Former Mason campaign manager: Iโ€™m voting for Dawn Zimmer

Dear Editor: For a number of years I have actively participated in local elections because I believe deeply in the adage that โ€œYou must be the change you wish to see in the world.โ€ I believe in taking personal responsibility for improvements one wants to see in oneโ€™s community, and in advancing national and global …

HoLa Hoboken!

Dear Editor: It is our great pleasure to report that, after a rigorous application process, the Hoboken Dual Language Charter School (HoLa) has been approved by the NJ Commissioner of Education to open in September 2010 with K through 2nd grade (growing to K-5). Our application was one of eight that were approved out of …

Masonโ€™s negative commercials insult the intelligence

Dear Editor: Thanks to dear Peter Cammarano, Hoboken now finds itself in the middle of another election season only a few weeks after the last one finished. It seemed that no sooner had the tawdry, toxic political hit commercials left the airwaves before they were back again. I am not impressed with political campaigns that …

Bridge restrictions

Dear Editor: Regarding Bridge Restrictions written by Anonymous Newport Resident, in last weeks Editorials, I too am unhappy that LeFrak Corporation has set hours for bridge use from 6:00 am to 9:00 pm, given that $6.4 M taxpayer dollars contributed to the project. The hours appear to be a safety issue. Upon checking with the …

Thank you HUMC!

Dear Editor, On the morning of Thursday, September 10, 2009, my wife Anna gave birth to a baby boy, Axel Francis, at the excellent Hoboken University Medical Center. From the moment we entered the hospital that morning until Anna and Axel were discharged that Sunday, we remained in the most thoughtful and professional care one …