When Paul Kartanowicz took over the Harrison High School cross country program last year, he knew…
Year: 2016
Harrison’s Silva goes through goal-scoring explosion
The 2015 high school soccer season ended in an instant for Marta Silva. The Harrison High…
Peden Terrace: two-way or one-way?
KEARNY – Probably the steepest hill street in Kearny and one of the most difficult roads…
Pricey settlements continue to add up
BELLEVILLE – Another in a series of lawsuits filed in recent years against the Belleville Board…
Will garden expand from veggies to fruits?
KEARNY – A would-be Johnny Appleseed’s proposal to add fruit trees to the Kearny Community Garden…
Council: Oval cash, hotel tax, water issue
KEARNY – The Town of Kearny has snagged a lot of state cash to help…
School fix-up to raise average tax bill
LYNDHURST – If Lyndhurst voters greenlight the Nov. 8 public question to spend almost $20 million…
KPD: I’m arrested? Oh fudge!
A 51-year-old Newark man with an apparent taste for fudge cookies and Life Savers Gummies ended up…
Pa. man charged in Schuyler Bank Robbery
KEARNY – The prime suspect in the Sept. 8 robbery of the Schuyler Savings Bank was arrested…
Another (Keegan) landfill headache for Kearny
KEARNY — With Kearny still battling the N.J. Sports & Exposition Authority in court over its…
How to prevent your car from being stolen
BELLEVILLE – Are you aware that, in this country, a motor vehicle theft occurs every 21 seconds?…
Kearny PBA 21’s ‘Trucktoberfest’ is Oct. 22
KEARNY — The Kearny PBA Local 21’s first food truck festival wasn’t even over yet when…
Need a laugh? Look up a Down East PD page
By Karen Zautyk The population of the city of Bangor, Maine, is 33,039. At last count,…
Obituaries for Oct. 5, 2016
Corey Lynn Burke Corey Lynn Burke, 21, of Kearny, died Saturday, Oct. 1 at Memorial Sloan…
Lyndhurst honors memory of fallen Marshall grid standouts
The tragedy took place on November 14, 1970, a plane crash that took the lives of…
Nutley’s Quinn running for a name for himself
Nutley High School has a legitimate cross country standout in junior Jimmy Quinn. Quinn showed some…
Harrison’s O’Donnell leads Blue Tide to 3-0 start
Don’t blink. Don’t even look. But believe it or not, the Harrison High School football team…
What’s next for the Harrison FD & PD?
HARRISON — Now that Harrison has averted a potential fiscal crisis by the state granting its…
KHS, East Newark mark 9/11 15th anniversary
KEARNY/EAST NEWARK – It was held belatedly only because Kearny High School’s opening was delayed five…
Leadbeater reports to prison in Pa.
A former Kearny lawmaker and school trustee has taken up residence in the Keystone State, courtesy of…
Veteran overseer minding BOE checkbook
KEARNY – He started his career in educational administration back when Lyndon Johnson was president. Now…
KPD: Carted off in cuffs
Standard operating procedure for most shoplifters fleeing the scene of their crime appears to be to…
Archbishop Emeritus Gerety dead at 104
The Most Rev. Peter Leo Gerety, archbishop emeritus of Newark, died Tuesday, Sept. 20. He…
HPD: Gunman held up couple near PATH station
HARRISON – The Harrison Police Department is investigating two robbery incidents – one successful, the other…
Why is Hickory St. Playground still closed?
KEARNY — A summer has passed with Kearny’s Hickory St. playground eerily devoid of sounds of children…
Remembering Lynn Italiano Kelly one year later
By Kevin Canessa Jr. I can’t forget — nor would I ever want to forget —…
Obituaries for Sept. 28, 2016
Celmira Vicenta Acaro De Soto Celmira Vicenta Acaro De Soto, of Harrison and Ecuador, died Sept. 21.…
Young Kearny soccer player is as radiant as her name
Niamh Devlin is eight years old. Her first name, pronounced NEEVE, is of Gaelic origin. It…
Harrison girls experience growing pains
The Harrison High School girls’ soccer program is in good hands. The Blue Tide has Raphael…
Nutley’s Steck becomes school’s all-time goal scoring champ
It’s almost unfair that there’s not a video component to The Observer Athlete of the Week…