Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor, In the article post on www.hudsonreporter.com Thursday March 25 by E. Assata Wright titled ‘NJ Transit to hold fare hike hearing in Secaucus Friday’ it shows exactly how some companies aspire to get out of debits by raising fares and service cuts and penalizing their customers for it. Some of the fares will …
Continue reading “NJ Transit 25 percent increase could be devastating”
Dear Editor: Recently, the twelve mayors of Hudson County signed and forwarded a letter to the Hudson County Board of Education supporting the elimination of athletics at the Hudson County School of Technology. Considering the economics times the State is facing, this would seem like a reasonable request. However, prior to eliminating athletics from public …
Dear Editor: (The following is an open letter to Mayor Zimmer.) I recently discovered that I need major surgery. Having been operated on previously at Hoboken’s own hospital, I expected my Hoboken doctor to register me at my local hospital. However, my doctor was concerned about booking me into Hoboken University Medical Center, due to …
Dear Editor: What does it take? I can understand that Hoboken’s streets can back up due to heavy rains due when there is debris in the storm drains. I can even tolerate the “ponding” that occurs from seasonal buckling of asphalt and sidewalks. But when the water flowing through Hoboken’s antiquated and inefficient drainage system …
Continue reading “Who wants to live in a city that floods every time it rains hard?”
Dear Editor: The Hoboken YMCA was able to stay afloat throughout the great depression, three major wars, the de-industrialization of the northeastern U.S., and many other difficult times, but after over 80 years it’s been run aground by what I believe is mismanagement, or worse. The sudden closing of this community institution has left a …
Dear Editor: This past weekend I had the privilege to speak with the NJ State Commissioner of Education, Mr. Brett Schundler. In our conversation, he congratulated the Hoboken Board of Education for doing such a great job on our budget in these hard economic times. He made particular mention of the recent contract agreement between …
Continue reading “Markle says Schundler likes custodian contract”
Dear Editor: My name is John Forsman III and I’m running with the Real Results team for the school board. I am asking for your vote in the April 20 election. If elected, my slate of Real Results running mates – Liz Markevitch, Kathleen Tucker and Perry Lin – and I will tackle two of …
Continue reading “Forsman will bring sanity to the school board”
Dear Editor: Our community has taken enormous steps over the past year to routing out all the mismanagement and waste that has plagued us for so long. We finally have a new mayor and City Council majority dedicated to paring down our city’s budget to a lean-and-mean operating geared exclusively toward giving the taxpayers the …
Continue reading “Voting for the Kids First ticket to continue the momentum”
Dear Editor: During the school board budget workshop on March 22, Business Administrator Robert Davis said Trenton was cutting our state aid by 25 per cent while the county average was 8 per cent. Why? I asked. “Because you spend too much,” said Davis, a veteran of more than 40 school budgets in his career. …
Continue reading “Citing budget, Sullivan backs Real Results slate”
Dear Editor: Our schools are a vital and fundamental part of the Hoboken community. Not only do good schools enhance our community’s property values but better educated students make for better neighbors. When the schools are well run we all benefit; when they are not, we suffer. In just the last year alone the Kids’ …
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