Eileen Kelly comes to CLIFFVIEW PILOT with some sparkling bona fides, kicking off a big week of changes here at the one site you can trust for local news and thoughtful perspectives.
Eileen was a semi-finalist in Nick at Nite’s “Search for the Funniest Mom in America,” then went out and blew people away with her solo show, "My Pony’s in the Garage," which premiered at the NY Fringe Festival.
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CLIFFVIEW PILOT's columnists bring street smarts, personality, and unique outlooks. You'll love 'em, you'll hate 'em -- but you won't ignore them. But first, get to know them a little better....
I grew up around here: North Bergen, Cliffside Park -- and, now, the West New York waterfront. If I know anything, it's that this area is hip and happening, not a place where people are easily fooled. That's why CLIFFVIEW PILOT is different from anything you've ever seen. It's local and it's loyal. It's fair and accurate. We have no secret affilations or hidden agendas. And there are no outsiders coming in, trying to pretend they know what our lives are like.
1. My mom was 11 when she came over from what was then Czechoslovakia in 1936. She wasn't married when she became pregnant at 20, so my grandma gave her a choice: Give me up or move out. Mom opted for a stay at a home for unwed moms in Newark. On May 13, 1957, she gave birth to Gerard, named for the patron of expectant mothers.
