The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, the state’s governing body for high school sports, announced…
Year: 2020
Lyndhurst, Nutley get ready for Last Dance World Series
When local high school baseball teams were preparing for the 2020 season to begin back in…
MURPHY’S LAW: YOU CAN’T OPEN!
Robert DaSilva, a resident of Kearny and the owner of Centanni Ristorante, is furious with Gov.…
EDITORIAL: Kearny Fire Dept. is in the right hands with Mastandrea
Joseph Mastandrea is a man who knows hard work. When he was a youngster, he had…
Obituaries for 8 July 2020
Rosemary Le Van Rosemary Le Van (nee Manjkow), 53, of Kearny, died suddenly June 29, 2020.…
Kearny’s Osorio named Observer Female Athlete of the Year; Soccer, basketball star becomes 8th Kardinal to receive year-end award
Samantha Osorio can best be described as the reluctant athlete. The recent Kearny High School graduate…
Four local teams prep for ‘Last Dance’ baseball tourney
Play ball! However, that’s about to change. In two weeks, four local teams will take the…
BOLT OF MEMORIES
Michelle Feurerstein, also known as Kathy, has a long history with dogs. And she’s perhaps as…
EDITORIAL — Bloody good graduations for KHS thanks to Blood
This is usually a fun time of year for those are to graduate, whether it’s the…
Obituaries for 1 July 2020
Francis X. Hesketh Francis X. Hesketh, 82, of Kearny, died June 16 at his home in…
Hail to the top scholar/athletes in the area — Five locals earn award from NJSIAA for academic, athletic excellence
Every year, the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association holds a special luncheon to honor all…
THANK HEAVEN!
They came from near and far. Their ethnicity didn’t matter one bit. No one asked about…
OPINION — Being witness to a Kearny cop’s epic act of human compassion …
On June 18, 2020, I witnessed something I wish I had recorded. I wish everyone in…
Obituaries for 24 June 2020
Michael P. Cicchino Michael P. Cicchino died at home June 16, 2020. He was 75. Originally…
Nutley’s Harbison working with QB guru to improve his skills
Matt Harbison doesn’t need to be a fortune teller, a few tea leaves. a tarot card…
Harrison’s Hicks posts great recruiting numbers as AIC assistant grid coach
When Danny Hicks left Harrison High School last year for a chance to be an assistant…
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…