Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: Attributing Ravi Bhalla with the “innovation” to move all the elections ahead to November is not his “initiative.”This was lobbied for, advertised to the powers that be, and agreed to by the very Committee people who worked the elections, as an alternative to too many elections for our constituency. Ravi Bhalla had nothing …
Dear Editor: Finally some good news for Hoboken’s 2 wheeler bikes. The NCAA last week donated some 36 bikes to local boys and girls. A good start was to register these bikes under the watchful eyes of police officers James & Cahill. As we all know a bike must observe the same rules and regulations …
Dear Editor: I am glad that our local senators and representatives understand and defend the principle of the separation of church and state in governing America. Nevertheless, the extent to which a fundamentalist right-to-life conviction has been allowed to encroach on this principle – and to sway many humane minds into unconscionable concessions – is …
Continue reading “Anti-abortion demands on health care reform are wrong”
Dear Editor: I want to thank the Reporter for doing the profile on me while announcing the 2nd printing of my Hoboken novel, Natural Enemies. The writer, who did a superb job with such unpromising material, got one fact wrong: Fool’s Paradise, the Arabia travel book, was published by Random House in 1988, not 1980. …
Dear Editor: I wanted to take a moment to thank the first responders for their actions during last Sunday’s three-alarm fire that quickly spread through three residential buildings on Park Avenue. Eight families were displaced in the fire that damaged homes at 124, 126 and 128 Park Avenue. The Hoboken Fire, Police, Emergency Management and …
Continue reading “Sunday fire highlights need for renters insurance”
Dear Editor: From the minute I took my seat on the school board last April it’s been apparent that my colleagues were not nearly as committed to reform as we had promised during the campaign. For nine months I loyally backed my team in public. But behind closed doors I argued for a tougher stand …
Dear Editor: On Saturday, March 6, 2010, the City of Hoboken will be hosting the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The parade is very popular and draws tens of thousands of people to our city. At times, some of our residents and guests become disorderly and unruly making it a difficult day for our residents …
Continue reading “Chief Falco lays down the St. Paddy’s Day law”
Dear Editor: Are you a “resident” of Hoboken, or not? According to the city, it depends whether you are trying to get a parking permit, or paying your property taxes. The city recently changed its parking permit policy regarding who is, and who is not, considered a “resident” in order to crack down on the …
Dear Editor: An open letter to Hoboken’s irresponsible pet owners: Have you no pride in our clean walkways, water front paths and piers, and parks, which are to be enjoyed by all Hobokenites, both two and four legged. Why on our daily walks must our pet parents constantly dodge dog droppings, why can other pet …
Dear Editor: Nothing speaks louder than the green and St. Paddy’s Day green is the greatest intoxicant in Hoboken since the alleged exodus of quarters via the John Corea Choo Choo. Although the crowds have grown ever larger, the town’s ability to handle the increasing problems is diminishing. Witness the report of 80 injuries and …
Continue reading “Failure to alter St. Pat’s parade plan is a disgrace”