Fuzzy needs a home

Fuzzy, a 5-month-old Angora female, is available for adoption at the Humane Society of Bergen County,…

New fitness program for Nutley residents

Nutley Department of Parks and Recreation announces the addition of the Recreation Positive Fitness Program to…

Summer internship opportunity for high school juniors

NEWARK — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office is…

Duty, honor, country

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent WEST POINT, N.Y.– Last Thursday, according to the weather folk,…

VOICE giving vets a lift

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Kearny’s fledgling VOICE (Veterans Outreach Information Community Education)…

Nutley working to protect its seniors

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – One elderly township resident claims she’s paid out thousands…

Kearny gets Hudson County’s first Wawa

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Last Friday, Kearny gained a new corporate retail presence…

Retrial of Bergrin delayed to next week

By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent Paul Bergrin of Nutley, known in some quarters as the (allegedly)…

Partial Skyway shutdown begins in 2014

NEWARK – The state Department of Transportation announced last week at a Newark press conference plans…

Kearny Police blotter

Kearny police were credited with saving the life of a young man who apparently had been…

Fatal crash in Kearny

    An 87-year-old Harrison man was pronounced dead Friday following a three-car crash at the…

Around Town

Bloomfield Bloomfield Public Library, 90 Broad St., announces a new Financial Book Club for beginners. The…

Blue Star Salute to Osborns

    So far, Kearny’s VOICE project has identified “a little less than 30” households whose…

Flu vaccine

The Department of Public Affairs- Nutley Health Department no longer has flu vaccine available due to…

BOE reorganizes, but still looking to fill vacant seat

    By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – If someone sues the Kearny Board of…