A resident whose credit card was fraudulently used to buy tickets to a WNBA game reported the crime — and…
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Bostonian may have stolen Nutley resident’s credit card information: NPD
A Nutley resident’s credit card was used to make several purchases in Massachusetts, including at a Target just outside Boston’s Fenway…
The Radiology Center’s open MRI keeps patients free from claustrophobia
LYNDHURST — Your GP gives you the dreaded news: You’re going to need an MRI. Instantly, fear sets…
Thoughts & Views: Remembering former Kearny Police Chief Tim Sharples, dead at 67
First, he’d park his car — a Chevy Impala or whatever it was at the time — on the…
Resident nearly bilked of $4K: NPD
A Nutley resident was nearly bilked of $4,000 — but some quick thinking saved him from sending a scam artist…
‘Fake cop’ behind bars after pulling over real cop: NJSP
By Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Correspondent HOLMDEL – When a Nutley man pretended to be a cop by…
Welcome to the all-new TheObserver.com
Welcome to the all-new www.TheObserver.com. Please bear with us as we are in the midst of…
Man drives car into Third River in Nutley, isn’t seriously injured
A 71-year-old man accidentally drove his car into the Third River in Nutley, but wasn't seriously…
After fake cop pulls over real cop, fake cop winds up behind bars
When a Nutley man pretended to be a cop by pulling someone over on the Garden…
Hollywood star Pamela Anderson: I didn’t buy a cell phone in Nutley
Hollywood star Pamela Anderson bought a cell phone and a new line of cell service in…
One cop’s story about life on the force
NUTLEY – We live in a world where far too often, people are quick to judge what they see…
Murphy case typifies church inaction
I grew up Catholic. And, having gone to Catholic schools for a few years, I, like many other…
Kearny native competing for ‘Top Chef’
Karen Akunowicz remembers making an apron in the seventh-grade at Lincoln School in home economics class back in 1991. “We used…
Selective shoplifters at work: NPD
Maybe it was really Viagra that he needed? The Nutley Police Department announced that a Harrison St. business was the victim…