Hoping to make this diamond sparkle anew

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – Some six decades ago, when North Arlington…

News from Kearny Police blotter

Kearny police are investigating a break-in at a local business where a burglar made off with…

Around Town

Belleville Children are invited to activities and crafts that explore what lies beneath at “The Dig”…

Making waves over cleaning the river

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – What started out as a public celebration of…

Alma agrees to pay

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent EAST NEWARK – A three-year legal battle between East Newark and…

Kearny boosts public safe rosters a notch

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Every time he’d pass the Midland Ave. firehouse…

Now he’s ready for nuptials

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – A Kearny veteran was expected back home from…

Reports from the Kearny PD blotter

This is a public service announcement from Police Chief John Dowie to the residents of Kearny:…

Relax bulk rules for Passaic Ave., DCA says

        By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Unlike the neighboring town of…

Mirroring real life in art: sex abuse & gangs

  By Ryan Sloan Observer Correspondent (Updated) At 25, she’s already written two fiction books. And…

Never too young to learn to dance

  Now in its 17th year, Visions Dance Dance Studio of Kearny is offering a new…

Around Town

Belleville Tickets are now available for St. Peter’s Rosary Confraternity’s annual Communion Breakfast to be held…

Score Mentors offer lifeline to Sandy-hit NJ businesses

While New Jersey continues to re-build in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, many small businesses are…

From ‘honor system’ to ‘palming’?

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – To scan or not to scan? That is…

KFD in top gear with new trucks

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – A few weeks back, in our article about…