Former Harrisonian JoAnn Barton making it big with radio show

JoAnn Barton is a Harrison girl at heart, even though she no longer lives here. From…

Sights & scenes of the West Hudson St. Patrick’s Day Parade (Part 1)

These photos are courtesy of Laura Comppen

X.Ray Burns (Ken Green) dead at 57

Kenneth Green -- you may know him as X.Ray Burns from the Glen Jones Program Featuring…

Branwell’s still spinning after achieving dream of being on ‘Wheel’

If you’ve lived in Kearny — or know someone who does — over the 20 years…

WRITER’S RAVE REVIEWS

HARRISON — First-grader Michael’s fascination with children’s author Jay Isip’s “Dynomike” series stems from the fact…

KHS art show dazzles

KEARNY — A wing of the South Building at Kearny High School filled with objets d’art on…

Street Feast moved from Marina indoors on John Miller Way

Because of predicted inclement weather, the Kearny Street Feast scheduled for this Saturday, May 19 (known…

THE (VERY) OLD BALL GAME

If you were anywhere near Boys’ Park at Yanticaw Park in Nutley Saturday afternoon, May 5,…

Show will get you into the psychic spirit

KEARNY — In his 2017 book, “Absent Witness,” Kearny’s resident psychic/medium Karl Petry has a chapter…

W.H.A.T.’s ‘Kearny’ show is this week, weekend

History is usually the domain of straight plays, so the mind-blowing success of “Hamilton” last year…

I partied like it was 1979 …

By Joann Barton Special to The Observer I spent Friday night, Aug. 4, going back in time…

Queen and Adam Lambert — they rocked me

I have always been a fan of Queen and while watching American Idol with my kids,…

Actor: ‘I beat the streets, you can, too’

It doesn’t take very long to figure out that Randy DeOrio has a very positive outlook…

Straight Up … The Right Stuff

July 2 at the Prudential Center in Newark, the concert was New Kids on the Block…

Hall & Oates, Tears for Fears, rocked the Rock

If you haven’t been over to the Prudential Center for an event, you don’t know what…