River jumper still missing

HARRISON – Where is Keith Jean? That’s what police continue to ponder after Jean jumped into…

Key town employees leaving next year

KEARNY – Like the N.Y. Yankees, Kearny will be looking to fill some key positions in…

News in brief: KHS opening several days late & more

KEARNY – Kearny High School will have a delayed opening for the fall term to allow…

Special needs focus at Lighthouse campus

LYNDHURST — Having settled in as Lyndhurst superintendent of schools (having swapped places with James Corino,…

Scenes from Kearny’s ‘Night Out’

All photos by Karen Zautyk

KPD: A gun in the glove box

At 2 a.m. last Wednesday, Aug. 3, Officers David Bush and Jonathan Dowie pulled over a…

Wells Fargo robbery suspect nabbed 

KEARNY — A 25-year-old Passaic man was arrested last week in connection with a bank-robbery spree that…

82-year-old driver takes out poles: KPD

KEARNY – An octogenarian driver knocked down a utility pole, traffic signal and hit two cars…

Nearly 15 years ago …  the day I thought I was going to die

By Kevin Canessa Jr. September 2001 was probably going to be one of the best months…

Corrections

Corrections: A story in the Aug. 3 edition of The Observer incorrectly listed the first name…

Obituary for Aug. 10, 2016: Paula Tomasheski

Paula Tomasheski Paula Tomasheski (nee Hudson) died early Tuesday morning, Aug. 2, at Clara Maas Medical…

Nutley’s Piro heads new Super Football Conference

The start of the 2016-2017 scholastic sports season is now less than a month away, so…

Mullins named new hoops coach at Harrison

  Bill Mullins had been away from the sport he loves, the game of basketball, for…

Belleville, Kearny ready to give new football league a chance

The new-fangled Super Football Conference that Nutley’s Joe Piro will head will also feature two other…