When Danny Hicks left Harrison High School last year for a chance to be an assistant…
Year: 2020
Kearny youth minister at Protestant church charged with sexual assault on minor, HCPO says
A 21-year-old Kearny man who works as a youth minister at the Good Shepherd Church, Kearny,…
ONE ‘2’0 REMEMBER
If there is any doubt whether the Class of 2020 got shortchanged because the COVID-19 pandemic…
After 35 years on the job, 13 as chief, Dyl prepares to hang up his hose
Back in the late 1970s, Steven M. Dyl, the chief of the Kearny Fire Department, was…
On the road to outdoor dining, NA gets it, Kearny doesn’t
Restaurant owners have suffered dearly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some have closed, likely never to reopen.…
Obituaries for 17 June 2020
Leonard Greene Leonard Greene died June 7, 2020. He was 73. Born in Newark, he lived…
Basketball is all in the family and all on the net for NA’s Stone family
Matt Stone, the director of athletics at St. Mary’s High School in Rutherford and the president…
Belleville’s Cuzzi set to return to call MLB games, but ready for what?
By all accounts, Phil Cuzzi had the best year of his career as an umpire in…
PEACEFUL NOISE
They came from all over. The message, brutality against the black community, which led to the…
EDITORIAL — In solidarity with the police who serve our local communities
This is a tough time for law enforcement. Just a few weeks ago, people throughout the…
Obituaries for June 10, 2020
Russell Murray Russell Murray died May 7, 2020. He was 87. Born in Jersey City, he…
Former Observer AOYs Higgins, McKenna reflect on lost college seasons
A year ago, for the first time in the nearly 20-year history of awarding the top…
Former Observer Athlete of the Year Pezzolla reflects on year at Monmouth
It was shaping up to be the best year of Giulia Pezzolla’s young life. Honored last…
Passaic County man, wanted for alleged attempted homicide, taken into custody by Lyndhurst PD: Auteri
A Passaic County man wanted by authorities in Smyth County, Virginia, for an alleged attempted homicide…
Off-duty firefighter, also a police lieutenant, saves woman, cat, from blaze
The quick thinking of an off-duty volunteer Lyndhurst firefighter, who also happens to be a police…