Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: The Police Officers in Hoboken are doing a great job and I hope that they will be allowed and encouraged to continue protecting us as well as they have been. Some people are demanding cuts of Police Department personnel and some are recommending a salary freeze. But these people do not speak for …
Dear Editor: In a special meeting on Wednesday night, March 24, the Hoboken City Council reversed the Zoning Board of Adjustment’s approval for a 12-story residential tower in a commercial/industry zone limited to two stories. Council members Ravi Bhalla, Peter Cunningham, Michael Lenz, Carol Marsh and David Mello voted to reverse the Board’s approval, providing …
Continue reading “Zoning Board decision reversal signifies new era”
Dear Editor: My concerns as a progressive English teacher very often overlap, and blur—in my mind—with my duties as a citizen. Democracy is the common denominator. Opening spaces for authentic dialogue, where a lifelong love of reading, writing, social justice, and the arts might be linked to John Dewey’s hopes for building a ”great community,” …
Continue reading “Teaching for a better world: in the classroom and in the community”
Dear Editor: What a pleasure it was to hear a sane voice in the zoo-like cacophony that passes for discourse in Boobusland. Janet Larson, in her letter to the Reporter of March 14, asks why St. Patrick’s Day has been turned into an occasion for military muscle-flexing and chest-pounding. She counted 16 military vehicles parading …
Continue reading “Keep militarism out of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade”
Dear Editor: People don’t realize how important the police and fire departments are until they have an emergency situation. A few years ago we accidently let a robber into our home. We thought it was our tenant, when it was too late we found out it was not. My husband and I were senior citizens. …
Dear Editor: On behalf of the family of Maurice “Mo” DeGennaro, please accept this as my sincere thanks for the live saving procedures performed by Hoboken Police Officer Bret Globke and the Amcor Ambulance personnel who attended to my husband “Mo” in a most professional manner while he was unconscious and had already turned a …
Dear Editor: Last week, I wrote a letter to introduce myself and my candidacy for the one year term on the Hoboken Board of Education. Our community encompasses just one square mile from the PATH Station to the North Hudson Sewage Authority and Elysian Park to the Housing Authority. Within that area is a rich …
Dear Editor: Education in the state of New Jersey is under attack. Hoboken, in particular, because it is a ‘high income, high tax’ district, which is ‘above adequacy’ according to Governor Christie’s administration, has been targeted. The school budget, which we will be asked to vote on in April reflects a draconian cut of state …
Dear Editor: I am running for a seat on the school board along with my teammates on the Real Results slate – Liz Markevitch, Kathleen Tucker and John Forsman. For an idea of how we would run the board, look no further than Gov. Chris Christie. In presenting his state budget this month, he charted …
Dear Editor: As an expecting mother, I have been paying close attention to goings-on in the Hoboken school district as I determine whether my family and I will be able to stay in the city we love once our child reaches school age. We’ve been happy to see over the past couple of years that …