Thoughts & Views: Driven to fatal distraction

  A few years ago, having picked up my brand new car at the dealership, I…

WE’VE GOT MAIL

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…

Thoughts & Views: Jeff Bahr: An Appreciation

  In the movie, “The Misfits,” Gay, the cowboy character played by Clark Gable (in what…

Thoughts & Views: In harm’s way around the world

Anja Niedringhaus These days, when we’re used to getting our news so easily on the internet,…

Thoughts & Views: Once there was a ‘debris field’ in N.Y.

As the mystery and media feeding frenzy over Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 continue, I have been…

CORRECTION

Last week’s story about Barbara Gangi, the beloved North Arlington waitress who was tragically killed while…

Thoughts & Views: Today, it’s Crimea, tomorrow, who knows?

Students of world history and geopolitics are likely burning the midnight oil these days, following the…

Thoughts & View: ‘Hereby you are notified . . . .’

Uh-oh. I’m in deep trouble. The following letter popped up in my email the other day:…

CORRECTION!

A story in the March 12 issue of The Observer misidentified Joseph Longo as president of…

Thoughts & Views: Time is overdue for an accounting

  In July 2013 the Kearny Board of Education – spurred on by then-Superintendent of Schools…

Thoughts & Views: Get the drift? I love snow!

  As I write this, the snow has begun to gently fall, once again blanketing streets…

Thoughts & Views: On the road again … and again … and again…

  So 2016 could see two New Jerseyans vying for the highest office in the land.…

Thoughts & Views: Moments of triumph

  Among the happy events associated with Mayor Raymond McDonough and his beloved Harrison in recent…

‘Sprung from cages on Highway 9’

  Just twice in my life have I been frozen in my tracks because of music…