Lyndhurst’s Pezzolla named The Observer’s Female Athlete of Year

For all intents and purposes, Giulia Pezzolla was born to play soccer. “I think I was…

HAIL TO THE NEW CHIEF: Jarvis sworn-in as Lyndhurst’s new top cop

The weather couldn’t have been more beautiful. The crowd assembled at Town Hall Park was filled…

Lyndhurst Municipal Alliance hosting Open House April 5 for addicts, those with mental-health issues, their families

If you’re suffering from mental-health issues and/or are addicted to drugs or alcohol, the Lyndhurst Municipal…

Kevin recaps this week’s newspaper (April 3, 2019)

Click through to watch Kevin Canessa's weekly recap of the week's news.

Lyndhurst PD helps woman who’d just given birth, was locked inside apartment

A newborn Lyndhurst baby is going to have one heck of a tale to tell about…

TRAIN TO THE FUTURE

In the not too distant future, the Stuyvesant Avenue NJ Transit Train Station in Lyndhurst is…

12 men who served locally credibly accused of priestly sexual abuse

The list of approximately 70 priests of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark credibly accused of…

The Top 10 stories of 2018 on theobserver.com

While The Observer continues to be one of the most read printed weekly newspapers in New…

Lyndhurst leads the way with new OEM app

This week, we received word the Township of Lyndhurst was scrapping Nixle alerts in favor of…

West Hudson mourns loss of Msgr. Francis R. Seymour

The Rev. Msgr. Francis R. Seymour, in residence at St. Cecilia Church, Kearny, for the last…

Social-media threat to NAHS ended quickly by NAPD, superintendent says

UPDATED Dec. 3 at 6:50 p.m., with a statement from NAPD Chief Scott Hedenberg. A threat…

Pronti, GOP sweep in N.A.; Eckel cruises in Kearny

Councilman Dan Pronti is North Arlington’s Mayor-Elect. The sitting Republican councilman beat sitting Democrat Councilman Mark…

Branwell’s still spinning after achieving dream of being on ‘Wheel’

If you’ve lived in Kearny — or know someone who does — over the 20 years…

Joseph Bianchi, the mayor of North Arlington, dead at 77

North Arlington Mayor Joseph Bianchi, who spent the last four years as the leader of this…

North Arlington scores $500K in money it was owed for years by NJSEA

North Arlington has finally gotten its long-promised fair share from the Meadowlands District. In a three-year…