Eleanor Joan Hodson Eleanor Joan Hodson (nee Butler), 88, died Feb. 15, 2024. Born in Newark,…
Category: Opinion
OpEd — Pronti: If local leaders want to act on climate, lawsuits aren’t the answer
If there is one lesson you learn as Mayor, it is to know your role. The…
EDITORIAL — Nutley’s reinvented Neighborhood Watch should set the way
Last week, Nutley Police Chief Tom Strumolo, Det. Lt. Anthony Montanari, and Public Safety Commissioner Alphonse…
Zapata: Canessa, The Observer should really stick to old-school, fact-based journalism
To the Editor: In a recent article titled “Doyle in, Zapata out, as clerk to the…
LaClair: Division on Town Council rests squarely at Doyle’s feet
To the Editor: Contrary to the Observer’s biased and inflammatory reporting, the blame for the division…
da Silva: The Observer should report facts over sensationalism
To the Editor: I would like to express my gratitude for featuring a photo of mine…
LETTER — LaClair: Council minority, The Observer being unfair to council majority
To the Editor: Enough of the attacks on the majority of our Town Council members. For…
Obituaries for 5 December 2023
Robert R. Tarantula Robert R. Tarantula (Bob T.), 73, of Ronks, Pennsylvania, formerly of North Arlington,…
Actions of some on county committee were shameful and quite embarrassing
Over and over in the last election, we kept hearing this term bantered about. It was…
Was there anything, really, to be thankful for this Thanksgiving? Well …
Every year around Thanksgiving, without fail, inevitably, I pause and think about the year gone by…
COMMENTARY: Ficeto (finally) takes seat as DPW (and police) chairman
Things sure do have a funny way of working out for the better. Four months after…
Knapp: There are few in this world like Anthony Montiero
To the Editor: It is with bittersweet feelings that I submit this tribute to East Newark…
Thank you, Anthony Monteiro, for your remarkable service to East Newark
We’ve all heard it before. East Newark is small. Blink while you’re driving through it and…
Miller: Hey, Steve Rogers — take a hike with your cronies!
So Steven Rogers starts (his most recent Op-Ed) with a quote from Abraham Lincoln. “The dogmas…
LaClair: Rogers should check the mirror to find the root to America’s greatest problems
Yet again, Steven Rogers has taken us on a bizarre trip through the looking glass. We…