Parakeets seek home
Jimmy and Sprinkles, two 1-year-old male parakeets green and yellow/blue, are available for adoption at the Humane…
BREAKING: Pennsylvania man arrested, charged with murdering Alishia Colon
A 41-year-old Pennsylvania man has been arrested and is being held on $10 million cash-only bail…
BREAKING: 16-year-old Kearny girl shot, killed on Belgrove Drive Thursday night
KEARNY — A 16-year-old Kearny High School student was shot in the head and died…
Fuzzy needs a home
Fuzzy, a 5-month-old Angora female, is available for adoption at the Humane Society of Bergen County,…
New fitness program for Nutley residents
Nutley Department of Parks and Recreation announces the addition of the Recreation Positive Fitness Program to…
Summer internship opportunity for high school juniors
NEWARK — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office is…
Duty, honor, country
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent WEST POINT, N.Y.– Last Thursday, according to the weather folk,…
VOICE giving vets a lift
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Kearny’s fledgling VOICE (Veterans Outreach Information Community Education)…
Nutley working to protect its seniors
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – One elderly township resident claims she’s paid out thousands…
Kearny gets Hudson County’s first Wawa
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Last Friday, Kearny gained a new corporate retail presence…
Retrial of Bergrin delayed to next week
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent Paul Bergrin of Nutley, known in some quarters as the (allegedly)…
Partial Skyway shutdown begins in 2014
NEWARK – The state Department of Transportation announced last week at a Newark press conference plans…
Secrets in plain sight
This week’s column is one of my serendipitous ones. It concerns things we see often…
Kearny Police blotter
Kearny police were credited with saving the life of a young man who apparently had been…
Fatal crash in Kearny
An 87-year-old Harrison man was pronounced dead Friday following a three-car crash at the…