Special aid to 3 area towns

Kearny, Harrison and Nutley are the only communities in The Observer coverage area that were awarded transitional aid by the…

Red Bulls now have Wright-Phillips brother act

HARRISON –  Who would have ever dreamed that a simple event like the coupling of New York Red Bulls All-Star…

Cooling centers open today & tomorrow in West Hudson

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

C.S. Osborne donates shade trees to town

HARRISON –  Several of the pride and joy of C.S. Osborne & Co. are no more. The longtime…

Harrison holds summer hoops camp

When Noel Colon got the job as the head boys’ basketball coach at Harrison High School, he knew that it…

‘Suspicious’ suitcase leads to evacuations

HARRISON –  A scary situation prevailed outside the Islamic Center of Harrison last Thursday with the discovery of what…

Teachers end school year with new deal

HARRISON – Public school teachers in Harrison are celebrating the end of the school year with a new contract…

Town ‘drafts’ 2 into uniformed ranks

HARRISON –  Albert Pearson did it. So did Vincent Schwartz. They both took advantage of the New Jersey intergovernmental transfer…

Glover Jr., son of grid legend, gets chance to move Blue Tide forward

HARRISON –  Rich Glover Jr. is too young to remember the incredible athletic exploits of his legendary father. At age…

Bank robber gets 7 years, says she’s ‘sorry’

HARRISON –  A Harrison woman who robbed three banks over a three-week period in early 2014 was sentenced last week…

Learning the ropes on rescue techniques

HARRISON –  Earlier this year, a construction worker at one of the town’s waterfront development area project sites fell some…

Alleged hit-and-run driver surrenders

By Kevin Canessa Jr. & Ron Leir  Observer Correspondents  HARRISON –  Harrison police say they have arrested a…

POLICE CHARGE HARRISON HIT-AND-RUN SUSPECT

By Kevin Canessa Jr. and Ron Leir Observer Correspondents HARRISON — Harrison police say they have…

Harrison police release images of suspected vehicle in last weekend’s hit-and-run of 90-year-old woman

If you have any information that could lead to the discovery of the driver of the…

90-year-old Harrison woman thrown nearly 12 feet after hit-and-run

HARRISON — Harrison police are continuing to investigate exactly how a 90-year-old town woman was struck…