Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
To the Editor: On behalf of the seniors from the uptown 56th Street Recreation Center who attended the holiday breakfast and entertainment on Dec. 20, we would all like to thank you for the most wonderful time. We enjoyed the food and entertainment. Also we were privileged to get to know some wonderful students and …
To the Editor: It is unfortunate that the American consumer is being ripped off, especially the poor and middle class, by everyone. I’ve noticed each time I go to the supermarket I’m facing what I’ll call “reduced package sizing.” By that I mean the traditional size package is being shrunk. The latest experience was with …
To the Editor: On Tuesday, Dec. 20, Horace Mann School opened their doors and their hearts to the senior community in Bayonne. They sponsored a senior breakfast for the holidays. Many of us from the 27th Street Leisure Club attended. We were greeted and escorted to the lunch room by very well-dressed young ladies and …
To the Editor: On behalf of Worshipful Brother Nicholas Puja, PM, I would like to thank the Blood Center of New Jersey for a very successful year end blood drive. Peninsula Lodge No. 99 F. & A.M. donated our catering hall to facilitate the blood drive, held on Nov. 19. The Bayonne community came out …
To the Editor: This past fall, Troop 25’s Boy Scouts celebrated their annual Mackin Society Dinner Dance. This year, we honored Mackin Award recipient Mr. Jason O’Donnell. As chairperson of this event, I would like to acknowledge and thank our sponsors: Ken’s Marine Service, Bayonne Community Bank, NJ Shares, Port Eco, and McCabe Ambulance. Their …
To the Editor: On Thursday, Dec. 22, while I was completing my Christmas shopping in Bayonne, I witnessed a school bus full of handicapped grammar school students, who attend our Bayonne public schools, and a black car get into a motor vehicle accident at the intersection of West 34th Street and Kennedy Boulevard. I immediately …
To the Editor: I read about the press conference that Mark Smith, mayor of Bayonne and head of the Hudson County Democratic Organization, and Jay Jacobs, chairman of the New York Democratic Committee, held recently about Mitt Romney’s $10,000 bet challenge to Rick Perry during a recent presidential debate. Is this the best the Democratic …
To the Editor: I want to personally thank Dogtopia’s owners Elise and Donna for always coming to the aid of those in need. Whether it be collecting food for the poor, holding fundraisers for our police K-9 unit, housing and actively searching for homes for orphaned dogs, or collecting supplies for animals in need, they …
To the Editor: Let us take the time in this holiday season to give thanks for the gracious and generous community in which we live and work. Let us take the time to rejoice in the freedom of the coming together of so many faiths to worship in our own different, and sometimes very similar, …
To the Editor: In response to the “Message from the Mayor: Perspectives on rent control” (BCN, Dec. 7, 2011), should Mayor Smith wish to avoid a special election on his rolling-repeal-of-rent-control ordinance, he well knows how to do so: Have the City Council repeal the ordinance within 20 days of the City Clerk’s certification of …