Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: Heroin overdoses are on the rise across the country, and New Jersey is not immune. According to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels. The report found that the strongest …
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Dear Editor: I am writing to express my opposition to NJ Transit’s proposed 9 percent fare increases and potential service adjustments. As a Mayor and Senator in Hudson County, I am well aware of the negative impact this will have on my constituents. Hudson County residents are already struggling with a high cost of living. …
Dear Editor: Millions of Americans save for retirement using a 401(k), but how do they know if they are making the best investment decisions. We may not all be Warren Buffet, but we all want someone like him advising us on how to best invest our retirement savings. However, the law does not hold all …
Continue reading “Financial planners should invest based on clients’ best interests, not their own”
Dear Editor: I live in Hoboken. Last week I had a nice conversation with a gentleman in the Hoboken Path Station about how my sister, who just passed away, used to send money to St. Jude’s charity hospital for children. I told him I was going to send money there in the near future. It …
Dear Neighbors: During my two terms as a Commissioner on Hoboken’s Zoning Board of Adjustment, I’ve been honored to represent you on land use projects that impact all aspects of our community. I’ve voted on applications that maintain our city’s scale and charm while ensuring our neighborhoods move forward responsibly. However, over the past few …
Dear Editor: The following is a letter from Ralph DeMatthews to Hoboken City Hall Dear City Hall: Is there any reason why it’s been 2 plus years that the hand dryers still don’t work in the Sinatra Park men’s room?! Sorry ladies, I don’t know about your area…please write in if you also suffer from …
Dear Editor: To begin, John Wendelken was a Holy Cross College graduate and among others as Chris Matthews of MSNBC “Hardball,” Poet Laureate Billy Collins, Pulitzer Prize winner NYT Sports Columnist Dave Anderson, NBA Hall of Famers Bob Cousy, and Tom Heinhson and a Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and the list travels on. John …
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Dear Editor: In the early morning hours of Saturday, July 11, a devastating four-alarm fire tore through a multi-family home on East 21st Street in Bayonne, claiming the lives of an elderly and disabled husband and wife, hospitalizing three, and displacing eight families,. The tragedy may have been worse if it weren’t for the firefighter’s …
Continue reading “Fatal fire in Bayonne and the need for updated fire sprinkler laws”
Dear Editor: Re the July 19 article “‘The Feast’” is back.” This annual festival used to be one helluva blowout! When I first came to Hoboken, in the early ‘60’s, the heavy statue of Saint Ann would come swaying slowly down the streets, between poles borne on the shoulders of 6 or 8 women, 3 …
Dear Editor: Anxiously awaiting the release date of Go Set a Watchman, my fiancé made a curious observation when he googled Harper Lee. He noted that, “She wrote To Kill a Mockingbird and then for almost fifty years, she didn’t do almost anything else.” From his passing observation, we can see that Harper Lee is …
Continue reading “The power of relevancy by face-to face relationship”