Kearny hopes SCOTUS will hear Keegan case, has filed for rare Writ of Certiorari

KEARNY — It may only be a dumping ground for construction debris and certain types of…

Don’t swim against the tide

Last week, “rescuers” were searching for the body of an 8-year-old boy believed to have drowned off…

Obituaries for June 27, 2018

Betty J. Christie Betty J. Christie (nee Winder) died June 15, 2018. She was 86. Born…

Obituary: Louis Donald Sylvester

Louis Donald Sylvester, of Harrison, died peacefully Monday, June 18, 2018. He was 81. A memorial…

Rain dampens no one’s spirit at annual senior citizens’ picnic

The 28th annual Senior Citizens Picnic went off without a hitch, despite menacing skies and a…

Obituaries for June 20, 2018

Betty J. Christie Betty J. Christie (nee Winder) died June 15, 2018. She was 86. Born…

Best friends, WWI veterans, get new headstones

BELLEVILLE — At 9 a.m. on Memorial Day, the bells of St. Peter’s Church on William Street…

Obituaries for June 6, 2018

Joan Ellen Gassert Joan Ellen Gassert, 63, of Toms River, died May 22, 2018, at Community…

WRITER’S RAVE REVIEWS

HARRISON — First-grader Michael’s fascination with children’s author Jay Isip’s “Dynomike” series stems from the fact…

Have summer plans? Here are a few ideas …

By Ron Leir My colleague Kevin Canessa recently covered an exhibition in Nutley of old-time Base…

KHS art show dazzles

KEARNY — A wing of the South Building at Kearny High School filled with objets d’art on…

‘If ye break faith with us …’               

To say that World War I devastated the countryside of France and Belgium would be an…

Obituaries for 23 May 2018

Nan Spanton Nan Spanton (nee Radford), of Kearny, died May 19, 2018. She was 86. Visiting will…

10 new cops on Kearny streets

By Ron Leir rleir@theobserver.com KEARNY — For Matthew Knighton, the choice of law enforcement as a…

Obituaries for May 16, 2018

Dennis Paul Bastek Sr. Dennis Paul Bastek Sr., 70, of Newton, died Friday, May 4, 2018,…