Thoughts & Views: On the road again … and again … and again…
So 2016 could see two New Jerseyans vying for the highest office in the land.…
Ambulance fees targeted for hike
LYNDHURST – It looks like out-of-towners, with certain exceptions, will be paying more for a ride…
KPD: Suspect nabbed on 50G warrant
A Virginia woman, wanted on a $50,000 Kearny robbery warrant, was arrested Feb. 11 when she…
C.O.A.L.G. coming to Centanni’s
By Anthony J. Machcinski Observer Correspondent While the heavy snow and frigid temperatures don’t exactly…
Business Review: Legal expertise at Brady, Brady & Reilly
By Antthony Machcinski Observer Correspondent There is a difference for people who simply have a…
Then & Now
This week’s ‘Then’ photo comes from a 1908 postcard, which unfortunately does not identify…
Around Town
Belleville Belleville UNICO sponsors a bus ride fundraiser to the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City on…
NA track: Not bad for a first-year program
Sending three athletes to the NJSIAA Meet of Champs By Jim Hague Observer Sports…
Meadowlands Museum remembers fallen Marshall football players
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer November 14, 1970, is a day that will be…
Nutley takes home 3rd straight NJSIAA District 14 crown
Belleville crowns three district champs By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Nutley had captured…
De Grace Plumbing: 20 years & thriving
By Anthony J. Machcinski Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – Drivers traveling through the area for the…
Obituaries
Angelo Buttiglieri Private arrangements for Angelo Buttiglieri were by the Armitage and Wiggins Funeral Home. Mr.…
UPDATE: Missing Nutley teen found safely
A teenage girl from Nutley who was reported missing since Feb. 11 is back home, Nutley…
‘A true Harrisonian’
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – Harrison lost its longtime chief executive when Mayor Raymond…
Close call for basement fire victim
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Restricted space in a basement apartment challenged firefighters who…
Fierce competition among towns for salt
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent With forecasters predicting a snow and ice blizzard in the making…
Heavy snow causes Devon St. roof collapse
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – It was only a matter of time. And of…
Cop hurt in Kearny Ave. mele; 4 arrested
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY– Four people were arrested and four police officers were assaulted…
Thoughts & Views: Moments of triumph
Among the happy events associated with Mayor Raymond McDonough and his beloved Harrison in recent…
Is Clark Thread project unspooling?
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent EAST NEWARK – Since its courtship and conditional designation in May…
Out of the East comes … Country!
By Anthony J. Machcinski Observer Correspondent About a year and a half ago, JD Klossek…
News from the Nutley Police blotter
Feb. 7 After responding to a report of a disturbance at a Copolla St. location, at…
Around Town
Belleville Belleville UNICO sponsors a bus ride fundraiser to the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City on…
Longtime Kearny track coach Cifelli retires
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer It was the spring of 1961, when a young…
Lyndhurst’s Donovan earns NJ Lacrosse Hall of Fame berth
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer When Jim Donovan entered Columbia High School in Maplewood…
NA’s Keefe wins NJSIAA state sectional bowling crown
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer It’s safe to say that Tyler Keefe was born…
Business Review: Legal expertise at Brady, Brady & Reilly
By Anthony Machcinski Observer Correspondent There is a difference for people who simply have a…
Obituaries
Maria Fatima Castro Maria Fatima Castro, entered into eternal rest on Saturday, Feb. 8, surrounded by…
Remembering Ray McDonough: A reflection from former Observer Editor Kevin Canessa Jr.
By Kevin Canessa Jr. Former Observer Editor I first met Raymond J. McDonough in January 1992.…
Harrison Mayor Ray McDonough dead at 65 (updated at 2 p.m. Thursday)
HARRISON — Longtime Harrison Mayor Raymond McDonough, 65, collapsed at Town Hall and died of an…