Marturano: There’s no health crisis caused by the Keegan

The New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority’s Director of Solid Waste says the illness you might…

Could Ballantyne’s NJSEA chairmanship be in jeopardy?

Could John Ballantyne’s chairmanship of the New Jersey Sports Exposition Authority be in jeopardy? It certainly…

Ignoring Kearny’s ‘odors,’ Attorney General sues private Newark company for its bad smells

Maybe it’s about our zipcodes? Or perhaps our residents are just flowing in too much cash?…

EDITORIAL: In the real world, Marturano would have been fired for comments made to WNBC

Last week, some members of the New York City media descended upon Kearny to offer the…

Kearny boys’ soccer hanging tough at 5-1

As the 2019 high school soccer season began, Kearny High School head boys’ soccer coach Bill…

CLOSER TO CLOSURE

State Sen. Nicholas Sacco (D-North Bergen), along with Sens. Brian Stack (D-Union City) and Sandra Cunningham…

Blue Tide boys’ soccer endures growing pains

Mike Rusek is now considered one of the premier high school soccer coaches in New Jersey.…

NJSEA cancels meeting scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 18, because of ‘threat of violence’

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Images from the 2019 Kearny High School Sept. 11, 2001 remembrance

The annual Kearny High School 9/11 Remembrance took place Friday, Sept. 6, in the high school…

Blood to Murphy: Don’t mess with our students’ health — close Keegan for good

Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to Gov. Phil Murphy by Kearny Superintendent of Schools…

Red Bulls offer support for West Hudson’s fight to keep Keegan closed

The New York (New Jersey) Red Bulls have come out swinging in support of the Town…

Operation Short Storm nets $1 million in marijuana; 11 of 31 arrested live in The Observer’s readership area

NEWARK — Nearly a dozen people who live in The Observer’s readership area were among 31…

FUN IN SUMMER SCHOOL?

The words “summer school” can often invoke fear in the hearts of schoolchildren across the country.…

Harrison’s Sowe signs pro contract with Red Bulls II & is first Blue Tide product to sign a pro contract in over 40 years

Ever since he was a little boy growing up in Harrison, Omar Sowe always dreamed of…

Dr. Daniel Sirovich, a resident of Kearny, dies after 82-foot fall from cliff in Spain: Reports

An up-and-coming doctor, originally from Brazil but who called Kearny home, and who was just days…

WEDNESDAY UPDATE: Kearny hit-and-run, soccer scandal in Scotland & storms a coming?

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OH WHAT A BROTHER!

Imagine the horror, if you would, of being given these two options in life — either…

Murphy, Prieto, Ballantyne et. al., how could you still be ignoring what we say?

Dear Gov. Phil Murphy, Vincent Prieto, John Ballantyne and every other politician who still ignores West…

Beginning July 30, H2S odors may get even worse, NJSEA says

If you think the odors from the Keegan Landfill are bad now, the NJSEA says it…

As court date looms, NJSEA meets and again ignores residents’ concerns

The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority met once again July 18. Residents of Kearny attended…

EDITORIAL: NJSEA has a chance to redeem itself Thursday by not contesting Kearny’s Keegan lawsuit

Litigators for the Town of Kearny and the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority are slated…

It’s girls only at Kearny girls’ basketball camp

Sophia McGonigle is an aspiring 11-year-old basketball player from Kearny who will enter the sixth grade…

RUTGERS RELIEF

Motorists, rejoice: Rutgers Street is finally being repaved! If you’ve driven on Rutgers Street in Belleville,…

Kearny loses two sportsmen too young

It’s never easy when someone dies at a young age. Kearny recently had to endure two…

COP Units doing great things locally

Over the years, we’ve asked police chiefs a question — and the answer is almost always…

A TRUE KNIGHT

By Lisa Feorenzo & Kevin Canessa Life can change — for the better or worse —…

EDITORIAL: In thanks for Project Graduation & more

This past weekend, most of the Kearny High School Class of 2019 headed onto buses and…

NJ SUPREME COURT CLOSES KEEGAN

The Scales of Justice have tipped back toward West Hudson, its residents and their well-being. In…

‘DOUGHBOYS’ RESTORED

This story was born by pure chance during a recent visit to Holy Cross Cemetery in North…

DUMPED ON AGAIN!

A state Appellate court reversed a lower-court’s decision to close the Keegan landfill through most of…