Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: Well. According to the May 8 Reporter, our Hoboken taxes will be raised yet again by The Insatiables. Somebody’s cousin, or brother-in-law needed a job? We (Western civilization) owe a lot to the ancient Greeks. They were our teachers in politics, democracy, philosophy, comedy, tragedy, Olympics, and so many other things we take …
Dear Editor: What a pity (Consent and sex on campus, April 24) that young men have to be “counseled” about when a girl means yes and when she means no. All over the country, one hears, campus sexual assault is a serious problem. A serious problem! In my day it wasn’t. So what’s going on? …
Dear Editor: In the 3/27 edition of The Hoboken Reporter an article appeared regarding the squabble between Dawn Zimmer and Jersey City Councilwoman Osborne regarding racks for bike share bicycles. I cannot imagine, compared to securing hundreds of millions of dollars for flood control or redesigning Washington Street that an answer regarding bike racks should …
Dear Editor: We appreciate all the time and effort put into making the seniors afternoon bingo especially enjoyable. The girls and boys went out of their way to please the seniors making sure all had a good time. The best of all was getting to know the students it was very thoughtful everyone went home …
Dear Editor: In a May 1 letter to the North Bergen Reporter, Paula Rogovin, a representative of Break Free announced plans to bus demonstrators to Albany to protest against the use of “train bombs” to deliver oil. Like a typical protester, Ms. Rogovin has complaints but no realistic solutions. She offered no ideas for cost-effective …
Dear Editor: I write to advise you and the Hoboken community of the Hoboken Public Education Foundation, which I helped form late last year. The Hoboken Public Education Foundation is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to support the Hoboken public district schools through private funding. With the support of Superintendent Dr. Christine Johnson and …
Dear Editor: My childhood hero recently passed away due to pancreatic cancer. His name was Daniel Fitzgibbons and he was my older brother by 18 months. He died just short of his 61st birthday. He was my brother who would race home to our parents when I skinned my knees learning to roller skate to …
Dear Editor: We thank our veterans group and city hall council for remembering our local boys that died in Vietnam, on the recent Vietnam Day. On our local monument at Pier A, it is engraved – “Not Forgotten” when it was edited back on May 18, 2002. Please print their names. Remember them (The Hoboken …
Dear Editor: This Mother’s Day, May 8th, many of us will celebrate the powerful bond between mother and child. Tragically, the world-wide symbols of motherhood – dairy cows – never get to see or nurture their babies. Newborn calves are torn from their mothers at birth, so we can seize and drink the milk that …
Dear Editor: May 14, 2016 will mark 18 years since the death of world renowned singer/actor Frank Sinatra in 1998. Hoboken, NJ’s native son left an indelible legacy of classy showmanship in his illustrious career, particularly in pop music. Sinatra literally lived ‘The Great American Songbook’ through recordings and filmed performances and for that, I …