Doomed NYC helicopter took off from South Kearny: reports
A helicopter that crashed into New York City’s East River Sunday, March 11, killing all five…
A bit of forgotten baseball history
By Karen Zautyk Did you know that Cleveland once had a pro-baseball team called the Spiders?…
Obituaries for March 14, 2018
Manuel Vila Manuel Vila, 79, of Harrison, died March 9, 2018, at home. Visiting was at…
Belleville names Johnson as new football coach
Belleville High School hasn’t enjoyed a winning season over 20 years. The last season that had…
Kearny native Thiele joins 1,000-point club at St. Peter’s Prep
Brendan Thiele vividly remembered being a freshman at St. Peter’s Prep in Jersey City and noticing…
LYNDHURST GOES ‘STIGMA FREE’
LYNDHURST — Fact: 1 in 4 Americans will be, at one point in their lives, diagnosed…
There’s plenty of help out there for those afflicted by mental illness
By Kevin Canessa For this week’s edition of The Observer, I was fortunate to be able…
Obituaries for March 7, 2018
Frank Suppa Jr. Frank Suppa Jr., 53, of Kearny, died Feb. 25, 2018. Visiting was at…
Red Bulls unfurl new Argentine superstar Kaku
HARRISON — His given birth name is Alejandro Romero Gamarra. But in international soccer circles, he…
Kearny gets another state wrestling champion in Cardenas
It didn’t take long for Kearny’s last state wrestling champion to recognize the talents of the…
Kearny basketball: The highs and lows
The Kearny High School girls’ basketball team’s season ended last week with a 62-50 setback to…
Teen arrested in ‘joke’ KHS threat
A 15-year-old Kearny High School student has been arrested and charged with third-degree creating a false-public…
FORGOTTEN HERO
If you drive past the intersection of Stephens and Academy streets, you will notice that a third…
New security protocol for visitors implemented in Kearny schools; Measures follow horrific shooting that took 17 lives in Stoneman Douglas HS in Parkland, Fla.
By Kevin Canessa The Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.,…
Obituaries — Feb. 28, 2018
John Tillberg John Tillberg, formerly of Kearny, passed away on Feb. 15, 2018, in Pigeon Forge,…