EDITORIAL: We’re ready to work with the NJSEA to drop the appeal proposal, but are they ready?

The NJSEA says it is committed to closing the Keegan Landfill. It said so in an…

WHAT MIGHT THEY FIND?

In a rectangular plot of land behind the Dutch Reformed Church in Belleville, scientists and students…

Kwapniewski celebrates 30 years at the helm at Coccia Realty

For those who know Jan R. “John” Kwapniewski, perhaps the most difficult thing to remember about…

In thanks for all that Kearny’s TNR program does

It was five years ago when Kearny’s Len Twist brought an idea to life. He knew…

One firefighter injured in Lyndhurst blaze

A fire at the All Guard Fence Company on Gutheil Place, Lyndhurst, caused some damage, and…

HIS SOUL WILL LIVE ON FOREVER

Daniel E. Kelly, who served the Third Ward on the Harrison Town Council from 1995 to…

Davie fields questions at law school event for alma mater Duquesne

Ken Davie of Kearny, a partner in the law firm Cifelli and Davie, Esqs., in Harrison,…

Norman Rutan is Kearny’s Veteran of the Year

When Norman Rutan walks into a room, the people in it can’t help but stop. Maybe…

Second suspect sought in brazen daytime armed robbery: KPD

Anyone with tips is asked to contact Det. Neil Nelson, of the Kearny Police Department, at…

SATURDAY TO REMEMBER

The weather was perfect Saturday. And Kearny was ablaze with activity. First it was a special…

Rejoice (for now)! The Keegan Landfill has been permanently closed

West Hudson residents have good reason to celebrate. For now. Judge Jeff Jablonski’s preliminary injunction to…

Marturano: There’s no health crisis caused by the Keegan

The New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority’s Director of Solid Waste says the illness you might…

At all Belleville schools, the water is safe, Melham says

Acting solely with an abundance of caution, and with the new school year approaching, Mayor Michael Melham…

Could Ballantyne’s NJSEA chairmanship be in jeopardy?

Could John Ballantyne’s chairmanship of the New Jersey Sports Exposition Authority be in jeopardy? It certainly…

Ignoring Kearny’s ‘odors,’ Attorney General sues private Newark company for its bad smells

Maybe it’s about our zipcodes? Or perhaps our residents are just flowing in too much cash?…

EDITORIAL: In the real world, Marturano would have been fired for comments made to WNBC

Last week, some members of the New York City media descended upon Kearny to offer the…

CLOSER TO CLOSURE

State Sen. Nicholas Sacco (D-North Bergen), along with Sens. Brian Stack (D-Union City) and Sandra Cunningham…

Lyndhurst OEM ready for any possible disaster

September marks National Preparedness Month and the Township of Lyndhurst and its Office of Emergency Management…

EDITORIAL: Facing Sacco resolution, NJSEA again has opportunity to close landfill, but likely won’t

We haven’t been this close to cap-and-closure of the Keegan Landfill in a long time. Thanks…

NJSEA cancels meeting scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 18, because of ‘threat of violence’

Click through to watch a video with the details.

(VIDEO) Lyndhurst’s 9/11 Remembrance

Click to watch video from the Sept. 11, 2001, Remembrance in Lyndhurst.

Red Bulls offer support for West Hudson’s fight to keep Keegan closed

The New York (New Jersey) Red Bulls have come out swinging in support of the Town…

Operation Short Storm nets $1 million in marijuana; 11 of 31 arrested live in The Observer’s readership area

NEWARK — Nearly a dozen people who live in The Observer’s readership area were among 31…

It’s time for the MTV VMAs: Avoid Downtown Newark Sunday night, Aug. 25, and all day Monday, Aug. 26, Newark PD says

If your commute involves Newark in any way, shape or form, you’ll want to pay attention…

MIDWEEK RECAP — the weather, assisted death law & more

Now’s the time to consider being an organ donor

Last week, we brought you the story of two brothers, Michael and Will Cordoba, Kearny natives,…

Dr. Daniel Sirovich, a resident of Kearny, dies after 82-foot fall from cliff in Spain: Reports

An up-and-coming doctor, originally from Brazil but who called Kearny home, and who was just days…

KPD: We caught hit & run driver

WEDNESDAY UPDATE: Kearny hit-and-run, soccer scandal in Scotland & storms a coming?

Recorded live on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019

OH WHAT A BROTHER!

Imagine the horror, if you would, of being given these two options in life — either…