Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: If you are concerned about over-blown, ill-conceived development in Hoboken, I urge you to be present on Wednesday, Feb. 10 when the City Council will hear the Fund for a Better Waterfront’s (FBW) appeal of the Zoning Board of Adjustment’s approval of the Stevens Garage. Last year, the Zoning Board overreached its legal …
Continue reading “Send the Stevens garage back to the drawing board”
Dear Editor: A check in the amount of $5,034.66, from the Washington Estates Fire Victims fund account balance, will be donated to the Red Cross Haiti Relieve Fund on behalf of the Applied Housing Tenant Committee Association. We would like to thank the Applied Housing Tenant Committee Association, the Applied Housing Tenants and the citizens …
Continue reading “The Applied Housing Tenant Association for Haiti”
Dear Editor: I’d like to support Councilman Ravi Bhalla’s recent initiative to move Hoboken non partisan elections from May to the general election in November. After a brutal campaign period in Hoboken where voters went to the polls four times in a period of only a year, changes to our election laws must be strongly …
Dear Editor: I would like to commend Leo Pellegrini on the work being done by the recreation department. My husband and I, along with our three children, have always enjoyed participating in the sports offered by the recreation department. As a minor league baseball and basketball coach, my husband values the hard work the recreation …
Dear Editor: Donald Trump once said that if you’re going to think at all, you might as well think big. Well here’s a big idea for Hoboken, which currently suffers from a public transportation crisis. Yes crisis. Think I’m exaggerating? Then obviously you haven’t seen, or been part of the crowd of frustrated morning commuters—on …
Continue reading “A big idea for Hoboken: Free ferry service to Manhattan”
Dear Editor: The Friends of the Hoboken Charter School would like to express our heartfelt thanks to Dr. Doctor, Muller Insurance, Carlos Bakery, and Flowers by Diane for their recent donations to our Annual Fund Drive. We would also like to thank La Isla, Sparrow Wine and Liquors, State Farm Insurance and Starbucks for their …
Dear Editor: Last week I met with the Hoboken Hospitality Association to discuss the 2010 St. Patrick’s Parade and festivities. The Hoboken Hospitality Association and member organizations are a key contributor to our local economy and serve to promote our community each and every day of the year. They are a key component to the …
Continue reading “Mayor Zimmer asks for contributions to defray parade costs”
Dear Editor: Dawn Zimmer and her team are working hard to reduce Hoboken’s taxes the right way. Along with the rest of the council we’re gathering information, scrutinizing line items, making careful spending choices, demanding affordable union contracts, supporting appropriate user fees and avoiding gimmicks. Last week we held Hoboken’s first ever public budget workshop. …
Continue reading “Cutting Hoboken’s taxes: the devil is in the details”
Dear Editor: I want to go on record that at the January 20th City Council meeting, I did ask for Port-A-Potties to be placed uptown at or around 9th Street. It is coming and you know what I am talking about. On Saturday, March 6, the St. Patrick’s Day Parade will go down Washington Street …
Dear Editor: Over one year ago, one of the first actions by Judy Tripodi, Hoboken’s Fiscal Control Monitor, was to request detailed operational audits of the Public Safety Department, Divisions of Police and Fire. This request was made to Susan Yacobucci, director of the Division of Local Government Services, Department of Community Affairs, state of …