Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: New Jersey Transit’s decision to suspend direct Light Rail service between the Hoboken Terminal and the two other stations located around the community on weekends and holidays harms the quality of life of the people of Hoboken and especially the residents of the 4th Ward. Forcing residents to ride to the Pavonia/Newport station, …
Continue reading “Occhipinti calls for restoration of direct Light Rail service”
Dear Editor: I read and reviewed the column written by Al Sullivan, and find it necessary to make an observation in regards to his comments concerning Hudson County Sheriff Juan M. Perez. I understand that a person who writes a political column, as Mr. Sullivan does, cannot constantly offer praise to an elected official; however, …
Continue reading “To Sullivan: Show fairness, not favoritism”
Dear Editor: At the risk of sounding like an old fogey, I found the articles about the Pre-K parents’ troubles chin-dropping. My mom drove me and my sisters over five miles to get to school by 6:30 a.m. in time for Mass before school, five days a week, then all the way across town for …
Continue reading “Pre-K programs are a blessing, not an inconvenience”
Dear Editor: Mayor Zimmer claims that the termination of 18 police officers and demotion of 19 police supervisors will not affect public safety. The Mayor is flat-out wrong! Her plan will result in 18 fewer police officers on patrol. It’s that simple! The Mayor’s police layoff plan will have a demonstrable negative effect on some …
Dear Editor: Dear Beth Mason, Thank you for wanting to return Hoboken’s excess money to the taxpayers. We do need a government, by the people and for the people. However, I have been reading the Hoboken Reporter and find that we may need the excess for jails. First, we are getting rid of police. We …
Dear Editor: Over the last month, the Liberty Humane Society (which takes in strays in Hoboken and Jersey City) has blocked adoptions, hindered volunteers from working with dogs (Fuller, Chase, Justice, and many others), and has decided to revert to its old style of “less managing and more euthanizing of dogs.” I am not just …
Continue reading “Dogs are on death row even though people want to adopt them”
Dear Editor: Why was I not surprised to see Ron Simoncini as the contact for Toll Brothers’ 700 Grove luxury condo project? He is the Executive Director of Mile Square Taxpayers Association and an active poster on the website for Hoboken Revolt, the Hoboken Tax Reform Coalition. He does not live in Hudson County. He …
Dear Editor: Can someone in city hall tell us where we can legally park? Recently, I parked a foot behind a white line painted on the curb, a spot where I had parked many times. When I went to my car the next day, there was a ticket that charged me $54.00 for IMPROPER PARKING …
Dear Editor: In April 2008, the Department of Education for the State of New Jersey issued an evaluation of the Hoboken City School District pursuant to the requirements of the New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJQSAC), N.J.A.C. 6A:30 et seq. QSAC is an objective, apolitical assessment by the State of New Jersey concerning the …
Dear Editor: WE, you say, “we” cannot do this and “we” cannot do that and this is not what WE would do!? At the risk of sounding like OLD HOBOKEN, “What have you got, a FROG in your pocket!? Nobody voted for YOU…Beth Mason is MY Councilwoman, elected by the Majority Vote in Hoboken, and …