The last census in 2010 reveals there are approximately 41,000 residents living in Kearny. With an…
Category: Opinion
Keegan Landfill protest is Saturday, April 27, @ 11:30 a.m.
Over the past year, the residents of Kearny have been suffering as a result of noxious…
Stop dumping on Kearny (1992)
Editor’s note: The following editorial appeared on The Observer’s Opinion Page on Thursday, Jan. 16, 1992.…
Kevin recaps this week’s newspaper (April 3, 2019)
Click through to watch Kevin Canessa's weekly recap of the week's news.
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…