(VIDEO) It’s Santos & his team in a rout

With one district outstanding in the Second Ward, here are the tallies. Mayor: Santos: 1,588 Ferreira:…

Nutley singer remains optimistic while facing an impossible future with ALS

A week ago, he was signing the “Star Spangled Banner” at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.…

Call him Zach … Belleville transgender athlete a trailblazer for others

Zach Perez just knew from an early age that he just wasn’t right with the gender…

Crime drops 27.5% in Kearny

There was this belief, starting, oh, around a year ago, that the lockdown instituted by the…

ICYMI — The Observer Presents: An Evening With Kearny Mayor Alberto G. Santos

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ICYMI — The Observer Presents: An Evening With Kearny Mayoral Challenger Sydney J. Ferreira

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RENEWED HEALTH

There is very little one could say that is positive in nature about the COVID-19 pandemic…

SANTOS REFLECTS ON HIS 21-YEAR MAYORALTY

In just under a fortnight, Kearny Democrats (and unaffiliated voters) head to the polls to determine…

A ‘CLEAN SWEEP’ for UNITY

It was, at times, a contentious election. It seemed it might even be a squeaker. But…

Obituaries for May 19, 2021

KPD Det. Frank West stars in Jets commercial

There are fans and there are super fans. In the case of the New York Jets,…

‘Click It or Ticket’ campaign kicks off May 24 in Kearny, Lyndhurst, elsewhere

Law enforcement officers from around the state — including the Kearny and Lyndhurst police departments, will…

Kearny man, 20, arrested on numerous child porn-related charges: KPD

UPDATED MAY 13, 2021, @ noon —  A 20-year-old man has been arrested by the Kearny…

NA TURNS 125

The Borough of North Arlington has turned 125. And while the pandemic caused muted celebrations for…

Harrison 5K run to benefit local scholars is May 16

Harrison High School Vice Principal and former Jersey City Councilman Steve Lipski is a runner. In…

NJDEP approves cover for entire Keegan Landfill

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has endorsed the installation of a geomembrane cover system…

GROUNDBREAKING

There was pomp and circumstance in the air as Gov. Philip D. Murphy was in Lyndhurst…

FIREWORKS SPARK AT KEARNY COUNCIL MEETING

If you were watching the Zoom-based Kearny Town Council meeting on April 27, you might have…

Ferreira: Despite judge’s ruling, Campos will run as write-in candidate

The Primary Election of 2021 in the Town of Kearny continues to get more bizarre by…

Judge: Campos stays off the ballot

A Hudson County Superior Court judge has rejected Second Ward Kearny Council candidate Alexis Campos’s and…

IN FULL BLOOM

Here’s a look at the Cherry Blossoms in Branch Brook Park from last week. Photos by…

Campos deemed ineligible to run in race for Kearny Second Ward nomination

A candidate in the race for the nomination for a council seat in the Second Ward…

Following experts’ advice, Hudson County halting J&J vaccines … for now

Following guidance from the CDC, FDA and the State of New Jersey, Hudson County will pause…

1,500+ Kearny homeowners will get tax credit in May bills

The Kearny Finance Department has applied Homestead Benefit Property Tax Credits to the May 2021 tax…

FIELDS OF DREAMS — New Oval open to the public

Once one faces east, along Schuyler Avenue at the entrance, it’s obvious instantly how much the…

BCPO: Major crimes investigating deaths of 2 in North Arlington

The North Arlington Police Department and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office’s Major Crimes Unit are investigating…

Hudson Prosecutor investigating disappearance of cash from HCPO office

Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez says she’s investigating the disappearance of cash – the proceeds of…

Santos seeks new 4-year term, will face challenge from local realtor Ferreira; nomination for 4 council seats also up for grabs

For the first time in more than a decade, there will be a contested Democratic primary…

Sivella, his ticket, returned to May 11 ballot

A Bergen County Judge has ordered five candidates, originally deemed ineligible by the township’s clerk, back…

Kearny man, in this week’s blotter, now charged with Lyndhurst jewelry-store burglary, Auteri says

A man who appeared in this week’s Kearny police blotter is in even more trouble after…