Delinquency in the animal world

Last week, The Observer published an article advising people not to try to "rescue" seemingly abandoned…

‘Patriotism pay’ recalls true patriot

By Ron Leir So the National Football League is giving back the $720,000 it got from…

Opinion: Simply listening could lead to a life saved

By Kevin Canessa Jr. A little more than a week ago, everything changed for one family…

Migrants of all kinds, legacy & peppy poet

By Ron Leir The civil strife that has torn apart so many countries in the Middle…

Uber & Lyft may be the best inventions of the 21st century

By Kevin Canessa Jr. I’ve said it before and will continue to believe it — two…

Slavery fled when they fell in the foggy dew

By Karen Zautyk “As down the glen one Easter morn to a city fair rode I…

Opinion: If you see something, say something

By Ron Leir On March 28, a New York State inmate named Winston Moseley died at…

Reform of mental health care is direly needed

By Kevin Canessa Jr. A few weeks from now, it will have been 17 years since…

If ya got ‘em, don’t chew ‘em

By Ron Leir With the baseball season upon us, the New York City Council has seized…

Havana is her haven

By Karen Zautyk By the time you read this, our President should have wrapped up his…

2016 W.H. St. Patrick’s Day Parade didn’t disappoint

When I first knew, for sure, I’d be coming back to Kearny after spending four years…

A college ‘tax’ & other thoughts

  It’s no secret these days that a lot of municipalities are hurting for cash, especially…

Letter: Davis Ave. toughed out the snow

To the Editor: The Friday before the snowstorm of January 2016, the Davis Ave. residents received…

Bully for a presidential bear!

By Karen Zautyk The cartoon that accompanies this week’s column is by Clifford Berryman and first appeared…

Letter to the Editor: Great job plowing Harrison’s snow

To the Editor: We are writing because we think it is important for the people to…