So 2016 could see two New Jerseyans vying for the highest office in the land.…
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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…
WE’VE GOT MAIL
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…