By Kevin Canessa It’s hard to believe Thanksgiving is already here. Maybe it’s because of the…
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.
That squad is on fire
KEARNY — Leonor Nasert is a very lucky mom. A year-and-a-half ago, her daughter, a sixth-grader…
Someone across the Passaic dropped the ball
Having had the honor of sitting down with Kearny police Capts. Scott Macfie and Tim Wagner…
BOCCE BOYS
If you’ve ever taken a drive in Belleville’s Branch Brook Park, around the cherry blossom trees,…
Obituaries for 18 Oct. 2017
Frances L. ‘Fran’ Kong Frances L. “Fran” Kong died suddenly Oct. 10. She was 69. Born…
14-year-old Kearny boy reported missing last week still has not been found
A 14-year-old boy whose family reported him missing a week ago today has still not yet…
NYC college lecturer, a Kearny resident, charged with federal offenses for selling fake college certificates
Mamdouh Abdel-Sayed, a 68-year-old Kearny resident and a full-time, tenured lecturer at the City University of…
Festivals were fun, as was KFD Open House
By Kevin Canessa So much has happened over the last few weeks locally that I thought…
2 GRAND BIRTHDAYS — LYNDHURST @ 100 & KEARNY @ 150
If there’s such a thing as a weather god, it really did a great job this…
DIVERSITY ON DISPLAY at HARRISON FEST ’17
The hot late-September temperatures were no match for Harrison Fest 2017. For the 22nd consecutive year,…
European-like living at Harrison Urby
HARRISON — On a beautiful Tuesday morning in September, Ironstate Development and the Pegasus Group cut…
The hell of 9/11/01 turned to joy on 9/21/01
Sept. 21, 2001, was my 27th birthday. Following the terror attacks just 10 days earlier, it…
GAZING AT THE SUN
Elaine McCarthy and Jess McMasters have been friends for a long time. Many years ago, they…
Cardinal making first pastoral visit to Kearny Sept. 7
The calendar may indicate it’s still summer during the first few weeks of September, but at the Roman…
Lyndhurst man, a firefighter, arrested on child-porn charges: BCPO
LYNDHURST — A 49-year-old Lyndhurst man who lists his occupation as a firefighter with an unknown…