Correction

A story about the fish exchange program in The Observer’s Aug. 26 issue contained two errors. The story should have said that the Cooperating Parties Group represents 60 firms and that the CPG has, as yet, signed no written agreement to pay for a share of the cleanup of the lower Passaic River. The CPG is awaiting the release of a final plan by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for that cleanup.

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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.