There was a time in Quincy Rutherford’s young life where he felt like he was earmarked…
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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…
HIS SOUL WILL LIVE ON FOREVER
Daniel E. Kelly, who served the Third Ward on the Harrison Town Council from 1995 to…
Pace Kivlehan resigns as Kearny girls’ soccer coach
There’s little doubt that Stefanee Pace was the best girls’ soccer player to ever come out…
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…
It’s Eleventh heaven for Kearny girls’ soccer
When the Kearny High School girls’ soccer team won their seventh, then their eighth, then ninth…
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…
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…
Kearny boys’ soccer hanging tough at 5-1
As the 2019 high school soccer season began, Kearny High School head boys’ soccer coach Bill…
CLOSER TO CLOSURE
State Sen. Nicholas Sacco (D-North Bergen), along with Sens. Brian Stack (D-Union City) and Sandra Cunningham…
Blue Tide boys’ soccer endures growing pains
Mike Rusek is now considered one of the premier high school soccer coaches in New Jersey.…
NJSEA cancels meeting scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 18, because of ‘threat of violence’
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Images from the 2019 Kearny High School Sept. 11, 2001 remembrance
The annual Kearny High School 9/11 Remembrance took place Friday, Sept. 6, in the high school…
Blood to Murphy: Don’t mess with our students’ health — close Keegan for good
Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to Gov. Phil Murphy by Kearny Superintendent of Schools…
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…
FUN IN SUMMER SCHOOL?
The words “summer school” can often invoke fear in the hearts of schoolchildren across the country.…
Harrison’s Sowe signs pro contract with Red Bulls II & is first Blue Tide product to sign a pro contract in over 40 years
Ever since he was a little boy growing up in Harrison, Omar Sowe always dreamed of…
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…
WEDNESDAY UPDATE: Kearny hit-and-run, soccer scandal in Scotland & storms a coming?
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OH WHAT A BROTHER!
Imagine the horror, if you would, of being given these two options in life — either…
Murphy, Prieto, Ballantyne et. al., how could you still be ignoring what we say?
Dear Gov. Phil Murphy, Vincent Prieto, John Ballantyne and every other politician who still ignores West…
Beginning July 30, H2S odors may get even worse, NJSEA says
If you think the odors from the Keegan Landfill are bad now, the NJSEA says it…
As court date looms, NJSEA meets and again ignores residents’ concerns
The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority met once again July 18. Residents of Kearny attended…