Thoughts & Views: Yes, it’s good to be back home again

When I was a kid, spending summers up at Culver Lake, my family loved to play John Denver music. In…

3-alarm fire tears through home at 199 Laurel Ave., Kearny [Video]

A 3-alarm fire tore through a home at 199 Laurel Ave., Kearny, early Tuesday morning. No…

Ripped awnings, cars damaged & more: NPD

  Three incidents involving property damage were reported by owners in different areas of Nutley during…

Part of Franklin Ave., Belleville, to be closed Wednesday for ‘Just a Party’

Franklin Avenue will be closed to all traffic from 3 p.m. to midnight from Joralemon St.…

Suspected car burglars nabbed: NPD

NUTLEY –  Nutley police have arrested and charged two — a 22-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy — after catching…

Correction

A story about the fish exchange program in The Observer’s Aug. 26 issue contained two errors.…

A Heaven ¢entopportunity

KEARNY –  Many have been in a situation like this one — especially since 2009 when the Great Recession…

Displaced flag poles & more: NPD

A Washington Ave. resident told police he found two, 7-foot metal poles with American flags attached to them on his lawn…

Bras, other undergarments taken from resident’s laundry: NPD

An Adams Court resident in Nutley lost several bras, gym pants, socks and other undergarments on Aug. 16 and…

Nutley police arrest man suspected of breaking into Romano St. home

The Nutley Police Department has arrested a man they say is responsible for an Aug. 4…

NA schools update start-of-year procedures

The following updated press release came to us after the last edition of The Observer was…

Kearny actor featured in NYC production

If you’ve been a long-time reader of this newspaper, you’ve no doubt, at one point or another, read a…

Tombstone ID found and you’re not going to believe whose it was

Nutley police have finally learned who the mystery headstone with the name Max Ferreira, age 8,…

Inclement weather cancels tonight’s concert in NA

Tonight's concert at Riverside County Park has been canceled because of inclement weather. It will instead…

Tombstone mysteriously winds up at Nutley bus depot on Washington Ave.; police looking for family

Police are trying to figure out how a tombstone with an engraving on it made its…

Another Nutley resident falls victim to ID theft

Yet another town resident has fallen victim to identity theft, the Nutley Police Department said. The victim came to…

Cooling centers open today & tomorrow in West Hudson

Cooling centers are open today in all three West Hudson towns, the Hudson County Office of…

Video of last night’s fire in East Newark

We'll have a full story on this Grant Ave. fire in East Newark from last night…

Suspect linked to jewelry heists

A Belleville man who allegedly stole jewelry from stores in Nutley and in Bloomfield was arrested July 15 and charged…

Business Review: No one puts on a move quite like Action Transfer & Storage

If you’ve ever moved from one home to another, you remember it all too well: it was a pretty…

‘Shots-fired’ call leads to discovery of body

NORTH ARLINGTON –  A man has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the Riverview Gardens apartments just off…

Shots fired at NA’s Riverview Gardens was apparent suicide: Acting Chief Hearn

A man has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the Riverview Gardens apartments just off…

Remembering Tom MacFarland

For those too young to remember, or for those who didn’t follow politics in Kearny long ago, Tom MacFarland was…

Brooklyn woman illegally bought $15K-plus in gift cards, NPD says

NUTLEY –  A 26-year-old Brooklyn woman has been arrested and charged with forgery, fraudulent use of credit cards, theft and…

Business Review: Alternate paths to relief at Total Pain Care

KEARNY –  There’s a myth out there about living with pain. Most people think one of the only solutions…

Firefighters rescue man stuck in mud

By Kevin Canessa Jr. & Ron Leir  Observer Correspondents  NORTH ARLINGTON – A subcontractor doing survey work for…

Woman has cash taken from car: NPD

Nutley Police were called to Washington Ave. on June 13 on a dispute and when they arrived, a victim told…

50% off everything at Charlie’s Nursery July 4&5 | 275 River Road, North Arlington

Advertisement: 50% off everything is back at Charlie's Nursery July 4 & July 5. Click on…

Teacher, a resident of Lyndhurst, accused of inappropriate sex with 15-year-old female student, BCPO says

A 32-year-old married Lyndhurst woman, who is a second-grade teacher at a Jersey City charter school,…

Visit Cork Wines & Spirits | Harrison | 862-255-2001

Advertisement: Cork Wines & Spirits is located at 399 Somerset St., Harrison. Click on the headline…