Yanticaw School sixth-grader wins Nutley VFW’s Patriots Pen contest

Nutley’s Yanticaw School sixth-grader Neslisah Varol won the 2024 VFW Patriot’s Pen contest. The winning essay…

Deadline extended for The Observer’s Find the Hearts contest

We’ve extended the deadline to submit entries to The Observer’s Find the Hearts contest to Monday,…

Sports for the Feb. 14, 2024, edition

In early December, Renato da Silva was happily working for the New York City Department of…

Obituaries for Feb. 14, 2024

June McCain  June McCain died Jan. 29, 2024. Born Feb. 10, 1935, in Kearny, Miss June started…

HCPO: Kearny man suffers life-threatening injuries after being struck riding on moped

The Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation Unit is investigating a crash that seriously injured a moped…

Young Harrison Elks attend leadership conference in Long Branch

Melham (kindly) tells China to buzz off over flag raising

Uh oh. International politics landed on the front porch in Belleville, where Mayor Michael Melham received…

Jack Cataneo, a Kearny Marine Corps veteran who died without a family, laid to rest today

Alert for Kearny senior citizens: No jitney, Meals on Wheels, next 2 Mondays

Meals on Wheels and the Town of Kearny’s jitney bus will be suspended the next two…

Lane on 280 in Newark will be closed tonight

The I-280 westbound right lane and shoulder are scheduled to be closed tonight as a bridge…

Curtain rises Feb. 16 for ‘And Then There Were None’

The West Hudson Arts & Theater Co (WHATCo) brings the classic Agatha Christie mystery, “And Then There…

WE GOT THE CUP! MetLife Stadium will host 2026 World Cup Final

The next FIFA World Cup is still more than two years away, but the New York-New…

Obituaries for Feb. 7, 2024

Loretta A Hutcheson Loretta Hutcheson (nee Calabrese) died at home on Feb. 2, 2024. She was…

Pizzuti sets school scoring record as Lyndhurst boys basketball advances in NJIC Tournament

As Anthony Pizzuti got closer to the Lyndhurst career scoring record, he started to learn more…