Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
To the Editor: My name is David Solari and I was born and raised in Bayonne. I am a product of the Bayonne public school system. My two children who are now adults were also born and raised in Bayonne; as well as both attending the Bayonne public schools. I am currently running as candidate …
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To the Editor: November 3 is the date of what can arguably be the most important local election in the last 35 years. This election will not only determine which candidates will represent the residents of the 31st district down in Trenton but it will also determine who will lead the Bayonne Board of Ed. …
To the Editor: The time has come for a school within the 31st District of New Jersey completely dedicated to children with developmental challenges such as autism and ADHD. Such a school would focus available resources in a single location, rather than spread out across the district. Children would no longer have to be bused …
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To the Editor: The council chamber was packed, standing room only for the two meetings concerning the hotly contested “High Rise Project” on 46th Street and Broadway. At both meetings, those who spoke in favor of the high rise were in the minority; they argue that blight would be eliminated and Broadway would be revitalized …
To the Editor: So a journalist from the local paid paper messaged me seeking an opinion on their story titled, “3 Bayonne Council Members Accepted Health Benefits In Violation Of State Law.” They used only two sentences of my three paragraph response. So today I would like to share my response to the reporter in …
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To the Editor: The decision by the Catholic Archdiocese of Newark to close Our Lady of Assumption church has met with great sadness and disillusion by parishioners for whom it is the center of spiritual and social life. The church, founded in a storefront in 1902 by Italian immigrants seeking a center for their culture …
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To the Editor: The congregation of Our Lady of the Assumption in Bayonne has learned with great dismay that the church will close on January 1, 2016. The parishioners were shocked and very upset when a letter from the Archdiocese of Newark was read on Sunday, September 27. This decision was unexpected, and affected us …
To the Editor: On October 4, a letter from the Archdiocese of Newark was read to the parishioners of Our Lady of Assumption Church stating that our church will be closed as of January 1, 2016. The history of our church began 113 years ago. It was the hard work of Italian immigrants who wanted …
To the Editor: With regard to this past weekend’s article by Al Sullivan stating that my campaign for the Assembly’s 31LD has not been about issues, I want to point out some facts. We have released a 16-point education platform, an eight-point anti-corruption platform, a jobs plan, an anti-violence plan, positions on environmental protection, and …
To the Editor: I decided several months ago to seek election for a two-year term as a board member on the Bayonne Board of Education. I feel that my life and work experiences have qualified me for this position. I can be an asset if elected on November 3. I found it very disheartening that …
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