Obituaries
Christina McAllister Christina McAllister, 92, died on Aug. 17 at her home. Services were held at…
Kentucky Care 2011
By Karen Zautyk The Observer’s 4th annual Kentucky Care Project is underway! Last Friday, the…
Nabbed in sex assaults
By Karen Zautyk A man arrested in 2008 in Nutley in the alleged sexual assault of…
Political feuding erupts anew over budget cuts
By Ron Leir NORTH ARLINGTON – This borough’s shaky ship of state has arrived at an…
How not to rob a bank
By Karen Zautyk NUTLEY – Not that we’re speaking from personal experience, but it seems…
Crossed signals on DeJessa Bridge
By Ron Leir LYNDHURST – Given the cumbersome pace of travel, impatient South Bergen…
News from the Nutley police blotter
By Karen Zautyk A Sunday afternoon altercation between two teenagers on Franklin Ave. last week culminated…
Drug busts keep cops busy
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – A 55-year-old Rutherford man, with what Kearny Police Chief John Dowie…
See Something? Say Something
By Lisa Pezzolla It is hard enough keeping your business going on a daily basis without…
Bank robbers I have known
Well, there was only one actually, at least that I’m aware of. He was, surprisingly, a…
Rising star Mia Borders moves through Kearny
By Anthony J. Machcinski While many young, modern, and popular female musicians have broken through…
Around town
Belleville Recent WWE TV star and Hall-of-Fame legend “Mr. U.S.A.” Tony Atlas will headline an all-star…
Red Bulls are absolutely tied up in knots
By Jim Hague HARRISON – Was the New York Red Bulls’ 2-2 tie last Saturday…
Summer’s over as football practices begin
By Jim Hague The calendar may read only mid-August, but the summer is over for…
Kearny captures Hudson-Bergen girls’ softball championship
By Jim Hague For the last six years, an All-Star team formed from the Kearny…
Some financial tips for married life
By Randy Neumann Are you marrying soon? Have you recently married? As you begin your…
Obituaries
Samuel J. Del Guercio Samuel J. Del Guercio, 51, of East Newark, passed away on Thursday,…
Saluting Kearny’s kid cadets
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – The first thing we noticed when we arrived at Gunnell Oval,…
Mom of the Year, she’s not
By Karen Zautyk NUTLEY – A Newark woman who came to Nutley to do some grocery…
Benchmark for local judge
By Ron Leir HARRISON – This town is losing another of its municipal leaders. Falling…
If it’s Monday, I must be Jose
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – A man who authorities said has at least 10…
Hundreds spend Night Out Against Crime
By Anthony J. Machcinski KEARNY – Warm weather and a beautiful sunset kissed the skin of…
Investing in hedge fun
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY – If you saw a shrub walking along Kearny Ave. around noontime…
Daylight carjacking in supermarket lot
KEARNY – A woman loading groceries into her van at the ShopRite on Passaic Ave. was…
Quick work by the KPD
By Karen Zautyk KEARNY — Police may have set a record last week in the capture…
School Supplies Greatly Needed
By Lisa Pezzolla During these difficult times we are hearing conversations about prices for gas, food …
Purple prose and vile puns
The 2011 Bulwer-Lytton prizes have been announced! This is something to which I look forward every…
We’ve Got Mail
To the Publisher: A week before Christmas I received a call from one of my oldest…
‘Knock, knock’ ‘Who’s there?’ ‘Oh ****!’
NUTLEY – A Franklin Ave. resident can consider himself lucky that a burglar armed with a…
Jersey Four tribute to the Four Seasons
By Anthony J. Machcinski Decades have passed since the Baby Boomer generation was young and Frankie…