Fire wrecks duplex, but garage is saved

EAST NEWARK – Five adults and a dog were left homeless after a fire swept through a two-level duplex…

Finally, funding for firefighters

KEARNY –  The fourth time was the charm for Kearny’s Bravest. It took a lot of persistence, and maybe…

2 rescued from burning building

LYNDHURST –  Public safety personnel executed a roof-top rescue of two township residents as a fire raged inside their…

Video of last night’s fire in East Newark

We'll have a full story on this Grant Ave. fire in East Newark from last night…

Same script: roster keeps changing

KEARNY –  And still they come and go. Such is the personnel pattern that prevails at both the Police…

Bad hose makes good zoo product

The Lyndhurst Volunteer Fire Department recently made an unhappy discovery which it turned to good use. As is required…

New cops, firefighters are multi-skilled

Of the 15 new cops hired , 11 are Kearny residents and four live in Newark. And, of the…

Spat with fire chief leads to firing

EAST NEWARK – An East Newark volunteer firefighter has been fired following a verbal blow-up with the chief of the…

Portal Bridge fire doused by KFD fireboat

KEARNY –  Thanks to an all-hands response by the Kearny Fire Department, including its fireboat, a blaze at the Portal…

Firefighters rescue man stuck in mud

By Kevin Canessa Jr. & Ron Leir  Observer Correspondents  NORTH ARLINGTON – A subcontractor doing survey work for…

Learning the ropes on rescue techniques

HARRISON –  Earlier this year, a construction worker at one of the town’s waterfront development area project sites fell some…

More promotions for Kearny’s Bravest

  KEARNY –  It may have seemed like déjà vu. Just a few weeks ago, four Kearny firefighters…

Band of Brothers

By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent  KEARNY –  On Sept. 11, 2001, a young boy stared out a…

Rooming house fire confined to 1 unit

KEARNY –  A fire that started in an unoccupied room at the Hudson House rooming house Sunday evening is…

Acclaimed by their peers

By Karen Zautyk  Observer Correspondent  KEARNY –  American Legion Post 99 on Belgrove Drive was the setting Friday…