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Category: Editorial
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…
TV meteorologists need to be held accountable for constant inaccuracies
TELEVISION WEATHER forecasters have a great job, donít they? What other profession can you think of…
EDITORIAL: School bus seatbelt law is a good start, but it’s not enough
GOV. PHIL MURPHY signed a law, last week, requiring all school buses in New Jersey manufactured…
EDITORIAL: UEZ vital to Kearny’s overall economic well-being
Several weeks ago, we ran a story about the possibility that an Urban Enterprise Zone program…