The party ended in a cell

By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – Advice to partygoers: If the neighbors complain about the noise and…

Kentucky Care 2011

  By Karen Zautyk The Observer’s 4th annual Kentucky Care Project is underway! Last Friday, the…

Nabbed in sex assaults

By Karen Zautyk A man arrested in 2008 in Nutley in the alleged sexual assault of…

Political feuding erupts anew over budget cuts

By Ron Leir NORTH ARLINGTON – This borough’s shaky ship of state has arrived at an…

How not to rob a bank

  By Karen Zautyk NUTLEY – Not that we’re speaking from personal experience, but it seems…

Crossed signals on DeJessa Bridge

  By Ron Leir LYNDHURST –   Given the cumbersome pace of travel, impatient South Bergen…

News from the Nutley police blotter

By Karen Zautyk A Sunday afternoon altercation between two teenagers on Franklin Ave. last week culminated…

Drug busts keep cops busy

By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – A 55-year-old Rutherford man, with what Kearny Police Chief John Dowie…

See Something? Say Something

By Lisa Pezzolla It is hard enough keeping your business going on a daily basis without…

Around town

Belleville Recent WWE TV star and Hall-of-Fame legend “Mr. U.S.A.” Tony Atlas will headline an all-star…

Some financial tips for married life

  By Randy Neumann Are you marrying soon?  Have you recently married?  As you begin your…

Saluting Kearny’s kid cadets

By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – The first thing we noticed when we arrived at Gunnell Oval,…

Mom of the Year, she’s not

By Karen Zautyk NUTLEY – A Newark woman who came to Nutley to do some grocery…

Benchmark for local judge

  By Ron Leir HARRISON – This town is losing another of its municipal leaders. Falling…

If it’s Monday, I must be Jose

  By Karen Zautyk KEARNY –   A man who authorities said has at least 10…

Hundreds spend Night Out Against Crime

By Anthony J. Machcinski KEARNY – Warm weather and a beautiful sunset kissed the skin of…

Investing in hedge fun

By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – If you saw a shrub walking along Kearny Ave. around noontime…

Daylight carjacking in supermarket lot

KEARNY – A woman loading groceries into her van  at the ShopRite on Passaic Ave. was…

Quick work by the KPD

By Karen Zautyk KEARNY — Police may have set a record last week in the capture…

School Supplies Greatly Needed

By Lisa Pezzolla During these difficult times we are hearing conversations about prices for gas, food  …

‘Knock, knock’ ‘Who’s there?’ ‘Oh ****!’

NUTLEY – A Franklin Ave. resident can consider himself lucky that a burglar armed with a…

Around town

Belleville Belleville Public Library is accepting donations for a book sale at the Just a Party…

Giving gifts to kids

By Randy Neumann Do you have a child or a grandchild who owns an UGMA (Uniform…

Soccer legends return to Harrison Courts

A place for Legends By Jim Hague Soccer Hall of Famer Tab Ramos stepped onto a…

KUEZ as enterprising as ever

By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – When we think of the KUEZ these days, we think of…

KPD issues alert on auto break-ins

By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – This town has joined a number of communities in this area…

Carlo, Ciroc & chaos on Bergen Ave.

By Karen Zautyk KEARNY — A dramatic auto accident in the early hours of July 24…

Teen theft suspect’s current event

By Karen Zautyk KEARNY — A Newark teenager, spotted in Kearny with a stolen motorcycle, tried…

Farewell to the chief

  By Ron Leir HARRISON –   Fire Chief Tom Dolaghan has hung up his fire…

Good neighbor policy helps kids

By Ron Leir EAST NEWARK – After a one-year interruption of the program, this borough’s sole…