Wednesday, 27 January 2021
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Vol. CXXXIII, No. 38
THIS WEEK IN SPORTS Jim Hague previews several local winter sports teams Starting on Page 9
BELLEVILLE • BLOOMFIELD • EAST NEWARK • HARRISON • KEARNY • LYNDHURST • NORTH ARLINGTON • NUTLEY
MIRACLE ON THE PASSAIC Lost cat found after week-long saga
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Photo courtesy of Jennifer Karl; Story by Kevin Canessa
Jennifer Karl, of Washington, D.C., is seen here with her cat, Willow, after she was miraculously found in Newark. INSET: Willow just moments after being found in Newark, as she casually rested under a tree in a backyard.
ennifer Karl, a resident of Washington, D.C., and formerly of Jersey City, will forever remember the Town of Harrison. At first, it might have been for all the wrong reasons. But as it turns out, it will instead be for all the right reasons. A few weeks ago, Karl was heading back D.C. after spending the holidays with her mom. On her way home, there was a traffic detour to get onto the NJ Turnpike, and somehow, she wound up at the Speedway adjacent to the Passaic River. She had to pee, so she pulled the Jeep she’d rented into the parking lot and quickly ran in. See CAT, Page 15
Kearny man ‘Twisted’ over improper discarding of facemasks By Kevin Canessa kc@theobserver.com
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nyone who knows Kearny’s Len Twist is aware of his greatest passion -- feeding
feral cats as part of his Trap, Neuter and Return program (TNR). And because of this, his travels take him to all parts of Kearny and elsewhere. In this travels, he says he’s seeing something that has unnerved him -- and it has
nothing to do with his cats. Instead, it is something humans are doing and could easily control. Perhaps you’ve noticed it, too. It’s the way human beings are using the streets and sidewalks to dispose of
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unwanted COVID-19 face masks. Since the pandemic broke out, this has been an issue locally. Perhaps it’s a problem all over. But after months of See MASKS, Page 16
