Kearny Police Lt. John Taylor’s last day on the job, before official retirement, is today and this morning, Carol Manley organized a celebration for him outside police headquarters. We’ll have a recap of Taylor’s career in an upcoming edition of The Observer, but in the meantime, we salute Lt. Taylor for his tremendous 25+ year career and wish him all the best in retirement. Sgt. Dave Rakowski, seen below at left with Taylor, will become the new commander of the KPD’s traffic bureau.
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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.