By Karen Zautyk The population of the city of Bangor, Maine, is 33,039. At last count,…
Category: Opinion
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…