The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is playing the “Ugly American” role to the hilt, if news accounts about veiled efforts to…
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‘THINK TWICE BEFORE KILLING DOGS’ To the Editor: Every morning and night, I ride my skateboard to…
Thoughts & Views: Straight from the shark’s mouth
Following our June 24 column, in which we celebrated the 40th anniversary of “Jaws,” we received a call from an Observer…
Remembering Tom MacFarland
For those too young to remember, or for those who didn’t follow politics in Kearny long ago, Tom MacFarland was…
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‘GOOD LUCK, GLOVERS’ To the Editor: Your article in the June 24 edition of The Observer on the…
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‘GIVE YOUNG KIDS MORE TO DO IN NA’ To the Editor: I have been a North…
Thoughts & Views: Make symbols ‘teachable moments’
Sometimes, we pay more attention to symbols than we do about how we behave as a society but that is…
Thoughts & Views: ‘You’re gonna need a bigger boat’
Believe it or not, there once was a time when people didn’t think about sharks when they went down the…
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‘WE TAKE OUR JOBS SERIOUSLY’ To the editor: I would like to comment on a recent Observer…
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‘THANKS FOR A GREAT RELAY’ To the Editor: Relay For Life has been a nine-year tradition in…
Thoughts & Views: D’oh! Say it ain’t so.
For all you fans of Fox’s popular series, “The Simpsons,” be warned that Homer and Marge will be going their…
Thoughts & Views: Chaplain gave his life for others
Recently, a friend asked me if I had ever heard of an Army chaplain who had won the Medal…
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‘CIFELLI-SHERRY WAS RIGHT ON ABOUT KEARNY’ To the Editor: I would like to thank Barbara Cifelli-Sherry for validating…
Thoughts & Views: The sporting life
The recent passing of Walter Byers, who built up a then-fledgling National Collegiate Athletic Association into a college sports dynamo, brought…
Full letter: Cifelli-Sherry says enough with the Kearny bashing
This letter has gone viral on social media! Click the headline to find out why Barbara…