A 22-year-old East Orange man is behind bars after he reportedly committed a spree of assaults…
Kevin A. Canessa Jr. | Editor & Broadcaster
Kevin A. Canessa Jr. is the editor of and broadcaster at The Observer, an organization he has served since 2006. He is responsible for the editorial content of the newspaper and website, the production of the e-Newspaper, writing several stories per week (including the weekly editorial), conducting live broadcasts on social media channels such as YouTube, Facebook, and X, including a weekly recap of the news — and much more behind the scenes. Between 2006 and 2008, he introduced the newspaper to its first-ever blog — which included podcasts, audio and video. Originally from Jersey City, Kevin lived in Kearny until 2004, lived in Port St. Lucie. Florida, for four years until February 2016 and in March of that year, he moved back to Kearny to return to The Observer full time. Click Here to send Kevin an email.
Top 10 stories of the first half of 2020
To say the first six months of 2020 have been trying would be a gross understatement.…
Is it time to consider term limits for local elected officials?
There’s been a lot of discussion, of late, on the pages of this newspaper — all…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…