COMMENTARY — Video of teens beating up other teens is disgusting

If you haven’t yet seen them, they’re disturbing. Last week, videos from several social media platforms…

EDITORIAL — Nutley’s reinvented Neighborhood Watch should set the way

Last week, Nutley Police Chief Tom Strumolo, Det. Lt. Anthony Montanari, and Public Safety Commissioner Alphonse…

Actions of some on county committee were shameful and quite embarrassing

Over and over in the last election, we kept hearing this term bantered about. It was…

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…

EDITORIAL — Parking permits, parking utility, will do nothing to improve … parking

Have you had enough time to digest the proposed parking plans in the Town of Kearny?…

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 — Penalties for those who SWAT police need to be swift & severe, regardless of perp’s age

Last week, someone ­— it’s not clear who it is, yet, but it will be soon—…

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…

EDITORIAL — Last week’s blotter must not tarnish all the good things at Kearny HS

Last week’s police blotter spoke of three juveniles who were arrested for crimes they committed on…

EDITORIAL — It’s time to look ahead to what could happen in the New Year (predictions)

Happy New Year, everyone! It’s time, once again, to look ahead to the New Year with…

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…