Obituaries for 19 July 2017
Mary C. Paiva Mary C. Paiva (nee Kolakowski) died July 7. She was 74. Born in…
Girls only at Kearny Girls’ Basketball Camp
Natalie Osorio is a 12-year-old Kearny resident who attends Lincoln School. Young Natalie also loves the…
North Arlington Junior Little League wins District 5 title
The last time North Arlington Little League captured a District 5 banner was 1960. “That’s pretty…
New NA coach D’Andrea leads youngsters through camp
Marcello D’Andrea knew that this year’s North Arlington basketball camp was going to be a little…
Correction
A photo caption in this week’s edition incorrectly identified a member of the Lyndhurst 100th anniversary…
KPD: Understaffed and under pressure
Kearny police blotter — continued from print edition in its entirety. By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent…
Revolution, town’s birthday, both celebrated on 4th in Belleville
BELLEVILLE – In the cemetery of the Belleville Dutch Reformed Church, at Main and Rutgers Sts., stands…
A pathway to possible citizenship …
KEARNY – As millions of Americans happily anticipated the Independence Day holiday, Carlos Rodriguesspent Saturday, July…
Clara Maass ER upgrades in the works
BELLEVILLE – Clara Maass Medical Center / RWJ Barnabas Health has been green-lighted to undertake additions…
Actor: ‘I beat the streets, you can, too’
It doesn’t take very long to figure out that Randy DeOrio has a very positive outlook…
Straight Up … The Right Stuff
July 2 at the Prudential Center in Newark, the concert was New Kids on the Block…
Middle School shift due in fall ’18
BELLEVILLE — It’s still a year away but the Belleville Board of Education is in motion…
Court deals town setback in Hartz litigation
KEARNY – Efforts by Kearny to delay a real estate developer from moving forward with a…
KPD: This driver was on a roll
KEARNY — At 4 a.m. on July 4, Kearny police responded to an accident on Devon St.,…
NPD: Unlocked cars burglarized
NUTLEY — On July 2, Nutley police responded to reports of thefts from four motor vehicles on…
Think our laws are strict?
By Kevin Canessa Sometimes, we Americans take for granted the laws established in this country. Shockingly,…
Obituaries for 12 July 2017
Jose M. Cuhna Jose M. Cuhna died July 4. He was 71. Born in Portugal, he…
New idea called ‘Combo Camp’ comes to North Arlington
For years, the North Arlington High School football coaching staff would host a week-long camp in…
Former Nutley soccer coach Marra new Belleville AD
The late Karen Fuccello was the athletic director at Belleville High School for 20 years, but…
Lyndhurst hosts annual baseball camp for 65 youngsters
It’s the third year that Pat Auteri hosted the Lyndhurst Baseball Camp down at the township’s…
BIG LESSONS LEARNED AT NPD Jr. POLICE ACADEMY
“Sir, yes, sir!” That was a common refrain echoed in the gym at Nutley’s Spring Garden…
After debate & review, public can film meetings
LYNDHURST — The Lyndhurst governing body squelched an attempt by a resident to record its June…
Honored for saving Lyndhurst man’s life
LYNDHURST — It may sound cliché, but life, as we know it, can change in a…
A year later, Davis Ave. firehouse reopens
KEARNY — A little more than a year after it was shuttered for emergency repairs, Kearny’s…
Locals remember the late ‘Father Tom’
The Rev. Msgr. G. Thomas Burns, who for 22 years was a parochial vicar at St.…
Guilty verdict in ’14 Belleville murder
NEWARK – A 53-year-old Belleville man has been convicted of first-degree murder in the August 2014 stabbing…
Suez deal questions; Oval vote put off
A year after Kearny signed up Suez to take over the town’s water utility, town officials…
The world’s a mess, but there’s baseball!
Well, well, well: the world is in its usual mixed-up muddle of a mess but now,…
Hall & Oates, Tears for Fears, rocked the Rock
If you haven’t been over to the Prudential Center for an event, you don’t know what…
KPD: Is that a lobster in your pocket or …?
KEARNY – This week, we have the privilege of recounting what has to be one of the…