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Kevin A. Canessa Jr. | Editor & Broadcaster
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.
Suspected killer was in U.S. illegally: reports
KEARNY – A 36-year-old Chestnut St. resident, who was reportedly in the United States illegally, stabbed…
The need’s great at food pantries
The reports say the economy is getting better. The unemployment rate is at its lowest in…
25 years of cleaning up 150-year-old Kearny
KEARNY – For the creator, Jane Mackesy, it’s hard to believe it’s been a quarter century since…
Scouts hike to World Trade Center
Though most of the Scouts of Unit 305 in Kearny were born after 2001, they remember…
More than just basketball lost with the closing of St. Anthony’s
By Kevin Canessa Jr. JERSEY CITY – I will never forget the first time I met…
Homicide victim identified as Luisa Cristina Reyna-Tello, 46
Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez released the following information about last night’s Kearny homicide: On April…
New pastor arrives at local ANC church
The Most Rev. George M. Lucey, FCM, presiding bishop of the American National Catholic Church, has…
Register now for town-wide garage sale
KEARNY — Once again, Kearny residents have a great reason to get started on their spring…
Four years after his death, Jose Cespedes is still missed
By Kevin Canessa Jr. April 12 marks the fourth anniversary of the death of Kearny High…
Obituaries for 22 March 2017
Anne Elizabeth Shea Slane Anne Elizabeth Shea Slane, of the Red Bank section of Middletown, formerly…
This is one very special cardinal
By Kevin Canessa Jr. I haven’t met him yet (though I hope to do so soon),…
Police arrest suspected ‘diversion’ burglars
By Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Correspondent A joint investigation between the Nutley and Bloomfield police departments…
Another diversion burglary hits Nutley
NUTLEY — Police here are warning of yet another diversion burglary. Police Director Alphonse Petracco and…
Salute to parade’s deputy marshals
When the 44th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade kicks off in Harrison on Sunday, March 12, at 2…