If ever you were a fan of the great TV show, “The West Wing” — and…
Category: Columns
Columns, mostly written by the Observer staff. Occasionally, we run guest columns, too, which will appear here.
Taking a look at a few things going on in the region …
The Kearny Town Council met last week, on Feb. 20, and the meeting was yet again…
Was there anything, really, to be thankful for this Thanksgiving? Well …
Every year around Thanksgiving, without fail, inevitably, I pause and think about the year gone by…
COMMENTARY: Ficeto (finally) takes seat as DPW (and police) chairman
Things sure do have a funny way of working out for the better. Four months after…
Thank you, Anthony Monteiro, for your remarkable service to East Newark
We’ve all heard it before. East Newark is small. Blink while you’re driving through it and…
COMMENTARY — IN MEMORIAM: Remembering Barbara Cifelli-Sherry, the Commish, councilwoman, mom, friend
I first met Barbara Cifelli-Sherry, who died today aged 80, in 1997. That was the first…
COMMENTARY — Santos leaves legacy that will be hard to surpass
In 1998, the campaign I was working with said it needed a candidate to run against…
COMMENTARY — Hague, Azzarto and their own ‘Field of Dreams’
The “Field of Dreams.” It was 1989. I was a high school freshman when it came…
What if instead of kids being butchered in Uvalde, it was politicians? Would THAT even matter?
Close your eyes for me and do a little fantasy meditation for a moment. In the…
COMMENTARY — Archdiocese & NJ Reentry Corp. hit grand slam with new addiction program
Last week, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, the archbishop of Newark and James E. McGreevey, New Jersey’s…
COMMENTARY — Sometimes, the most heroic moments happen when no one’s looking
If there’s one thing certain about cops, it’s that they go about their business, each and…
Brilliant thinking of 3 Kearny cops leads to arrest of alleged murderer
Imagine this. It’s dark. It’s late at night. You’re a cop. And there appears to be…
The Hudson Reporter’s demise is nothing to celebrate. It’s maddening
Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, was the day The Hudson Reporter newspapers died. What was once a…
COMMENTARY — A year ago, Pronti’s words rang strong. They still do to this very day …
The tragic loss of Baby Giovanna remained on my mind for days on end after it…
Such sweet sorrow saying ‘farewell’ to McCurrie and Cardoso
I first met Albino Cardoso around 1998 when I took a shot at running for office. We lived…