Around Town

Bloomfield “Night Fever: A Tribute to the Bee Gees,” will capture a full history of the…

Against all odds

Nutley East All-Star Buscanan breaks gender barrier, overcomes illness   By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer…

Red Bulls pull victory out of jaws of defeat

  By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer HARRISON – Real Salt Lake striker Alvaro Saborio had…

Strong turnout for first-ever Kearny football camp

  By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Nick Edwards became the new head football coach at…

Obituaries

James Clifford Brierley James Clifford Brierley died on July 4. He and his family had celebrated…

Purple graffiti artist has cops seeing red

The purple painter has left his or her mark on Lyndhurst. Police are investigating three incidents…

News from the Nutley Police blotter

July 26 At 1:26 p.m., police responded to a home alarm call at a Whitford Ave.…

Nutley cops, mayor battle it out

  By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – Nutley cops, armed with a giant inflatable rat…

Hudson nets 589 guns in buyback

  Hudson County residents turned in a total of 589 firearms during the state-sponsored gun buyback…

She ‘delivered’ cocaine, now she gets jail

A Lyndhurst woman, a former U.S. Postal Service employee, has been sentenced to 46 months in…

How can you resist these loving creatures?

  By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST– Tucked beneath some green awnings at 221- 223 Stuyvesant…

Civilian dispatchers coming aboard soon

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – One year after the town designated East Orange to…

Borough enacts long-term financing plan

  NORTH ARLINGTON – In a move that the Democratic majority says will save taxpayers money…

Revised recycling strategy in Belleville

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – Starting Aug. 1, the Township of Belleville will be…

Thoughts & Views: Still plenty of afflictions to cure, here & abroad

The time is out of joint – O cursed spite, That ever I was born to…