Kearny boys’ hoops squad starts season with split

It’s the second season of Bill Mullins’ second go-round as the head boys’ basketball coach at…

WACTH: NJSEA approves resolution to keep Keegan closed forever! We did it!

Click the headline to watch a video from today's historic NJSEA meeting.

As word arrives that NJSEA appeal will be heard, mayors’ committee approves resolution supporting Kearny’s fight

It’s been an eventful last week in the Keegan Landfill saga. A week ago, the Hackensack…

Kearny girls’ hoops: In Osorio, the Kards trust

A year ago, the Kearny High School girls’ basketball team basically had to start from scratch,…

MIRACLE ON KEARNY AVE.

The actual title of the classic Christmas show is “Miracle On 34th Street.” But for our…

KHS seniors hardly putting on ‘Just Another High School Play’

Annually, around this time of year, Kearny High School’s senior actors put on a play. And,…

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…

Kearny co-op set to take the ice as a varsity squad, joining forces with North Arlington, Secaucus to field competitive varsity contingent

It has taken more than 10 years, a decade filled with countless presentations and pleas, endless…

Kearny resident Rutherford, formerly of Harrison, doing well at Rutgers-Newark

There was a time in Quincy Rutherford’s young life where he felt like he was earmarked…

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…

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…

Kearny’s Laverde gains redemption

BAYONNE – Two years ago as an unknown freshman, Kearny’s Maria Laverde shocked the local cross…

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…

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

Click through to watch a video with the details.

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…

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…