Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Chairman Aibel and Board Members of the Hoboken Board of Adjustment: This letter is submitted by the Hoboken Chamber of Commerce Board of Trustees in support of Stevens Institute of Technology’s application for their Gateway project located on Hudson and Sixth Streets. Stevens occupies a unique and critical position in Hoboken, both physically and …
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Dear Editor: Carlo Davis’ column raises more interesting questions than whether the city should create their own taxi-hailing app. The bigger question is what do you do when Uber crushes local taxi companies and is the only taxi company left and uses their dominant market position to drive prices up? A monopoly. And an unregulated …
Dear Editor: A few years ago, Tom Glavine got off a plane, at Kennedy Airport, and climbed into a yellow cab. What’s that they say about “Life being like a box of chocolate”? Minutes later he was literally flying again in the back seat of the cab. When the dust settled, Tommy was missing a …
Dear Editor: This Wednesday marked the beginning of Lent, the 40-day period before Easter, when many Christians abstain from animal foods in remembrance of Jesus’ 40 days of fasting in the desert before launching his ministry. But meat-free Lent is much more than a symbol of religious devotion to Christ. It helps reduce the risk …
Dear Editor: Did you know that bike use is rising among the young, falling amongst children (parents drive them everywhere), and skyrocketing among the fastest growing 60-79 age group?! Today, with the rapid drop in car use among the millennials, it is assumed that they have been behind the nationwide boom in bike trips, but …
Continue reading “The Trouble with Washington Street – Part 7”
Dear Editor: I write to commend Hoboken Chief of Police Kenneth Ferrante and the members of the entire Police Department for several recently announced initiatives to address the problems facing our city. In the face of all the bad press that police officers have received nationwide recently, it is a breath of fresh air to …
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Dear Editor: We were happy to read Caren Matzner’s February 1 article “Welcome to Novho!,” where she describes the exciting transformation of the Hoboken neighborhood that sits north of the viaduct. We cannot be more excited about moving our operations to the newly-built Artisan at 14th and Clinton. You can see the energy build with …
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Dear Editor: The following is a letter to the Hoboken City Council regarding Uber and taxi service in Hoboken. To the honorable members of the Hoboken City Council: I understand that the city council has been discussing Uber versus taxi service in Hoboken. To anyone who has used both services, it is clear that there …
Dear Editor: The New Year started on a bright note. My staff and I have been busy over the past six weeks hosting a variety of events and planning new ones designed to help residents of all ages in the 33rd Legislative District. As we continue to move forward, I want to keep all residents …
Dear Editor: I am writing to commend the firefighters who arrived at my house very very early Thursday morning when all the smoke alarms were all going off. I have 3 children and was so worried. I could not find the cause, couldn’t be sure if there was a problem and did not know what …