Year: 2021
Hudson’s senior citizens cruise canceled and other news briefs
HUDSON COUNTY SENIOR CRUISE CANCELED Because of the recent rise in COVID-19 Delta variant cases, the…
SURGE IN CITIZENS — Harrison sees whopping 42.8% population increase in 2020 Census
Towns in The Observer’s readership area all saw a spike in population over the last 10…
KGC CHEERLEADERS GO TO ORLANDO, WIN CHAMPIONSHIP
It all began innocently some 14 years ago, when cousins Jamie Guedes and Justine Esteves loved…
EDITORIAL — Schools reopen soon, so remember to drive safely near them
Whenever a new school year starts, we are reminded by local police departments of the importance…
Learning the basics of football at Lyndhurst camp
Sure, there may have been 50 or so other boys on the new field of the…
Nutley’s Delanzo had memorable summer
As the summer months began, there was the Garden State Underclassman Games, the get together for…
FUN IN HARRISON SUMMER SCHOOL
When you think of the summertime and young people — during normal times, that is —…
KEARNY’S GLEN ‘JONESEY’ JONES’S RADIO TOAST SPANS THE GLOBE WITH A KEARNY FLARE
One afternoon in late April 2020, during the height of COVID-19 quarantining, legendary radio host and…
Tips from the Kearny PD to make the roads safer for drivers, bikers, pedestrians
Back in June, when two teenagers riding on a bike eastbound and downhill on Garfield Avenue…
What a different world we had 20 years ago
Looking at the calendar today, it is exactly one month from now our nation, our world,…
It’s hoop heaven for host of young ladies at Kearny camp
KEARNY — Makayla David is a 12-year-old soon-to-be seventh grader at Walker Middle School in Nutley.…
Spikes, hits, kills: Sights and sounds of Kearny volleyball camp
KEARNY – Sure, Kearny is readily known as “Soccertown, USA,” after the United States National Team…
BUCKING ALL TRENDS, ST. PETER’S SCHOOL, BELLEVILLE, IS THRIVING AS OTHER CATHOLIC SCHOOLS CLOSE
It’s no secret Catholic schools, especially here in New Jersey, are closing at an alarmingly high…
RED BULL BROUHAHA
HARRISON — What started out as a friendly soccer match at Red Bull Arena between two…
New Nutley grid coach Vick hosts camp for youngsters
He might be on the job as the new head football coach at Nutley High School…
Future sluggers, hurlers hone skills at Lyndhurst camp
Lyndhurst High School head baseball coach Patrick Auteri has been either involved or was the chief…
Joseph D. Salvia, who owned Avenue Deli in Kearny, dies aged 68
Joseph D. Salvia died unexpectedly July 7, 2021, at the young age of 68. Joseph was…
Kearny PD needs public’s help identifying man killed in July 26 bike crash
A man who police have been unable to identify was killed in a fatal bike crash…
FOR ROWERS, NEW BOATHOUSE IN LYNDHURST WILL BE A DREAM COME TRUE
No one has ever accused the Passaic River of having the same pizzaz as the River…
EDITORIAL — Parents, please: Be sure kids are safe when biking
A few weeks ago, two youngsters were riding a bicycle east on Garfield Avenue toward Davis Avenue…
Kearny boys’ basketball camp attracts youngsters
Caleb Bonet is an 8-year-old Kearny resident who will enter the third grade at Hudson Charter…
Lot of promise at Lyndhurst girls’ hoops camp
Dani Nicolette is an 11-year-old girl who is headed into the sixth grade at the new…
Nutley reschedules Independence Day fireworks … on Sept. 10
When the Township of Nutley realized it couldn’t pull of fireworks on or around July 4,…
After 30-year run, Knapp retires from service to East Newark
In the world of Hudson County government, there are certain names synonymous with various municipalities. There’s…
EDITORIAL — Nutley must cancel fireworks planned for Sept. 10, 2021
For those of us old enough to be able to say we remember Sept. 11, 2001,…