By Karen Zautyk The other day, zipping through the TV channels in search of anything other…
Category: Opinion
Turmoil dictating global policies
By Ron Leir As we mark the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec.…
A message for World AIDS Day
By Kevin Canessa Jr. Every year when it approaches, I forget to write about it. But…
Devil has not been pining away
By Karen Zautyk Regular readers of this column are aware that the Jersey Devil is a…
Go with the flow in the Donald’s first term
By Ron Leir It’s 2020, and the political and physical landscape of America as we know…
Campaign’s over: you can breathe easy new (or can you)?
By the time you’re reading this, Election Day 2016 will either be in full-swing – or…
Don’t forget to vote Nov. 8
By Ron Leir Time for some election problems in New Jersey. Well, hopefully that got your…
The times they were a-changin’
By Karen Zautyk A few weeks ago, the name of Oxford, Miss., came up in a…
ABOARD THE MARY DAY – A reporter’s travel to Maine
By Ron Leir ABOARD THE MARY DAY – You needn’t call me Ishmael but I admit…
Farewell to arms? Not likely in this lifetime
By Ron Leir The campaign for world peace was dealt another setback this month when…
Need a laugh? Look up a Down East PD page
By Karen Zautyk The population of the city of Bangor, Maine, is 33,039. At last count,…
Remembering Lynn Italiano Kelly one year later
By Kevin Canessa Jr. I can’t forget — nor would I ever want to forget —…
WASP gets dying wish: Burial in Arlington
By Ron Leir Bad news continues to dominate the headlines these days. There was the so-far…
‘One-man army’ of the Revolution
By Karen Zautyk Have you ever heard of Peter Francisco? Thank you. I hadn’t either. But…
Score one for Mother Nature
By Ron Leir With a stroke of his pen, President Obama – against the wishes of…
Letter: Obey traffic laws as schools reopen
To the Editor: The Kearny Police Department’s Traffic Bureau would like to remind the residents of…
We are all to blame for Aleppo disaster
By Ron Leir Well, here we are in the midst of a sticky, steamy summer with…
Nearly 15 years ago … the day I thought I was going to die
By Kevin Canessa Jr. September 2001 was probably going to be one of the best months…
‘O brave new world . . . .’
By Karen Zautyk More evidence (as if we needed any) that the world is going mad:…
GUEST COLUMN — Cop’s fear: ‘Vilification for something I do’
By Capt. Timothy Wagner Kearny Police Department Special to The Observer I recently gave the following…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ‘Check the facts before drawing conclusions’
This letter is written in response to an article that appeared in The Observer on July…
Guest columnist Sgt. Anthony Limite, Kearny PD: ‘Don’t blame cops for doing their jobs’
By Sgt. Anthony Limite Kearny Police Department Special to The Observer I’d like to comment on…
It’s time for good cops to speak up
It’s happened again — twice, in fact — this time in Louisiana and in Minnesota. In…
‘The Devonshires held this trench’
Last Friday, while Americans were preparing to celebrate the Glorious Fourth, our 1776 foe and now…
In no one we trust
By Ron Leir A lot of people have been surprised by “the Donald” phenomenon and the…
QP Grammar School in no danger of closing
Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to parents of students at Queen of Peace Grammar…
Orlando massacre hits way too close to home
By Kevin Canessa Jr. It was around 1 p.m. on Sunday, June 12, when I got…
Letter: ‘Landy: Your English is good but your logic … not so much’
To the Editor: Councilman Mike Landy’s rebuttal to my letter of June 8 was beautifully written…
In the mood for a ghost story?
By Karen Zautyk No, that’s not a scene from an upcoming episode of “Outlander.” It’s a…
LETTER: Landy asks … ‘Where’s your responsibility, Barbara?’
To the Editor: The letter from Kearny Board of Education member Barbara Cifelli-Sherry in the June…