Dennis Paul Bastek Sr. Dennis Paul Bastek Sr., 70, of Newton, died Friday, May 4, 2018,…
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Street Feast moved from Marina indoors on John Miller Way
Because of predicted inclement weather, the Kearny Street Feast scheduled for this Saturday, May 19 (known…
Let’s shame the scofflaws & make ‘em pay what they owe
By Ron Leir Have you heard the commercials pleading with New York City drivers to be…
Obituaries for 9 May 2016
Jesus Gonzalez Jesus Gonzalez, of Kearny, died April 27, 2018. He was 84. Visiting was at…
Obituaries for 2 May 2018
Margaret Johnson Margaret Johnson (nee Catrambone), of Kearny, died April 24, 2018. She was 95. Visiting was…
‘Those who fail to learn from history…’
By Karen Zautyk “… are doomed to repeat it.” I would attribute that quote, but my…
‘BRAVEST MAN I KNEW’
By Karen Zautyk Earlier this month, historian/writer Timothy Daudelin, a former Belleville resident who is a…
Pavers offered for entrance to KHS
KEARNY — Wanna buy a brick? As the Kearny Board of Education prepares to tackle the…
CLIMBING THE LADDER
KEARNY Four Kearny Fire Department promotions took effect on April Fool’s Day but you’d be a…
East Newark school chief resigns
EAST NEWARK — For Patrick Martin, it was always about the kids. That’s what brought him…
Getting at the truth can be dangerous to your health
By Ron Leir It’s a dangerous world out there and nobody knows that better than foreign…
Obituaries for 18 April 2018
Stavroula Kourkoulis Stavroula Kourkoulis died April 6, 2018. Visiting was at the Armitage & Wiggins Funeral…
Kearny crime rate continues to drop
KEARNY — The Kearny Police Department has released its Uniform Crime Report Index for 2017, and the…
Memories of (pre-casino) Atlantic City
By Karen Zautyk What do Louis Armstrong, Conway Twitty, Mr. Peanut and Elsie the Cow have in…
Obituaries for April 11, 2018
Hon. John A. McLaughlin; was NJ Superior Court Judge The Hon. John A. McLaughlin, 83, of…
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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…
Obituaries for March 28, 2018
Catherine Dalton Meder Catherine Dalton Meder, 75, of Guilford, Conn., succumbed to her long brave battle…
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…
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…
Obituaries for March 7, 2018
Frank Suppa Jr. Frank Suppa Jr., 53, of Kearny, died Feb. 25, 2018. Visiting was at…
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…
FORGOTTEN HERO
If you drive past the intersection of Stephens and Academy streets, you will notice that a third…
Obituaries — Feb. 28, 2018
John Tillberg John Tillberg, formerly of Kearny, passed away on Feb. 15, 2018, in Pigeon Forge,…