It also serves the neighboring communities of Harrison, East Newark, North Arlington, Lyndhurst, Belleville, Bloomfield and Nutley.

[2] Other staff writers of The Observer have written for the New York Daily News, The Jersey Journal, the Hudson Dispatch, "The Bergen Record," DiversityInc magazine and the Associated Press.

Early issues contained stories of local businesses, institutions such as the town's five churches, one public school, the shipyards, and manufacturing companies that framed the hub of the area.

[6] The newspaper registered the domain theobserver.com in 1996, and in the early 2000s, it changed its format from broadsheet to tabloid, and featured the addition of sporadic color printing.

In 2012, it offered readers an online e-Newspaper, which features breaking news with video and audio.