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(VIDEO) Lyndhurst’s 9/11 Remembrance
Click to watch video from the Sept. 11, 2001, Remembrance in Lyndhurst.
FOREVER REMEMBERED
When the late Lyndhurst Police Officer Thomas Albino woke up on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 1947, he…
RUTGERS RELIEF
Motorists, rejoice: Rutgers Street is finally being repaved! If you’ve driven on Rutgers Street in Belleville,…
Hedenberg heads to the head of the class
If there’s any doubt as to whether North Arlington Police Chief Scott Hedenberg places a lot…
Lyndhurst’s Pezzolla named The Observer’s Female Athlete of Year
For all intents and purposes, Giulia Pezzolla was born to play soccer. “I think I was…
HAIL TO THE NEW CHIEF: Jarvis sworn-in as Lyndhurst’s new top cop
The weather couldn’t have been more beautiful. The crowd assembled at Town Hall Park was filled…
Lyndhurst Municipal Alliance hosting Open House April 5 for addicts, those with mental-health issues, their families
If you’re suffering from mental-health issues and/or are addicted to drugs or alcohol, the Lyndhurst Municipal…
Kevin recaps this week’s newspaper (April 3, 2019)
Click through to watch Kevin Canessa's weekly recap of the week's news.
Lyndhurst PD helps woman who’d just given birth, was locked inside apartment
A newborn Lyndhurst baby is going to have one heck of a tale to tell about…
TRAIN TO THE FUTURE
In the not too distant future, the Stuyvesant Avenue NJ Transit Train Station in Lyndhurst is…
12 men who served locally credibly accused of priestly sexual abuse
The list of approximately 70 priests of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark credibly accused of…
The Top 10 stories of 2018 on theobserver.com
While The Observer continues to be one of the most read printed weekly newspapers in New…
Lyndhurst leads the way with new OEM app
This week, we received word the Township of Lyndhurst was scrapping Nixle alerts in favor of…
West Hudson mourns loss of Msgr. Francis R. Seymour
The Rev. Msgr. Francis R. Seymour, in residence at St. Cecilia Church, Kearny, for the last…
Social-media threat to NAHS ended quickly by NAPD, superintendent says
UPDATED Dec. 3 at 6:50 p.m., with a statement from NAPD Chief Scott Hedenberg. A threat…
Pronti, GOP sweep in N.A.; Eckel cruises in Kearny
Councilman Dan Pronti is North Arlington’s Mayor-Elect. The sitting Republican councilman beat sitting Democrat Councilman Mark…
Branwell’s still spinning after achieving dream of being on ‘Wheel’
If you’ve lived in Kearny — or know someone who does — over the 20 years…
Joseph Bianchi, the mayor of North Arlington, dead at 77
North Arlington Mayor Joseph Bianchi, who spent the last four years as the leader of this…
North Arlington scores $500K in money it was owed for years by NJSEA
North Arlington has finally gotten its long-promised fair share from the Meadowlands District. In a three-year…
Leave fireworks to the professionals, KPD Chief says
Six months before he left office, former Gov. Chris Christie signed into law a bill that…
Body pulled from Passaic River is missing postal worker Cirne
KEARNY — The body of a 51-year-old Lyndhurst man, a letter carrier with the Kearny Post…
Amid fanfare, FedEx opens its new North Arlington location
There was pomp and circumstance in North Arlington last week as FedEx Freight officially opened its…
TIPPING THE SCALES: Lyndhurst cops bust 2 who ‘hid’ 70 lbs. of marijuana in car
It appeared that a pair of Essex County residents stopped by police had a lot of…
The heroin/opioid crisis in Bergen Co.
A report released Thursday, March 9, by Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal revealed a 6.9% increase in…
BCPO: 4 Belleville cops arrested in North Arlington
Four Belleville police officers were among five men arrested Monday, Dec. 5, in the aftermath of…
UPDATED 2/2: NA man charged with murdering wife with hammer, reports say
A North Arlington man has been charged with the first-degree murder of his wife, in the…
3 charged with kidnapping Lyndhurst man: police
On Sunday, Nov. 8, at approximately 5:40 p.m., the Lyndhurst Police Department received information from the…
Earn transferable credits from BCC in January
Students from four-year colleges who are coming home for winter break have an opportunity to earn transferable credits from Bergen Community College in…