By Karen Zautyk KEARNY — This is the story of a ship that sailed from Kearny…
Month: March 2018
Swimming fees lowered by Lyndhurst commissioners
By Ron Leir rleir@theobserver.com LYNDHURST — No matter last week’s nor’easter, March 20 marked the first…
Approaching a corner with an SUV parked at it? Hold on for your life!
By Kevin Canessa The other day, a good friend of mine and I were driving along…
Obituaries for March 28, 2018
Catherine Dalton Meder Catherine Dalton Meder, 75, of Guilford, Conn., succumbed to her long brave battle…
Harrison looks to veteran players to lead the way
The Harrison High School baseball team enjoyed some success a year ago with a roster filled…
Kearny’s Cardenas wins Junior National wrestling championship
Jacob Cardenas went to Virginia Beach and the National High School Coaches Association wrestling championships last…
Belleville softball team looks to battle new SEC foes
The Belleville High School softball team won 13 games a year ago and captured the Super…
DeGise announces termination of medical-services provider contract in response to yet another inmate suicide at Hudson jail
Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise made the following statement after more than three hours of meetings…
KPD: Drug deal could have been lethal
At 12:52 a.m. on Sunday, March 11, Kearny patrol officers responded to a report of gunfire at…
GETTING HIS DUE … FINALLY
BELLEVILLE — At the intersection of Belleville and Franklin avenues stands the imposing building that was once the…
Doomed NYC helicopter took off from South Kearny: reports
A helicopter that crashed into New York City’s East River Sunday, March 11, killing all five…
A bit of forgotten baseball history
By Karen Zautyk Did you know that Cleveland once had a pro-baseball team called the Spiders?…
Obituaries for March 14, 2018
Manuel Vila Manuel Vila, 79, of Harrison, died March 9, 2018, at home. Visiting was at…
Belleville names Johnson as new football coach
Belleville High School hasn’t enjoyed a winning season over 20 years. The last season that had…
Kearny native Thiele joins 1,000-point club at St. Peter’s Prep
Brendan Thiele vividly remembered being a freshman at St. Peter’s Prep in Jersey City and noticing…
LYNDHURST GOES ‘STIGMA FREE’
LYNDHURST — Fact: 1 in 4 Americans will be, at one point in their lives, diagnosed…
There’s plenty of help out there for those afflicted by mental illness
By Kevin Canessa For this week’s edition of The Observer, I was fortunate to be able…
Obituaries for March 7, 2018
Frank Suppa Jr. Frank Suppa Jr., 53, of Kearny, died Feb. 25, 2018. Visiting was at…
Red Bulls unfurl new Argentine superstar Kaku
HARRISON — His given birth name is Alejandro Romero Gamarra. But in international soccer circles, he…
Kearny gets another state wrestling champion in Cardenas
It didn’t take long for Kearny’s last state wrestling champion to recognize the talents of the…
Kearny basketball: The highs and lows
The Kearny High School girls’ basketball team’s season ended last week with a 62-50 setback to…
Teen arrested in ‘joke’ KHS threat
A 15-year-old Kearny High School student has been arrested and charged with third-degree creating a false-public…