Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
To the Editor: I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the emergency room staff of the Bayonne Medical Center. I brought my husband to the emergency room with chest pains. I can’t begin to express how impressed I was with the care we received. The nurses and assistants were absolutely amazing. The staff …
To the Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to thank the GFWC Peninsula Women’s Club of Bayonne for its fall planting of mums and spring tulip bulbs at Lincoln Community School. The colorful array of plants has enhanced the front of our school building, and is a pleasant sight to see on a …
To the Editor: We would like to extend our thanks to the staff and students of the Bayonne public schools and All Saints Catholic Academy for their recent donations of food to the Giordano Food Pantry at Our Lady of the Assumption Church. We were overwhelmed by your generosity. We currently distribute more than 130 …
To the Editor: The decision to close Our Lady of the Assumption Church is ill conceived and the reason is Archbishop Myers himself. He obviously knows nothing about humility, fails to follow the example set out by Pope Francis, and thumbs his nose at the teachings of the Catholic Church. At a time of rising …
To the Editor: This letter is to express heartfelt disappointment in the recent announcement that Our Lady of the Assumption will be closing on January 1, 2016. Our congregation of American, Italian, Spanish and Filipino parishioners has grown into a caring and sharing community. This cohesive group has learned Pope Francis’s lesson well and has …
To the Editor: Once again, I have been ticketed for dropping my child off at Bayonne’s Midtown Community School. No one else but me was ticketed this second time, so I have to question, am I being singled out because I have raised questions about how the city is so badly running their streets, schools, …
Continue reading “Why are they ticketing … er, targeting me?”
To the Editor: He has the qualifications and integrity. He will advocate programs for students who struggle with standard school procedures. He believes, upon graduating from high school, every child must have the opportunities for a solid future, be it going to college, a technical program, or having a skill necessary to be a productive …
Continue reading “Vote Joe Broderick for Bayonne Board of Ed”
To the Editor: The Bayonne school system is at a crossroads. If we are to provide a quality education to our city’s students, we need a new Board of Education consisting of people with experience in educational matters, who are committed to academic excellence. The new school board trustees must also be independent, and not …
Continue reading “Butchko cites qualifications and independence”
To the Editor: My name is Leonard R. Kantor and I am running for school board trustee on November 3, line 3D. The D stands for determination. I seek this position because our present school board has failed our students by lowering the passing mark from 70 to a passing mark of 65. I would …
To the Editor: People of Bayonne, I urge you to come out and vote on November 3. Over the past few weeks we have heard what a great accomplishment it is to shift toward an elected school board. While it is great, the people’s work is never done in regard to researching and scrutinizing each …