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‘All aboard’ for new PATH station 21 Aug 2013 | 09:49 pm
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent HARRISON – Gov. Chris Christie made it official. Last Friday, welcomed by cheers from a partisan crowd, the governor came to Harrison to declare that the long-awai...
Dark day in Kearny history 21 Aug 2013 | 09:48 pm
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – “At 5:50 p.m., this date, August 19 . . .” the police report reads, “a terrific explosion was heard in Kearny and about the same time an alarm of fi...
Trailers at the ready at KMUA site 21 Aug 2013 | 09:47 pm
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – The office trailers are on site but so far, they’re sitting empty. Such is the situation at the Kearny Municipal Utilities Authority at the end of Central A...
‘On your mark, get set …’ 21 Aug 2013 | 09:46 pm
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Jim Cifelli got the running bug when he started competing as a seventhgrader at Franklin School in 1960, continued at Kearny High School in the mid-60s,...
Hoping to make this diamond sparkle anew 21 Aug 2013 | 09:45 pm
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – Some six decades ago, when North Arlington Little League came into being, Councilman Joe Bianchi was among the first kids to test out the diamond...
News from Kearny Police blotter 21 Aug 2013 | 09:44 pm
Kearny police are investigating a break-in at a local business where a burglar made off with a reported $18,000 worth of goods. Jewelry? Liquor? Lottery tickets? Try soybean oil. Apparently there’s a ...
Thoughts & Views: A perspective on ‘stop-and-frisk’ 21 Aug 2013 | 09:43 pm
A federal court has concluded that the New York Police Department’s stopand- frisk policy violates the constitutional rights of minorities – predominantly blacks and Latinos – who, each time they were...
Around Town 21 Aug 2013 | 09:42 pm
Belleville Children are invited to activities and crafts that explore what lies beneath at “The Dig” on Wednesday, Aug. 21 and Aug. 28 at 2:30 p.m. at Belleville Public Library, 221 Washington Ave. “N...
Kearny moves ahead with new coach Edwards 21 Aug 2013 | 09:41 pm
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Nick Edwards has been the head football coach at Kearny High School for only a few weeks now, but he’s already beginning to like what he sees. “The amount of kids...
NA’s McCarthy preps for another high school grid season 21 Aug 2013 | 09:39 pm
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer As August quickly turns into September and the summer rapidly dwindles away, Dennis McCarthy gets a little more excited. It’s not as if the North Arlington reside...
