July 14, 2009 (Kearny NJ)  Earlier this week, KOTW signed up to follow both Christopher Christie's and Jon Corzine's Twitter pages.  Christie then began to follow KOTW on Twitter.  As of today, Jon Corzine has not.  Should we infer something from the above facts.  Does it simply mean that Christopher Christie is more open to the use of technology to reach potential voters.  Or should we infer that Jon Corzine doesn't appreciate the opinions expressed on KOTW.  Or is it simply that the staff member on Christie's campaign staff is just on top of it while Corzine's isn't.

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August 18, 2009 (Kearny NJ) Shortly after 9 a.m. today, two individuals described to be in their 30's entered Rachel Jewelers located at 397 Kearny Avenue and shot and killed Xavier Egoavil in the course of an armed robbery.  Tragically, the shooting occurred in the presence of family members.  Rachel Jewelers is located in the heart of the town across from the Kearny Town Hall and down the street from Arcos Pastry.

Anyone with information about the robbery and shooting can contact the Kearny Police Department's Detective Unit at (201) 998-1313.

The Observer's Editor, Celeste Regal, has the story on her blog.  The Jersey Journal has also published a story on the tragic event.  Sandra Bookman of Eyewitness News ABC Channel 7 also reported on the deadly robbery.

Update:  My Fox New York also ran a story on its newscast

July 19, 2009 (Kearny NJ)  Why was the record number of users on our Discussion Board at the same time 167 back on December 19,  2006?   On December 18, 2006, the New York Times published an article about the David Paczkiewicz / Matthew LaClair controversy entitled Talk In Class Turns to God, Setting Off Public Debate on Rights and directly mentioned KOTW's Discussion Board.  What followed was a record number of posts to our Discussion Board and increased traffic to the website. 

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