By Ron Leir Time for some election problems in New Jersey. Well, hopefully that got your…
Category: Opinion
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…
Letter: Queen of Peace Grammar School is thriving
Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to parents of students at Queen of Peace Grammar…
Whitehead documents the Kearny FD
By Kevin Canessa Jr. When I was still living in Florida, perhaps two years ago, I…
Letter: Hey councilman, ‘Where’ve you been these past few years?’
To the Editor: As an avid reader of The Observer and a member of the Kearny…
Delinquency in the animal world
Last week, The Observer published an article advising people not to try to "rescue" seemingly abandoned…
‘Patriotism pay’ recalls true patriot
By Ron Leir So the National Football League is giving back the $720,000 it got from…
Opinion: Simply listening could lead to a life saved
By Kevin Canessa Jr. A little more than a week ago, everything changed for one family…