Wednesday, 16 June 2021
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Vol. CXXXIV, No. 6
ON THE INSIDE This week, Jim Hague takes a look at the 2021 Nutley High School softball team. See Page 9
SANTOS SWEEPS BELLEVILLE • BLOOMFIELD • EAST NEWARK • HARRISON • KEARNY • LYNDHURST • NORTH ARLINGTON • NUTLEY
Mayor’s entire team rolls to easy victory in ‘21 Primary Elections
By Kevin Canessa kc@theobserver.com
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t was the first contested election in Kearny in more than a decade. For months, it got heated. There was a lot of unfounded rhetoric. Social media was abuzz. A group of upstart challengers were taking on a ticket led by a man who, in his political career, has lost a grand total of one election — and that sole loss came early on in his political career for a state Senate seat occupied then and still by political powerhouse Nick Sacco, also the mayor of
North Bergen. But in the end, it was a massive blowout for Mayor Alberto G. Santos and his four running mates. Santos easily fended off a challenge from local real estate agent Sydney J. Ferreira, beating him by a 75% to 25% margin. (See actual vote tallies in chart with this story.) In the First Ward, Marytrine DeCastro easily held off challenger Kristin McBrinn by a 79% to 21% margin. In the Second Ward, Richard Konopka got more See ELECTION, Pages 8 & 15
The victors in the Kearny 2021 Democratic Primary were, from left, incumbents Marytrine DeCastro, Richard Konopka, Alberto G. Santos, Carol Jean Doyle and Jerry Ficeto.
How a Lyndhurst couple is sharing their struggles with infertility Pair open up to The Observer and on TV show ‘9 Months with Courtney Cox’
By Kevin Canessa kc@theobserver.com If you’ve ever wanted to start a family with children, but for a myriad of reasons weren’t able to do so, you probably already know the heartache
and frustration that comes along with it. Countless couples around the globe have experienced it. They’ve spent thousands upon thousands of dollars at fertility clinics only to yield nothing. And, so often, there are no answers as
to why it’s all unsuccessful. Enter one of those couples — Angelo and Dominique Macri, both 34, of Lyndhurst. They both come from traditional Italian families. They’ve been married for five years. And they’ve experi-
enced the hell of being unable to have a baby. They’ve spent more money trying than they could possibly account for. And now, they’re telling their story to the world as participants in the See 9 MONTHS, Page 7
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