The Observer

01/28/2025

The Observer Live! for Jan. 29, 2025 edition. Plenty to get to today — please stop on by.

01/28/2025

Ronald Donato Travisano Ronald Donato Travisano died peacefully after a short illness on Jan. 21, 2025, at the age of 86. Visiting was at the Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home, Kearny. There was a prayer service in Holy Cross Cemetery Mausoleum Chapel Three. He was born in Newark in 1938, grew up in Kearny (where he met the love of his life and wife of over 50 years, Frances Bongiovanni) helped raise his four children for a short time in Bloomfield before becoming a long-time resident in Glen Ridge....

Ronald Donato Travisano Ronald Donato Travisano died peacefully after a short illness on Jan. 21, 2025, at the age of 86. Visiting was at the Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home,…

01/28/2025

Shelter in place at KHS = Medical emergency

01/27/2025

January 29th e-edition is now available https://buff.ly/3RgYKHY

01/26/2025

Contrary to published reports no one was pulled off NJ Transit bus by ICE in Kearny yesterday, per Chief Scott Macfie.

01/25/2025

Have you seen Ashlee Callaghan? She is missing. If you know here whereabouts, please call either Kim Luciano at (201) 281-0688 or Tina Dobbs-Callaghan at (201) 923-1337.

01/23/2025

According to the Nutley Police Department: The Nutley Police Department was investigating an incident that required schools in the surrounding area to be temporarily placed on lockdown. Once the investigation was concluded, the lockdown was lifted. No Nutley school was ever in danger during the incident.

According to the Nutley Police Department: The Nutley Police Department was investigating an incident that required schools in the surrounding area to be temporarily placed on lockdown. Once the investigation…

01/23/2025

Lyndhurst's boil-water advisory has been lifted. The following measures are strongly encouraged: • Run water faucets for 3 to 5 minutes to flush your service connection and interior plumbing with water from the service main. • Empty and clean automatic ice makers and water chillers. • Drain and refill hot water heater if the temperature is set below 113 degrees Fahrenheit....

  Lyndhurst’s boil-water advisory has been lifted. The following measures are strongly encouraged: • Run water faucets for 3 to 5 minutes to flush your service connection and interior plumbing…

01/22/2025

Annual Four Chaplains Mass upcoming St. Stephen’s Church hosts the annual Four Chaplains Mass — or, the Father Washington Mass — Sunday, Feb. 2 at the noon Mass. The celebrant is the Most Rev. Michael Saporito, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark and the former longtime pastor of St. Helen’s Church, Westfield. The public is invited to attend this moving celebration....

Annual Four Chaplains Mass upcoming St. Stephen’s Church hosts the annual Four Chaplains Mass — or, the Father Washington Mass — Sunday, Feb. 2 at the noon Mass. The celebrant…

01/22/2025

A former commercial and industrial parcel in North Arlington is being rejuvenated as the site for new single-family homes. Borough officials joined with Mountain Way Development Co. of Fairfield Jan. 16 to break ground for six, one-family townhouses at 610 Schuyler Ave. There will be two structures on the site, each with three homes, in a small community known as the “Townhomes at Canterbury.”...

A former commercial and industrial parcel in North Arlington is being rejuvenated as the site for new single-family homes. Borough officials joined with Mountain Way Development Co. of Fairfield Jan.…

01/22/2025

Alexander Forfar Alexander Forfar died at home Jan. 16, 2025. He was 77. Born in Kearny, he moved to North Arlington in 1975. Visiting was at the Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home, Kearny. A funeral Mass will celebrated Wednesday, Jan. 22, at 10 a.m. at St. Stephen’s Church, Kearny. Burial will be in Arlington Cemetery, Kearny. Son of the late Hugh and Marie (nee Clark) Forfar, Alex was the beloved husband of Ruthie (nee Magenheimer) and loving uncle of Nicole (Jimmy), Kayce, Jackie (Kelvin), BJ, Melissa, Jace, Jaydon, Peyton and Bryce....

Alexander Forfar Alexander Forfar died at home Jan. 16, 2025. He was 77. Born in Kearny, he moved to North Arlington in 1975. Visiting was at the Armitage & Wiggins…

01/22/2025

Despite his team’s lack of height, Kearny boys basketball coach Marc McCaffrey envisioned a group that could do things no Kardinals team has done in recent memory. Most notably winning a division title for the first time since 2016.. One month into the season, both goals remain in Kearny’s sight as the Kardinals find themselves tied with Lincoln for first place in the HCIAL National Division standings at 4-1....

Despite his team’s lack of height, Kearny boys basketball coach Marc McCaffrey envisioned a group that could do things no Kardinals team has done in recent memory. Most notably winning…

01/22/2025

For months, Harrison girls basketball coach Jennifer Caliendo has seen the hard work and improvements her players have made. Unfortunately for Caliendo and the Blue Tide, after starting the season with wins over Paterson Charter and North Arlington, a host of injuries and illness has largely left Harrison at less than 100-percent in recent weeks. But with Harrison returning back to full strength for the first time in nearly a month, Caliendo remains confident that better days are ahead for this group....

For months, Harrison girls basketball coach Jennifer Caliendo has seen the hard work and improvements her players have made. Unfortunately for Caliendo and the Blue Tide, after starting the season…

01/22/2025

Angel Castellano has been an outside shooting threat from basically the moment he first started playing basketball at the age of 5. He remembered hitting his first 3-pointer a year later from the corner in Harrison’s recreation gym. “I started young,” Castellano said about when he first started playing. “I used to play at the Rec (Center) when I was little....

Angel Castellano has been an outside shooting threat from basically the moment he first started playing basketball at the age of 5. He remembered hitting his first 3-pointer a year…

01/22/2025

Today we take a look at the swearing in of Councilman Jose Rodrigues in Kearny’s Second Ward.

01/22/2025

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01/22/2025

Jose Rodrigues was sworn in as Kearny's new Second Ward councilman by Mayor Carol Jean Doyle with County Executive Craig Guy looking on after garnering unanimous approval from the town's governing body this evening. He replaces Rich Konopka, who resigned two weeks ago. We will have much more on this developing story in the coming days.

Jose Rodrigues was sworn in as Kearny’s new Second Ward councilman by Mayor Carol Jean Doyle with County Executive Craig Guy looking on after garnering unanimous approval from the town’s…

01/21/2025

Until further notice and out of an abundance of caution, there is be a boil water advisory in effect in Lyndhurst until further notice. The alert is the result of the recent water main break currently being repaired at the intersection of Ridge Road & Valley Brook Avenue. This notice is applicable to all water used for drinking and cooking. We'll alert you when the advisory is lifted.

Until further notice and out of an abundance of caution, there is be a boil water advisory in effect in Lyndhurst until further notice. The alert is the result of…