By Anthony J. Machcinski BELLEVILLE – A three-alarm fire forced one family out of…
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Kudos for retiring fireman
By Anthony J. Machcinski KEARNY – When Chuck Kerr retires from the Kearny Fire Department…
Heated opposition dooms senior housing
By Ron Leir LYNDHURST – To the delight of a packed house of objectors,…
‘Can’-do attitude for Kearny High School ‘Canstruction’ projects
By Ron Leir KEARNY – Call it the miracle of the cans. Call it…
One Tank Trips: Milford, Pennsylvania awaits your discovery
By Jeff Bahr A charming village Located just over an hour from Kearny, northeastern…
Be careful where you stash your trash
By Ron Leir HARRISON – During the past few months, town officials have been doing a…
News from the Nutley Police Blotter
May 17 After getting a report about a group of people carrying a woman in physical…
Around Town
Bloomfield • The next meeting of the Bloomfield Public Library Book Club will be on Monday,…
News from the Lyndhurst Police Blotter
May 14 Eduardo Dacosta, 51, of Rutherford, was arrested on a shoplifting charge after he allegedly…
How you own and designate your property makes all the difference
By Randy Neumann We live in a large country, about two and one half times the…
Kearny Police Blotter- May 16
On May 5th at 8 p.m., Kearny units were alerted to the possibility of a pedestrian…
NEW MAYOR IN LYNDHURST
By Ron Leir LYNDHURST – The township’s chief executive is stepping down from the captain’s…
Attrition will force closure
By Anthony J. Machcinski KEARNY – Financial cuts that have weakened Kearny over the past couple…
‘Sun’ rises over the Meadowlands
By Jeff Bahr Nodding to the power of the “green” movement in the…
From ‘greenhorns’ to ‘greenies’ at Bloomfield Tech
By Jeff Bahr Four years ago when a group of 19 renewable energy…
EPA predicts mud flat cleanup in Lyndhurst by Spring 2013
By Ron Leir LYNDHURST – The Little League and T-ball fields in Riverside County…
Watsessing: Day of celebration
By Ron Leir BLOOMFIELD – If your business was victimized twice by robbers within…
Belleville gets Nutley assist in nabbing bandits
On May 8 at 12:20 a.m., Belleville Police were dispatched to 74 Holmes St. on a…
Around Town
Belleville Join the Belleville-based CBP troupe (formerly the Cherry Blossom Players) on June 3 for an…
Message for the Soul: Living a healthy life
The most precious possession a man can ever hold on to is his health. You lose…
Investment basics – Stocks
By Randy Neumann When you buy company stock, you’re actually purchasing a share of ownership…
Nutley child needs surgery for baseball eye injury
Eight-year-old Armani G. Calvo had a tough break last week. Armani was playing second base…
The Observer Podcast #1: Test
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Cinco de Mazur’s
Mazur’s Bakery located on 323 Ridge Rd. in Lyndhurst gets into the Cinco de…
N.A. COP ARRESTED IN ALLEGED THEFT
By Anthony J. Machcinski NORTH ARLINGTON – When Police Officer Paul Casale reported for his…
Trustees split on tenure vote
By Ron Leir KEARNY – Two Kearny public school administrators and one supervisor face the loss…
Redistricting plans now in full swing
By Ron Leir LYNDHURST – Fifteen months after taxpayers voted down a $37 million referendum…
College educated and underemployed – America’s newest ‘success’ story?
By Jeff Bahr I was a youngster when I first heard my dad use the term.…
New supermarket coming to Belleville
By Ron Leir BELLEVILLE – Dave Owens is a cautious man, having been exposed to the…
Contractor unearths live artillery shell
A contractor excavating on Park Ave. uncovered a live artillery shell at about noon on May…