By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent What you’re looking at above is Omaha Beach on the coast of Normandy, France.…
Day: June 4, 2014
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…