Ready, set, serve!

  The annual Kearny Project Graduation Volleyball Tournament, an always much-anticipated event, is scheduled for this…

News from the Kearny Police blotter

Recent reports from the Kearny Police Department blotter included, but were not limited to, the following:…

Spa opens

  Jasmine Foot Spa, 397 Kearny Ave., Kearny, celebrated its grand opening on April 9. At…

Around Town

Belleville Save Monday, May 20, for Clara Maass Medical Center Foundation’s annual golf invitational at the…

Fraud charges are family affair

LYNDHURST — A Lyndhurst businessman and family members have been criminally charged in an alleged scheme…

Can you spell ‘busted’?

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – If you had occasion to drive or walk…

Fire death ruled accidental

HARRISON – The death of an elderly woman at a Harrison fire scene last Monday, April…

EPA working on mudflat plan

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – By month’s end, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency…

Recalling local hero & national tragedy

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent NUTLEY– On the morning of April 10, 1963, the USS…

Crumbling factory too close for comfort

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – A distraught First Ward resident appealed to the Kearny…

A mile of meadows goes up in flames

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY — A stubborn brush fire, fanned by strong winds,…

Housing could replace vacant school

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – It’s been sitting stagnant for years, except as…

Rooting for Kearny Library garden

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – The long-talked about outdoor reading garden for the…

Driven to (fatal) distraction

  You may not be aware (pun intended) of this, but April is national Distracted Driving…

Cop & fireman move up the ranks

  At a recent meeting of the Town Council, a ceremony was held to mark the…