EDITORIAL: School bus seatbelt law is a good start, but it’s not enough

GOV. PHIL MURPHY signed a law, last week, requiring all school buses in New Jersey manufactured…

EDITORIAL: UEZ vital to Kearny’s overall economic well-being

Several weeks ago, we ran a story about the possibility that an Urban Enterprise Zone program…

Teens head to camp this week and will bring positive message back to peers

By Kevin Canessa This week, a group of Kearny teenagers head out to a camp in…

Have you ever left a kid in a hot car?

By Kevin Canessa As someone who spent four full years in the oppressive heat of South…

Smile! You’re on candid cameras

By Karen Zautyk Last week, news broke that the national Transportation Security Administration has been monitoring…

The strange death of an N.Y.C. mayor

In the June 13 edition of The Observer, I wrote a feature story about the misadventures…

New laws that could soon affect you

A  recent report listed a series of bills that could be heading to the desk of Gov.…

Letter to the Editor July 11, 2018

To the Editor: I have so many fond memories of the (Pulaski) Skyway and am so…

Kearny, New Jersey — a place where stigmas are history

On this website are two obituaries, one for a young lady, 29, and the other for…

One man just couldn’t do it on his own …

The Portuguese national team suffered a somewhat surprising first round exit in the knockout stage of…

Don’t swim against the tide

Last week, “rescuers” were searching for the body of an 8-year-old boy believed to have drowned off…

What are your summer baseball memories? Let us know for a chance to win Jackals’ tix

With the summer just around the corner, it’s really time, now, for baseball fans to begin…

Have summer plans? Here are a few ideas …

By Ron Leir My colleague Kevin Canessa recently covered an exhibition in Nutley of old-time Base…

‘If ye break faith with us …’               

To say that World War I devastated the countryside of France and Belgium would be an…

In thanks for mom

By Kevin Canessa Jr. When I was a wee lad, growing up and living in Jersey…