Around Town

Belleville Mark your calendars for International Night at 7 p.m. on April 3, at Belleville Middle…

Real Estate Review

    It’s a seller’s market Where are the sellers? That is the main question on…

Biker brouhaha in Nutley

A Kearny motorcyclist gave Nutley cops a run for their money in the early hours on…

DEVELOPING STORY: Kearny Board of Education vice-president John Leadbeater arrested on mortgage-fraud charges

Updated at 1:15 p.m. on Saturday, March 23, with comments from Kearny Mayor Alberto G. Santos.…

FMBA President: ‘We’re lucky not to be going to a funeral or funerals’

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – The five-alarm blaze that ripped through two Latino restaurants,…

No-smoking zones to be expanded

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – In February 2008, the Town of Kearny, described…

Kearny crime hits 10-year low

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – The numbers are in, and the news is…

A ‘field’ day for North Arlington school board

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – Opposition by the Democratic majority and Mayor Peter…

Ex-mayor, 82, tosses hat in Lyndhurst ring

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – Eight years after riding off into the political…

K-9 cop goes to the dogs

  A Belleville man who was a 12-year veteran of the Essex County Sheriff’s Office was…

Locked out & locked up

KEARNY — Shortly before 2 p.m. on Monday, March 11, Police Officer John Fabula, on patrol…

Around Town

Belleville A fish fry, hosted by Belleville Elks Lodge 1123, 254 Washington Ave., will be held…

‘Mom smelled smoke’ during church service

  Congregants of the Iglesia de Dios Luz y Vida Christian Pentecostal Church were finishing their…

Coming up in the March 20 edition of The Observer …

In this week’s edition of The Observer, our Ron Leir updates the major Harrison fire from…

BREAKING: Jury finds Nutley’s Bergrin guilty on 23 charges

  Report By The Observer Staff NEWARK — A former prominent Nutley attorney has been found…