By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – She had already bought the dress. A classic black number perfect for a funeral. When she walked past the casket--and…

NUTLEY – It was a close call for more than a year but the Nutley Township administration seems confident that the state will be releasing its allocation of state Green…

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Local Democrats – facing a lone independent candidate – maintained a stranglehold on local government with an 8-0 majority…

By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – A cooperative investigation by the Kearny Fire Depart- ment and Police Department into a devastating house fire on Garfield…

By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent KEARNY – If you’ve noticed an in- creased police presence in Kearny’s shopping areas these days, you shouldn’t be con- cerned.…

December 31, 2014 • www.theobserver.com • Vol CXXVII, No. 32 COVERING: BELLEVILLE • BLOOMFIELD • EAST NEWARK • HARRISON • KEARNY • LYNDHURST • NORTH ARLINGTON…

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent NORTH ARLINGTON – It was her day off – Tuesday –and Barbara Gangi kept to her set routine. Shortly before 6:30 a.m., Gangi dropped…

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – For more than two decades, it sat – carefully preserved – in a Pennsylvania residence. Next month, however, the Purple Heart…

see QUARTERS page 24 By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – The revolving door to the Kearny superintendent of schools office keeps turning and, like the ball on a…