Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
To the Editor: Our city would be better served if we open up the dialogue about the real reason property taxes are going up: the structural deficit. This deficit was not created by Mayor Davis but it is his responsibility to address it because it will catastrophically affect everyone in Bayonne. When he took office …
To the Editor: We are writing in regard to Liberty State Park. The corrective Assembly Bill 4196 does not do what was promised by Assembly Speaker Prieto. We do not want the Meadowlands Commission to make any decisions on what should take place in Liberty State Park. We oppose Gov. Christie’s’ attempts at privatizing the …
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To the Editor: To our neighbors who come home after long shifts and shovel the snow for us – we thank you. To our neighbors who shovel during late winter nights, gifting us with shoveled walks – we thank you. To the gentleman passing in a pickup truck who stopped to shovel, we thank you. …
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To the Editor: My mother, Tessie De Maria, passed away on Ash Wednesday after spending the last five years of her life at a nursing home. I was very fortunate to spend those years with her, and to be at her bedside when she passed. I am also fortunate for the tremendous outpouring of support …
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To the Editor: Thanks to Al Sullivan for his excellent stories on the ongoing privatization threat to Liberty State Park from wrong-headed legislation. Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto should be ashamed of himself for breaking his Liberty State Park promise in his February 5 press release at the time of the governor signing a bill, with …
Continue reading “The wolves are at Liberty State Park’s door”
To the Editor: I live in the Third Ward and I am getting a bit tired of Gary La Pelusa bragging about what a great job he is doing as far as bringing new businesses in the area. Where are they? I still see the same empty stores on Broadway. Also after the snowstorm, Broadway …
To the Editor: In a flash, our lives can change. One minute, you may feel all is going great and life can’t get any better. The truth is, sometimes tragedies just happen. Our community has seen its share of tragedies early on this year. It’s sad to think about it actually. Countless lives forever impacted …
To the Editor: President Obama was elected by a vote across the country. The individuals in Congress are from a single district or state. Why are politicians, despite a 15-percent approval rating, able to deter policymaking? Mayor Davis was elected by a vote across the city. The members of the Board of Education were never …
To the Editor: Mr. Coffey’s remarks are mere cover for himself as the Assistant City Attorney (1990-2002) and Law Director (2002-2009). He would have been at the forefront on all of the transactions that occurred between the City of Bayonne and the Bayonne Board of Education during this time. For him to deny knowledge of …
To the Editor: During last year’s mayoral campaign I met and spoke with many people in Bayonne’s Coptic Christian community. The leaders and members of our Coptic Churches were among the warmest and most sincere people that I was lucky enough to interact with during the campaign. Today many are friends of mine and we …