Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: In the wake of yet another horrific mass killing in America, I say enough is enough. Our first order of business should be a national dialogue, of small gatherings and large, to brainstorm bolder solutions to end this awful cycle of violence and heal our communities. To help me organize my own thinking …
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Dear Editor: I’d like to personally thank a few people in our great community who helped make safer corners at 11th and Hudson Street and 12th and Sinatra. For those unaware of the situation; at these corners exists a very busy intersection with traffic flowing from 5 different directions. It appeared the cross walk technology …
Dear Editor: I was saddened and appalled to read the contents of the excellent letter by Tiffanie Fisher. Eight years ago my wife and I (from Europe), decided to make a large investment to purchase in Hudson Tea; we both personally visited the planning office not once, but 3 times prior to purchasing the riverfront …
Dear Editor: Bill Clinton said it: “It’s the economy, stupid.” Hillary Clinton is going to say it: ‘It’s the economy, stupid.’ President Obama and Democrats have spent six years repairing a devastated economy, a record national debt, and two expensive and unwinnable wars of occupation they inherited from the Bush-Republicans. Is that what you want …
Dear Editor: Last week we had the privilege of volunteering at Hoboken’s first ever STEM-a-thon at Stevens Institute of Technology, an event organized for 6th grade students citywide. The event gave these 11 and 12 year old students a unique opportunity to peek into the tech world and become engineers for the day. What began …
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Dear Editor: It is reprehensible that the seniors and disabled members of the Hoboken community are treated as nonexistent or better yet, leftover – taking up space that a seemingly “better” – higher tax paying – calibre of individual could occupy. Here’s a recent quote from a senior friendly community in NJ regarding the care …
Continue reading “City of Hoboken – deplorable conditions for seniors and disabled”
Dear Editor: I am writing the following few lines on the above subject, you may like to publish it in your weekly paper. “Parking in Hoboken is a big problem, it is an old colony designed to have no cars and no parking garages. But every household owns one or even two cars. All these …
Continue reading “Hoboken municipal parking – allocation system”
Dear Editor: The Real Reasons Our Taxes Are So High (Reporter, June 2), is because “like a rich businessman who hits a new tax bracket when his or her salary jumps, Hoboken is a victim of its own success,” explains Don Kenny, Hudson County Tax Administrator. No, Hoboken is a victim of the property revaluation …
Dear Editor: Last Tuesday, President Obama directed federal agencies to serve antibiotic-free meat and poultry in government cafeterias. The FDA will require animal producers to obtain authorization from a licensed veterinarian to use drugs to treat a specific disease, rather than just to promote rapid growth, as is current practice. As much as 80 percent …
Dear Editor: An open letter to Mayor Zimmer, Commissioner Tooke, and Chief Ferrante: I want to express my appreciation and congratulate you for your approach to the rush hour pedestrian/auto traffic issue in Hoboken, particularly in the southern end of the city and near the PATH. The use of the auxiliary “crossing guards” is a …