Charges will not be filed against Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop following an incident where the…
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Apologize to the Kearny cop you shoved, Santos says to JC Mayor Fulop
Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop owes the rookie Kearny police officer he shoved last night an…
Kearny professor pleads guilty to fraud
NEW YORK CITY — Mamdouh Abdel-Sayed, a tenured lecturer at the City University of New York’s…
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…
Friends, family raising funds for the late Vitorino Cirne
By Kevin Canessa More than two weeks after the death of Vitorino Cirne, 51, the Lyndhurst…
Former Kearny BOE payroll clerk faces new charges, HCPO says
Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez has released the following information: On Monday, May 21, 2018, Gina…
Body pulled from Passaic River is missing postal worker Cirne
KEARNY — The body of a 51-year-old Lyndhurst man, a letter carrier with the Kearny Post…
THE (VERY) OLD BALL GAME
If you were anywhere near Boys’ Park at Yanticaw Park in Nutley Saturday afternoon, May 5,…
Amid fanfare, FedEx opens its new North Arlington location
There was pomp and circumstance in North Arlington last week as FedEx Freight officially opened its…
KFD purchases thermal-imaging cameras with FEMA grant
By Kevin Canessa Here’s a scenario we’ve all probably faced at one point or another. You…
Cirne still missing
By the time you’re reading this, it will have been nearly two weeks since 51-year-old Vitorino…
Remembering the Rev. Msgr. John J. Gilchrist
By Kevin Canessa The Rev. Msgr. John J. Gilchrist, who spent much of his priestly life…
Obituaries for 25 April 2018
Marie Clementz Marie Clementz, of Kearny, passed away on April 18, 2018. She was 94. Visitation was…
KPD searching for missing man, Rogelio ‘Rollie’ Mendez, 40
The Kearny Police Department seeks the public’s help in locating Rogelio “Rollie” Mendez, a 40-year-old man…
DEVELOPING NEWS: Lyndhurst cops searching for missing 51-year-old man
The Lyndhurst Police Department is actively conducting a missing-person investigation. Vitorino Cirne, seen in the photo…
Generics v. Brands
If you take any kind of medication — for whatever the reason — chances are you’ve…
Approaching a corner with an SUV parked at it? Hold on for your life!
By Kevin Canessa The other day, a good friend of mine and I were driving along…
Doomed NYC helicopter took off from South Kearny: reports
A helicopter that crashed into New York City’s East River Sunday, March 11, killing all five…
LYNDHURST GOES ‘STIGMA FREE’
LYNDHURST — Fact: 1 in 4 Americans will be, at one point in their lives, diagnosed…
There’s plenty of help out there for those afflicted by mental illness
By Kevin Canessa For this week’s edition of The Observer, I was fortunate to be able…
New security protocol for visitors implemented in Kearny schools; Measures follow horrific shooting that took 17 lives in Stoneman Douglas HS in Parkland, Fla.
By Kevin Canessa The Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.,…
REMAKING THE MEADOWLANDS
The man who has represented parts of West Hudson in the State Assembly for the last…
‘Threat’ shuts down Nutley schools Feb. 16, just 2 days after Florida massacre
NUTLEY — Students in Nutley Public Schools got an extra day tacked onto their winter break…
BE SCAM SMART
Residents beware — when people take to social media after a tragedy looking for help, you…
On Starbucks, Santana & more …
This is one of those weeks where I get to do a column for the second…
A life full of giving
It took a matter of 10 minutes for Phil Stafford’s life to turn upside down. It…
Wittpenn bridge to close most of this weekend
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To all who helped at Maple St. fire, we say ‘Thank You!’
By Kevin Canessa I woke up at 5:15 a.m. on Jan. 5. As usual, I made…
Top 5 most-read stories on theobserver.com in ‘17
Two cops facing disciplinary charges, bail reform in New Jersey, the death of a 14-year-old Kearny…