With the summer vacation season upon us, those of us fortunate enough to be able to afford it will be…
Category: Opinion
CORRECTION
A story in last week’s issue of The Observer incorrectly reported that Ponte Romana Restaurant in…
Thoughts & Views: In Normandy, ‘Longest Day’ lives on
That’s not a real paratrooper hanging from a church steeple. It’s a representation of one — and it’s a…
CLARIFICATION
Last week’s issue of The Observer contained a photo display of the new Portuguese monument slated…
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‘A MAYOR’S SON REMEMBERS’ To the Editor: Several friends e-mailed, called and sent the link to a story…
Thoughts & Views: The world according to Hagel
In an interview with Charlie Rose aired last week on PBS, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was explaining the…
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‘KEEP INTERSECTION CLEAR’ To the Editor: As was recently reported in The Observer, a pedestrian was struck and killed…
Thoughts & Views: A poet for Memorial Day
Joyce Kilmer, New Jersey native and long-time Garden State resident, is most famous for his poem “Trees,” memorized by…
Thoughts & Views: Sealing up the borders of our minds
There’s been a lot of talk among our lawmakers these days about how the U.S.A. should restrict the flow of…
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‘DON’T BE MISLED BY CAMPAIGN’ To the Editor: As a cofounder of Belleville United Coalition, a growing grassroots…
Thoughts & Views: Picture windows on the past
This week’s column is a thank-you to the Observer readers who have provided such positive feedback on our “Then & Now”…
Thoughts & Views: Football union could be ‘extra point’ this sport needs
Football players at Northwestern University, a Division 1 team in Evanston, Ill., may soon have a union to call their…
Thoughts & Views: Driven to fatal distraction
A few years ago, having picked up my brand new car at the dealership, I…
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THANKS FOR CARING To the Editor: To the dear friends of our beautiful mother, Barbara Gangi,…
CORRECTION
A story in the April 16 issue of The Observer incorrectly reported the amount of additional…