Belleville’s Gencarelli named Observer Male Athlete of the Year

Soccer, volleyball standout becomes first Buccaneer recipient The first sport that entered P.J. Gencarelli’s life was soccer. “I…

Something new: Boys’ basketball camp in NA

When it comes to learning about the sport of basketball, there’s always room for growth, always room for improvement and always room…

Lyndhurst’s Failace signs letter to attend Sacred Heart

Becomes school’s first-ever Division I track athlete It’s a day that Jessica Failace could only dream of…

Obituaries

Dean Capozzi  Dean Capozzi of Lyndhurst died suddenly July 3. He was 55. Arrangements were by the Armitage Wiggins…

Shots fired at NA’s Riverview Gardens was apparent suicide: Acting Chief Hearn

A man has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the Riverview Gardens apartments just off…

Perfectly suited to vets

KEARNY –  There’s a new clothing “store” in town. But the clientele is limited to veterans. And they don’t…

1st charter school due in 2016

KEARNY –  The Town of Kearny is getting its first charter school … but it’s going to be…

Keeping their heads above water

LYNDHURST –  Rich and Diane Mitchell live close to the Passaic River in Lyndhurst but please don’t mention water…

Storm disrupts access to Schuyler Ave.

KEARNY – A few low-lying areas in Kearny took a bit of a beating last Wednesday from the torrential downpour…

BOE overreacted in trying to fire union leader: PERC

BELLEVILLE – Score one for the Belleville teachers’ union. A state labor agency determined that the Board of Education unfairly…

Portal Bridge fire doused by KFD fireboat

KEARNY –  Thanks to an all-hands response by the Kearny Fire Department, including its fireboat, a blaze at the Portal…

Charged in Essex takedown

NEWARK –  A Nutley man was among 48 individuals charged last week in a law enforcement sweep “centered on violence,…

Sandy-tainted trees left in park

LYNDHURST –  There they were along the riverbank, stacked in the brush parallel to the river: shade tree saplings…

Remembering Tom MacFarland

For those too young to remember, or for those who didn’t follow politics in Kearny long ago, Tom MacFarland was…

WE’VE GOT MAIL

‘GOOD LUCK, GLOVERS’  To the Editor:  Your article in the June 24 edition of The Observer on the…