She ‘delivered’ cocaine, now she gets jail

A Lyndhurst woman, a former U.S. Postal Service employee, has been sentenced to 46 months in…

How can you resist these loving creatures?

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST– Tucked beneath some green awnings at 221- 223 Stuyvesant…

Civilian dispatchers coming aboard soon

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – One year after the town designated East Orange to…

Borough enacts long-term financing plan

  NORTH ARLINGTON – In a move that the Democratic majority says will save taxpayers money…

Revised recycling strategy in Belleville

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – Starting Aug. 1, the Township of Belleville will be…

KPD blotter: 100 degrees, 106 calls

At 7 a.m. last Wednesday, July 17, the Kearny Police Department logged its 15,000th job for…

Highlights from the Nutley Police blotter

July 18 The representative of a company that delivered goods valued at more than $4,000 to…

Around Town

Belleville Belleville Elks will hold a Type O blood drive, open to Belleville and the surrounding…

PVSC repairs sewer line

Last week, the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission closed off part of Schuyler Ave. near the Harrison/Kearny…

BOE faces suit from one of its own

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – And on goes the war. Kearny Board of…

Faulty span delaying dredging

  LYNDHURST – The dredging of the contaminated Lyndhurst mudflats on the banks of the Passaic…

Fatal shooting probed by Essex prosecutor

BELLEVILLE – A July fatal shooting in Belleville July 9 is being investigated by the Essex…

Detectors key to safe evacuation

By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Working smoke alarms were credited with helping to save…

Big bang in Nutley still a mystery

NUTLEY – Authorities are investigating an outside explosion that took place at 8:45 a.m. Saturday, July…

Spring opening for new health center

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – April 1, 2014, is the projected target date…