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…
Jack Bauer returns in new version of ‘24’
By Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Correspondent There’s no question that when “24” went off the air after eight…
At Bellavia, it’s all about the customer
By Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Correspondent Bellavia Chevrolet Buick has finished construction of its all-new facility, now open at…
Around Town
Bloomfield Job Haines Home, 250 Bloomfield Ave., will host these programs: • FreeArthritis Exercise Program starting on Wednesday, June 11,…