Caleb Bonet is an 8-year-old Kearny resident who will enter the third grade at Hudson Charter…
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Lot of promise at Lyndhurst girls’ hoops camp
Dani Nicolette is an 11-year-old girl who is headed into the sixth grade at the new…
Nutley East wins District 8 championship, moves on to the Section 2 semifinals
Editor’s note: Story updated July 21, 2021 at 12:30 p.m., to correct the spelling of Anthony…
Dominant undefeated Mid-Realty wins Kearny Little League World Series
Joe Chew has been coaching Little League baseball in Kearny for the last 22 years. Chew…
Kearny welcomes 175 kids to five fields for annual soccer camp
KEARNY – If there was proof needed that the area had overcome the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic,…
Nutley kids come out for popular soccer camp
NUTLEY – Mike Perna is a 10-year-old Nutley resident who is headed into the fifth grade…
‘Golden Boy’ remembered: North Arlington’s Cammett drowns tragically at 24
In 2014, Michael Cammett was only an aspiring high school senior at North Arlington High School,…
NA’s Alho named as Observer Male Athlete of Year
Maybe The Observer should just rename its year-end Male Athlete of the Year award to the…
Lyndhurst’s Martin presented with Observer Female Athlete of Year, is 4th Golden Bear girl to receive honor
There was always a connection between Carley Martin and Camila Alonso, going back to the days…
Kearny’s Osorio reflects on crazy college year at Moravian
Needless to say, it wasn’t the most conventional college freshman year for Kearny native Samantha Osorio…
6 seniors receive NJSIAA honors for brilliance in sports and the classroom
About 10 years ago or so. the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association decided it would…
Dream dies for Nutley softball team in sectional final
After falling to Cranford in the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group III championship game Saturday…
Kearny volleyball season ends in sectional final
The Kearny High School boys’ volleyball team was in a place it had never been before…
Lyndhurst’s Alberti: Getting 100th with flair for dramatic
After a highly successful sophomore year for the Lyndhurst High School softball team, Gianna Alberti just…
Call him Zach … Belleville transgender athlete a trailblazer for others
Zach Perez just knew from an early age that he just wasn’t right with the gender…