For the second year in a row, legendary former St. Anthony High School basketball coach Bob Hurley visited Kearny High School for a clinic alongside Bayonne High School head coach Ben Gamble and ...

Commissioner Mauro G. Tucci and the Nutley Parks and Recreation Department cut a ribbon for the brand new Glotzbach Park Girls Softball field at Grant Avenue in Nutley on April 6. “This is a very ...

Registration is open for Kearny residents who wish to participate in the annual KUEZ Kearny Town-Wide Yard and Sidewalk Sale set for May 2 and 3. Only Kearny residents may participate. Sellers ...

A Kearny woman has been arrested following a hit-and-run crash April 7 where police determined she looking down, texting as she hit the other vehicle, all while driving without a license, Det. Lt.

Kevin A. Canessa Jr. is the editor of and broadcaster at The Observer, an organization he has served since 2006. He is responsible for the editorial content of the newspaper and website, the ...

Nutley’s Sean Fealey remembers the last time he threw a no-hitter, and the frustration that came with it. Fealey was 12 years old and despite the no-hitter, his Nutley American Little League team ...

For more than a year, longtime Kearny softball coach Jim Pickel heard about the loaded freshman class that was set to arrive this spring. Even as he heard it from person after person, Pickel tried ...

Harrison boys volleyball coach Anthony Sabia admitted that this preseason was one of the more difficult ones for the Blue Tide as they looked to replace a big graduating class that featured two ...

Diane Cimirro Diane Cimirro (nee La Rosa) died April 5, 2026. She was 81. Visiting will be on Wednesday, April 8, 2026 from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home, Kearny. Her ...

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Kevin “Kip” Finley might live in Sussex County, but North Arlington has always remained home. So when the North Arlington head football coach job became available again this winter, the chance to come ...