Before the 2019 high school football season began, Derek Leigh kept himself very busy in anticipation.…
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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…
Golden Bears’ soccer squad purely golden at 4-0
Pardon Denis Jelcic if he’s still in somewhat of a state of shock that his Lyndhurst…
Buccaneers off to a flying start at 2-0
Jermain Johnson couldn’t ask for a better start to the 2019 high school football season for…
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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(VIDEO) Lyndhurst’s 9/11 Remembrance
Click to watch video from the Sept. 11, 2001, Remembrance in Lyndhurst.
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…
Visions Dance Studio kicks off 23rd year
Starting its 23rd year, Visions Dance Studio, at 202 Midland Ave. (corner of Davis and Midland…
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…
FUN IN SUMMER SCHOOL?
The words “summer school” can often invoke fear in the hearts of schoolchildren across the country.…
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,…
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…
The sad end to a beautiful ballpark
It opened in the summer of 1999, a glistening, picturesque ballpark on the banks of the…
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?
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…
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…
Kearny kids learn track and field fundamentals
Alexander Pereyra is a 10-year-old fifth grader at Kearny’s Garfield School. Pereyra watched the Olympics in…
Lyndhurst’s Jorge earns spot on Team USA baseball squad
Alexia Jorge spent her weekend in Carrollton, Texas, a few miles outside of Dallas. It’s not…
Dream of a lifetime: Lyndhurst’s Partyla commits to Northern Illinois
Even though he had an All-State football season in 2018, rushing for 1,700 yards and scoring…
FOREVER REMEMBERED
When the late Lyndhurst Police Officer Thomas Albino woke up on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 1947, he…
Play ball at the Kearny Kids’ Baseball Camp
Dominic Avitable is only six years old, but he was a giant hit at the recent…
Kicking away at Nutley soccer camp
Joseph Faga might only be nine years old, entering the fourth grade at Roosevelt School in…