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Memorial Day 2014
May 26, 2014 (Kearny, NJ) The Memorial Day weekend is a time to reflect and honor our soldiers present and past. Kristine Karolasz, 30, accompanied by her 8-year-old daughter, Brianna Lancha, listen to Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the fourth annual “A Time of Remembrance” ceremony on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol Sept. 26, 2009. Kristine mourns the loss of her brother, Edward Karolasz, an Army staff sergeant with the 101st Airborne Division who was killed in action on Nov. 19, 2005, in Bayji, Iraq.Photograph courtesy of Gerry J. Gilmore. On November 19, 2005, one of Kearny's residents serving in Iraq lost his life as a result of a road side bomb in Baiji, Iraq. Army Staff Sgt. Edward Karolasz gave the ultimate sacrifice for his country.
In past years, KOTW has marked this solemn day to highlight two local residents, Army Staff Sgt. Edward Karolasz and Marine Lance Corporal Osbrany Montes de Oca, who gave their lives serving the United States of America in Iraq and Afghanistan. The passage of time has required that we update or delete broken links in those stories that have changed or been removed completely but the sentiment continues and our sense that we must stop and honor our soldiers and their families has not changed.
Kearny Soccer: John Harkes
May 16, 2014 (Kearny, NJ) The Major Leaque Soccer Leaque has put together a short film entitled Great Scot about John Harkes and his selection along with Tab Ramos and Tony Meola as starters for the 1990 United States World Cup Team. The film traces the roots of a strong soccer tradition in town from Scotland and Scottish workers who immigated to the United States to work in the mills in Kearny. Immigrants continue to this day with the greater West Hudson Soccer Tradition.
The film has scenes in Kearny including a walk with John Harkes and his father Jim Harkes from his home to the Scots Club in Kearny. The Scots Club soccer teams have played and continue to play a role in Kearny's rich soccer tradition and history. The film is directed and edited by Jim Podhoretz for the MLS Insider sponsored by Adidas.
Mayor James Fife Suffers Heart Attack
April 18, 2014 (Harrison, NJ) Newly appointed Harrison Mayor James Fife sustained a heart attack on Thursday, April 17, 2014, and was rushed to St. Michael's Medical Center where he underwent an operation to unblock his aortic valve.
Harrison Mayor James Fife. Photo courtesy Jersey Journal.
Mayor Fife is currently recovering from a successful surgery and will be undergoing rehabilitation in the next 6 to 8 weeks. Council President Michael Dolaghan will be taking over the duties of the Mayor on an interim basis.Councilman James Doran, who is the chairman of the Harrison Democratic Party, stated “He should be a new man in about six weeks” referring to Mayor Fife.
Our 90,000th Post
May 10, 2014 (Kearny, NJ) Earlier today KOTW reached a milestone with the 90,000th post to our Discussion Board. It seems like yesterday that KOTW installed a new version of its Discussion Board in late August of 2003. The 90,000 post was in the "The Story Doesn't Make Sense" thread by a Guest poster "Non A-Hole Atheist" who pointed out the following:
Why would anyone bother to Debate with someone who's mind is already closed. Here's a Hint....Referring to Christians as "God Babblers" doesnt exactly make the case that you really CARE what they say. But thanks again for Reinforcing my earlier Posts about You guys. I wonder if you have any Christian Friends...and if you do, if you call THEM "God Babblers" to their faces...or are you just a jerkoff from behind a computer screen?????
Kearny High School Goes CATS Crazy
March 20, 2014 (Kearny, NJ) The Kearny High School Drama Club will be hosting guests for its version of the Broadway sensation CATS today March 20, 2014 and tomorrow March 21, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. and a Saturday March 22, 2014 matinee at 1:30 p.m. at the Kearny High School located at 336 Devon Street, Kearny, New Jersey.
Tickets are $8.00 for students and seniors and $10.00 for adults. For those of you who are on a strict budget and don't mind not having an orchestra accompanying the production there is a matinee on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. where children acoompanied by an adult will pay $6.00.
Courtesy CATS Productions.
Cats first opened 1981 and then with the same creative team on Broadway in 1982. Cats is the second longest-running show in Broadway history. It has been performed around the world many times and has been translated into more than 20 languages. In 1998, Cats was turned into a made-for-television film.
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