The recent passing of Walter Byers, who built up a then-fledgling National Collegiate Athletic Association into a college sports dynamo, brought…
Category: Opinion
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…
Thoughts & Views: In memory of a Marine
See the man in the front in the photo? The one with a camera instead of a rifle?…
WE’VE GOT MAIL
‘DON’T BAD-MOUTH KEARNY’ To the editor: It happened again! I ran into a former Kearny resident (a retired…
Drive time lunacy
The other day I was driving from Kearny to Jersey City along the Belleville Pike (Rt. 7) on a…
To protect and serve
This week, tens of thousands of police officers from across the United States, and around the world, will gather in Washington,…
Thoughts & Views: Baltimore & memories of unrest in Newark
How will future U.S. history textbooks explain the recent rioting in West Baltimore, I wonder. Can we even expect…
WE’VE GOT MAIL
‘HERE’S WHY I LEFT’ To the editor: I have read your recent article on Al Gilson, Principal at…
Thoughts & Views: To be, or not to be, ill-educated?
Now is the winter of our discontent. (Okay, it’s really spring, but it felt like winter last week and…
Thoughts & Views: How sweet was my habit
Now it can be told: Growing up as a kid, I was an addict. Seems that I just…
Thoughts & Views: School daze, school daze . . .
When I was a toddler, there was no such thing as pre-school or day-care. Formal education began at kindergarten, or,…
Thoughts & Views: Don’t give up on peace
In his Easter message delivered Sunday at Vatican City, Pope Francis rightly reminded us about the forgotten people of the…
Thoughts & Views: Drive the lane you’re in & don’t foul up
It’s down to the Final Four. No, not NCAA teams. (Since I don’t follow basketball, I have no idea…
Thoughts & Views: Maybe a Hollywood set crew could help
The U.S. Secret Service wants $8 million from Congress to build a fake White House so its agents can practice…
Thoughts & Views: ‘Great gift of faith’
(Editor’s note: Earlier this month, preceding its St. Patrick’s Parade, the Nutley Irish-American Alliance held its annual Mass at St.…