Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: We would like to thank everyone in the community who came forwarded and voted for the Kids First team in the recent Board of Education election on April 20th. We would also like to thank the many friends, neighbors, family members and sometimes total strangers who worked so hard for something they believed …
Dear Editor: …and citizens of Hoboken. Today I have learned about another dog incident of “squirrel hunting” in one of our town parks which has resulted in the savage death of one of our helpless park animals. This is the third dog attack on a squirrel in six months at Church Square Park that I …
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Dear Editor: We seniors are former members of the YMCA, which closed abruptly March 19. We lost our four day-a-week exercise classes for seniors which included yoga, aerobics, and weight training, all taught by our marvelous instructor, Rebekah Aramini Lupo. For us it was shocking that something so good was so unceremoniously taken away from …
Dear Editor: A few weeks ago, I woke up to find on my car (and on all the other cars parked on my block) a flyer with my name on it. This flyer, titled “Lies, Damned Lies and Zimmer”, focused on financial supporters of Dawn Zimmer (including myself and a number of other Hoboken residents …
Dear Editor: I have lived in Hoboken since the end of 2006 and have noticed a dangerous pattern. I live near the corner of 5th and Adams. It is not uncommon for people to double park on Adams, which makes it very difficult for drivers and pedestrians to see if there is any traffic traveling …
Dear Editor: I recently received a postcard from a group calling itself the Mile Square Taxpayers Association. The postcard asserts that rent control in town “raises property taxes.” Therefore, if I want lower taxes, I should write to my councilperson and ask him to “fix” rent control. The association’s website notes that it’s “made up …
Dear Editor: Recently Steve Nicolai, in a letter to this page titled “nothing is really ‘free,’” dismissed my idea to improve the quality of life of Hoboken residents with free ferry service as an example of the “utter naivete of the socialist, nanny-state.” Though Mr. Nicolai’s letter was laced with ad-hominem attacks questioning my sanity—the …
Continue reading “In defense of the nanny state, and free ferries for Hoboken”
Dear Editor: The Hoboken City Council currently designates one council member to serve as a representative on the Hoboken Housing Authority (HHA) Board. At the last City Council meeting I suggested that the Council consider a slight alteration to their current practice of appointing a fellow Councilmember to the HHA Board for a full 5-year …
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Dear Editor: The recent story (Star Ledger, April 26) about Hoboken Councilman-at-Large Ravinder Bhalla’s contribution to the PAC Empower Newark, allegedly in exchange for a lucrative city contract there, is extremely distressing. Bhalla, like his colleagues on the Hoboken City Council, Carol Marsh and David Mello, ran only last fall on campaign promises of reform …
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Dear Editor: While I have the highest regard for Helen Hirsch and agree with her views on a variety of subjects, I respectfully disagree with much of her letter (“Goofed”) which was published in the Hoboken Reporter of April 25 for the following reasons: 1. I do not agree with Ms. Hirsch’s assertion that Mayor …