If you’ve ever moved from one home to another, you remember it all too well: it was a pretty…
Category: News
around town
East Newark West Hudson Brave Women Fighting Breast Cancer meets the last Friday of every month, 7 to 9…
Kearny Kids’ Kamp draws crowd of baseball-loving youngsters
Although he’s far from actually grabbing a baseball and heading to the pitcher’s mound to throw in a Little League…
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…
Kearny wins Lyndhurst Junior League baseball crown
For the last quarter century – 26 years to be precise – Lyndhurst has hosted a fantastic baseball tournament strictly…
New cops, firefighters are multi-skilled
Of the 15 new cops hired , 11 are Kearny residents and four live in Newark. And, of the…
Youth arts association concert is Thursday night in Lyndhurst’s Town Hall Park
The Lyndhurst Youth Performing Arts Association sponsors its second summer event with a free concert Thursday,…
A tangled web, indeed
BELLEVILLE – He once designed and maintained the township’s web site. But now Michael Melham is entangled in a…
Were you delivered by NJ poet?
RUTHERFORD – Those of you with a literary bent have heard of the celebrated 20th-century poet William Carlos…
Consultant defends his work
NORTH ARLINGTON – Robert Ceberio, retained earlier this year by North Arlington as its redevelopment consultant, duked it out –…
Play space fix nearer?
KEARNY – Town and school officials in Kearny appeared to be edging toward an agreement for a new basketball court…
Hearn named acting police chief
NORTH ARLINGTON – Borough Police Capt. John Hearn was named acting police chief by Mayor Joseph Bianchi at last…
Spat with fire chief leads to firing
EAST NEWARK – An East Newark volunteer firefighter has been fired following a verbal blow-up with the chief of the…
Community Garden continues to grow
KEARNY – For more than two decades, his profession was police officer in Kearny but Bob Edwards has been…
Seeking to boost recycling efforts
NORTH ARLINGTON – North Arlington has applied for a $5,000 N.J. Department of Environmental Protection Bonus Recycling Grant to promote recycling…
Essex tributes to ‘first patriots’’
July 4 was marked as America’s Independence Day with public ceremonies in Belleville and Nutley. At the historic cemetery…
‘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…
While in jail, he’s charged with more crimes
KEARNY – A 26-year-old Newark man, Onajii Campbell, has been charged in connection with two overnight break-ins that occurred here in…
KPD: Going in cycles
A 44-year-old man was arrested last week for the theft of not one, but two, bicycles in Kearny, the KPD…
around town
Harrison Harrison-East Newark Elks, 408 Harrison Ave., sponsors a charity motorcycle run for veterans on Aug. 16. Check in at…
Belleville’s Gencarelli named Observer Male Athlete of the Year
Soccer, volleyball standout becomes first Buccaneer recipient The first sport that entered P.J. Gencarelli’s life was soccer. “I…
Something new: Boys’ basketball camp in NA
When it comes to learning about the sport of basketball, there’s always room for growth, always room for improvement and always room…
Lyndhurst’s Failace signs letter to attend Sacred Heart
Becomes school’s first-ever Division I track athlete It’s a day that Jessica Failace could only dream of…
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…
Perfectly suited to vets
KEARNY – There’s a new clothing “store” in town. But the clientele is limited to veterans. And they don’t…
1st charter school due in 2016
KEARNY – The Town of Kearny is getting its first charter school … but it’s going to be…
Keeping their heads above water
LYNDHURST – Rich and Diane Mitchell live close to the Passaic River in Lyndhurst but please don’t mention water…
Storm disrupts access to Schuyler Ave.
KEARNY – A few low-lying areas in Kearny took a bit of a beating last Wednesday from the torrential downpour…
BOE overreacted in trying to fire union leader: PERC
BELLEVILLE – Score one for the Belleville teachers’ union. A state labor agency determined that the Board of Education unfairly…
Portal Bridge fire doused by KFD fireboat
KEARNY – Thanks to an all-hands response by the Kearny Fire Department, including its fireboat, a blaze at the Portal…