Lyndhurst Board of Commissioners, I would…

Combatting ‘hate rhetoric’ in a big way

KEARNY – A local industrialist is responsible for a billboard erected along Truck Rt. 1&9 in Kearny that decries anti-immigrant sentiment,…