Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: In loving memory of my husband, Alan Beck, I extend gratitude for the tremendous support and compassion shown by the Hoboken community during his lengthy illness and his passing. The overwhelming of concern and love given by members of the Hoboken Police Dept., (PBA & PSOA), Fire Dept., Board of Education, Hoboken School …
Dear Editor: Wednesday marked the beginning of Lent, the 40-day period proceeding Easter when Catholics and other Christians would abstain from meat and dairy products in memory of Jesus’ 40 days of fast and prayer before dying on the cross. With religious devotion yielding to self-indulgence, this devout tradition gradually gave way to meatless Fridays …
Dear Editor: One of the things we love about Hoboken is that it is a walking town. We can walk to our schools, parks, restaurants and shops. We would like to sincerely thank the public officials who are working to support safety in our walking community. First, the Hoboken City Council, especially the Parking & …
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Dear Editor: Over the past several months there have been a number of individuals who have spoken out at council meetings and on web blogs demanding cuts in police union contract benefits and lay-offs of police officers. These attacks have negatively affected the morale of all Hoboken police officers. This is no way to treat …
Dear Editor: Judy Tripodi has advised that the taxpayers of Hoboken must pay an additional $4,252,621 in addition to an imposed 47 percent tax increase, due to an unauthorized (ERI) Early Retirement Incentive program for some city employees. This program sounds criminal and should be fully investigated with claw back provisions on any money or …
Dear Editor: As we know, several in the Police Department took the test to become the next Police Chief – Captain Anthony Falco and Acting Police Chief Robert Lisa are among them. Can we consider hiring someone from the outside considering what happened in the Police Department under LaBruno, since Falco, Lisa and other officers …
Dear Editor: It’s another year. The Chinese say it’s the Year of the Ox, but Hoboken’s politicos think it’s the Year of the Demagogue. Hoboken’s huge municipal tax increase has angered many citizens and our ox-like politicos have risen to the bait. I recently went to a fund-raiser for Dawn Zimmer, who represents Hoboken’s Fourth …
Dear Editor: We, along with hundreds of diverse Hoboken families, are extremely disappointed that the Board of Education voted not to move forward with a dual language program within the Hoboken Public Schools for September. In the days following the vote, we have received numerous calls and emails from parents who feel frustrated by the …
Dear Editor: As a teenager who is involved in many sports that require open space, it is very upsetting and frustrating to not have many clear open fields. There have been many cases where the fields are either occupied by city events or by a volley ball league. It is hard to understand why the …
Dear Editor: I am a friend of Councilman Peter Cammarano. We volunteered together on Senator Menendez’s campaign in 2006, and I am also helping his mayoral campaign. In Al Sullivan’s Jan. 25, 2009 political column, “Is the next generation of politics on its way?”, I found Beth Mason’s poll interesting, especially considering that Mason supporters …