A year later, bravo to Lyndhurst and North Arlington for adopting ‘Stigma-Free Zones’

Mental-health awareness has been in the forefront of the news, globally, quite a bit in the…

EDITORIAL: Wasted resources at Walmart

If you’re a regular reader of the Kearny Police Blotter in this newspaper — and we…

Gov. Murphy: Close the Keegan Landfill now

The numbers are staggering. Kearny Mayor Alberto Santos, in a video posted to social media recently,…

EDITORIAL: Bravo to those who spoke up at CVS robbery

If you watch television cop shows on a regular basis, you no doubt have seen this…

Remembering the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Our nation just paused to remember the life and times of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther…

EDITORIAL: In thanks for our first responders

IT WAS JUST AROUND A YEAR AGO THIS week that the Kearny Fire Department fought a…

Lyndhurst leads the way with new OEM app

This week, we received word the Township of Lyndhurst was scrapping Nixle alerts in favor of…

Progress being made with HIV & AIDS, but it won’t be enough until both are fully eradicated

A few days ago, Dec. 1 to be precise, it was World AIDS Day. The first…

EDITORIAL: In praise & thanksgiving to Cardinal Joseph Tobin for his fearless approach to handling abuse crisis

When Joseph Cardinal Tobin, the archbishop of Newark, first arrived from Indianapolis to replace embattled retired…

EDITORIAL: Now is a great time to be ‘Women & Men for Others’

It’s hard to believe that Thanksgiving is just a week away. Wasn’t it just 90 degrees…

EDITORIAL: It’s time for New Jersey to adopt year-round Daylight Saving Time

Just a few days ago, when it turned 2 a.m., clocks, mostly, automatically turned back to…

Don’t complain if you don’t vote

On Tuesday, Nov. 6, exercise your Constitutional right to vote It has always been the policy…

EDITORIAL: Please follow the advice of police — keep your car doors locked at all times

It seems like it happens multiple times a week in multiple municipalities in The Observer’s coverage…

EDITORIAL: While Russo has done great things for Kearny, sometimes, enough is enough

ED RUSSO HAS DONE a lot of good for the Town of Kearny. One only needs…

EDITORIAL: West Hudson towns must adopt stigma-free zones as Bergen towns have

TWO TOWNS IN OUR readership area have adopted stigma-free zones … North Arlington and Lyndhurst have…