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Category: Columns
Columns, mostly written by the Observer staff. Occasionally, we run guest columns, too, which will appear here.
Ho, ho, ho, whaddya know? It’s Santa Hague once again
Well, you better watch out and better not cry, you better stay still and don’t be…
GUEST COMMENTARY: Bail reform’s working
By James Calautti Special to The Observer As a regular reader of The Observer, I have…
Observer Co-owner Lisa Feorenzo pens letter to Murphy
It's been a week for open letters to Trenton.The Observer's Co-owner and Advertising Director Lisa M.…
EDITORIAL: An open letter to Gov. Phil Murphy
Dear Gov. Murphy: Hi, I’m Kevin, a journalist at The Observer newspaper in Kearny, you know,…
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.…
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…
Have summer plans? Here are a few ideas …
By Ron Leir My colleague Kevin Canessa recently covered an exhibition in Nutley of old-time Base…
‘If ye break faith with us …’
To say that World War I devastated the countryside of France and Belgium would be an…