Last week’s story about Barbara Gangi, the beloved North Arlington waitress who was tragically killed while…
Category: Opinion
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…
Thoughts & Views: Now his voice is still; rest easy, noble sir
We live in an era where most politicians and public figures – exceptions noted –…
Thoughts & Views: I’m not ‘bowled’ over by football
Believe it or not, there are some of us who don’t give a hoot in…
WE’VE GOT MAIL: ‘LET IT SNOW….’
To the editor, So soon again, I’d like to commend Chief James O’Connor and the Lyndhurst…
Thoughts & Views: ‘There is no Frigate like a Book’
When I was a kid growing up in Jersey City, we had a single first-run bookstore…
Thoughts & Views: Here’s looking at you, gov
Even before Gov. Chris Christie’s lengthy pity-party press conference last week on the George Washington Bridge…
CORRECTION!
A story in last week’s Observer mischaracterized Kearny Mayor Alberto Santos’s length of service as the…
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GIFTS APPRECIATED To the editor, I would like to thank all of the senior citizens and…
Thoughts & Views: Keys to my newspaper kingdom
On New Year’s Eve, a typewriter repairman in Manhattan hung up his ribbons, so to…
Thoughts & Views: Have yourself a merry Little Christmas
On Monday, the N.Y.C. Sanitation Department began its annual curbside pickups of discarded Christmas trees.…
CORRECTION
In The Observer’s issue of Dec. 11, 2013, a press release for Roosevelt School academic honors…
Thoughts & Views: A full flagon of forecasts for 2014
With 2014 just around the corner, it’s time to make New Year’s predictions for the…
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THE WAIT IS OVER To the editor: On June 20 of this year, Sal Padovano of…
Thoughts & Views: Making a list, checking it twice
Now that the holiday shopping season is in full ferocity, we have been learning about…
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KUDOS TO ALL THE PIE MAKERS! To the editor: The Woman’s Club of Lyndhurst would like…
Thoughts & Views: The world mourns the passing of Mandela
The world experienced a great loss Dec. 5 with the death, at age 95, of…
Thoughts & Views: Remembering the eulogy to JFK
Our Nov. 20 issue of The Observer noted the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President…
CORRECTION!
A Nov. 27 story on the Red Bull Arena in Harrison incorrectly reported that skybox patrons…
Thoughts & Views: Let’s talk turkey, shall we?
As we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving on Nov. 28 (and its aftermath of frenzied Friday foraging…
CORRECTION!
A Nov. 6 story reporting on Gov. Chris Christie’s campaign stop in Harrison underestimated the number…
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‘KUDOS TO MSGR. GILCHRIST’ To the editor: I wish to thank and applaud The Observer for…
Thoughts & Views: Infamous days that will live in memory
There are certain times or dates that resonate in each of us because they affect…