Then & Now

By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent  What you’re looking at above is Omaha Beach on the coast of Normandy, France.…

Ferraro’s credentials questioned

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent  KEARNY –  Is Frank Ferraro, the exiled on-leave Kearny superintendent of schools, properly certified…

Bar, eatery shut for ABC violations

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY –  A local tavern has been ordered shut for 60 days,…

19 left homeless by fire

By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent  HARRISON – Occupants of a three-story, multi-family residence on Fifth St. in Harrison escaped…

A flair for fashion – and history

By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent  KEARNY – Holding center stage at the Kearny Museum is a display of…

Welcome Special Olympics USA

By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent  KEARNY – If you were on Kearny Ave. late last Friday morning,…

Cans aplenty to feed the hungry

HARRISON – A second West Hudson public school district has successfully taken on the challenge of collecting perishable foods for…

Thoughts & Views: In Normandy, ‘Longest Day’ lives on

  That’s not a real paratrooper hanging from a church steeple. It’s a representation of one — and it’s a…

CLARIFICATION

Last week’s issue of The Observer contained a photo display of the new Portuguese monument slated…

WE’VE GOT MAIL

‘A MAYOR’S SON REMEMBERS’ To the Editor:  Several friends e-mailed, called and sent the link to a story…

KPD blotter: What’s in a name?

A simple matter of a double-parked car led to the arrest last week of a 23-yearold Perth Amboy man…

‘Outstanding’ seniors of W. Hudson

A modest Monsignor John J. Gilchrist, of Kearny, a priest for more than half a century, was honored for…