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Category: Opinion
EDITORIAL: Kearny governing body — you all did us proud at NJSEA meeting
Just about every seat was taken in the audience when the New Jersey Sports & Exposition…
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…
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…
Teens head to camp this week and will bring positive message back to peers
By Kevin Canessa This week, a group of Kearny teenagers head out to a camp in…
Have you ever left a kid in a hot car?
By Kevin Canessa As someone who spent four full years in the oppressive heat of South…
Smile! You’re on candid cameras
By Karen Zautyk Last week, news broke that the national Transportation Security Administration has been monitoring…
The strange death of an N.Y.C. mayor
In the June 13 edition of The Observer, I wrote a feature story about the misadventures…
New laws that could soon affect you
A recent report listed a series of bills that could be heading to the desk of Gov.…
Letter to the Editor July 11, 2018
To the Editor: I have so many fond memories of the (Pulaski) Skyway and am so…
One man just couldn’t do it on his own …
The Portuguese national team suffered a somewhat surprising first round exit in the knockout stage of…
Don’t swim against the tide
Last week, “rescuers” were searching for the body of an 8-year-old boy believed to have drowned off…
What are your summer baseball memories? Let us know for a chance to win Jackals’ tix
With the summer just around the corner, it’s really time, now, for baseball fans to begin…