Clarification

A story in last week’s Observer about the gun buyback to be held in Hudson County noted that, by press time, the N.J. Attorney General’s Office had not responded to phone inquiries as to why there would be no collection site in West Hudson. Subsequently, we received an email from a spokesman for the AG, which stated: “In each of the buybacks we’ve done around the state — including this latest one planned for next month in Union and Hudson counties — the actual host locations are recommended by county and local officials.”

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Kevin A. Canessa Jr. is the editor of and broadcaster at The Observer, a place where he has served on and off 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 Facebook Live, 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 West Hudson to return to The Observer full time. Click Here to send Kevin an email.