Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
To the Editor: I would like to take this time to thank all the students of the Bayonne school system who participated in the “Cell Phones for Soldiers” program and who dropped off over several hundred phones to my district office. To date, my office has collected over 1,000 cell phones – new and old …
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To the Editor: D.A.R.E. Chief Robert Kubert, a big thank you to you and your staff for the help you gave to our “Foxie Ladies” of the Red Hats in finding transportation to join our “Red Hat” sisters at Hunterdon Mills Play House! You made a day that we will never forget. CONNIE QUEEN BEE …
To the Editor: June 22 is the last day of school for Bayonne’s students this year, and graduation day for the students of BHS. It also marks a “graduation” of a different sort for James McFadden, who will walk out the door of BHS for the last time after 35 years of service to the …
To the Editor: Every day, many constituents write or call my office to share with me their personal stories. Often, I hear about their troubles in obtaining a passport or of the difficulties they are experiencing with their mortgage lender. But, perhaps more than any other concern, they tell me of their family’s struggles to …
To the Editor: The citizens of Bayonne presently have a difficult decision before them. That is whether to continue to be pushed around and ignored by the new owners of the Bayonne Medical Center, or to take a stand against an organization, which only seems interested in their bottom line. Bayonne presently has about 60,000 …
To the Editor: How can the people who run the Bayonne hospital lock out the employees and two days later request selective employees back to work? If this is not union busting, I don’t know what it is, pitting one employee against the other. These nurses, techs and other service people work very hard at …
To the Editor: Be an available source to your community instead of complaining about the immigrants or Latinos for not speaking English. If you are a true American citizen, get involved in your community if you care. By volunteering in hospitals, churches, shelters, the Red Cross, or by forming a community emergency response team, [you …
To the Editor: Virginia Pitaresi has some great points regarding undocumented workers being compared to home burglars, or unwelcomed guests, perhaps. I, myself, have lived in Mexico, voluntarily, that is. The poverty is grossly exaggerated. True poverty exists in Africa, Haiti, and India. Nevertheless, if she or I were making in equivalent of $4 (U.S.) …
To the Editor: I wish to respond to Leonard R. Kantor’s letter to the editor. In that letter, Mr. Kantor suggests that I favor tennis balls over libraries. I never said any such thing. He is putting words in my mouth that I never spoke and thoughts on paper that I never wrote. Let me …
To the Editor: For 14 seasons, the Rev. Dominic J. Del Monte Lodge 2560, Sons of Italy has been conducting a “Salute to the Stars” concert. We have received much praise due to the magnificent performances of the very professional artists. It brought the lodge a great deal of pride to be able to share …