25 years of cleaning up 150-year-old Kearny

KEARNY – For the creator, Jane Mackesy, it’s hard to believe it’s been a quarter century since…

Scouts hike to World Trade Center

Though most of the Scouts of Unit 305 in Kearny were born after 2001, they remember…

More than just basketball lost with the closing of St. Anthony’s

By Kevin Canessa Jr. JERSEY CITY – I will never forget the first time I met…

Homicide victim identified as Luisa Cristina Reyna-Tello, 46

Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez released the following information about last night’s Kearny homicide: On April…

New pastor arrives at local ANC church

The Most Rev. George M. Lucey, FCM, presiding bishop of the American National Catholic Church, has…

Register now for town-wide garage sale

KEARNY — Once again, Kearny residents have a great reason to get started on their spring…

Four years after his death, Jose Cespedes is still missed

By Kevin Canessa Jr. April 12 marks the fourth anniversary of the death of Kearny High…

Obituaries for 22 March 2017

Anne Elizabeth Shea Slane Anne Elizabeth Shea Slane, of the Red Bank section of Middletown, formerly…

This is one very special cardinal

By Kevin Canessa Jr. I haven’t met him yet (though I hope to do so soon),…

Police arrest suspected ‘diversion’ burglars

By Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Correspondent A joint investigation between the Nutley and Bloomfield police departments…

Another diversion burglary hits Nutley

NUTLEY — Police here are warning of yet another diversion burglary. Police Director Alphonse Petracco and…

Salute to parade’s deputy marshals

When the 44th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade kicks off in Harrison on Sunday, March 12, at 2…

Harrison man pinched on sex rap

A Harrison resident was among 10 men arrested in a prostitution ring in Newark last week, Newark…

Council selects tri-lingual Santana for Second Ward opening

KEARNY – Davis Ave. resident Peter Santana was appointed Second Ward Councilman at a special council…

OPINION: Did private car service gouge after storm?

By Kevin Canessa Jr. I can’t deny that Thursday, Feb. 9, felt a little like being…