Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: The city has uncovered road salt storage outside. Rain falls on the salt. Salt dissolves in the rain and washes into our sewer system. We have a combined sewer system so water from storms goes into the same pipes as residential waste water. Depending on the amount of rain falling, that sewage is …
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Dear Editor: I am writing again about the relationship between Hoboken’s public school board and Hoboken’s charter schools. In a letter published recently from Hoboken school board member Irene Sobolov she suggests that comparisons between Hoboken’s public schools and Union City’s public schools don’t account for the fact that there are no charter schools in …
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Dear Editor: A plan being considered by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to possibly eliminate overnight PATH train service is a bad idea that could have a devastating impact on thousands of commuters. Many of the 244,000 riders who use the PATH every week are hardworking residents from my district in …
Continue reading “PATH service cuts will hurt working class residents and local growth”
Dear Editor: Senator and Mayor Brian P. Stack’s bill that would require a mental health background check for drivers for Uber and Lyft is a great step in the right direction to protect the segment of the public who are starting to use the newest additions to the sharing community programs. (Union City Reporter 10/12/14) …
Dear Editor: Over the years I have disagreed with T. Weed on many issues, but on the topic of the possible re-development of Washington Street he hit the nail on the head. Spending money to make more room for bicycles we don’t have is the height of foolishness. Washington Street isn’t perfect, but it is …
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Dear Editor: I am concerned about the safety in our area by the Shop Rite. I thought it might be of interest to the Hoboken Reporter to post and/or look into this. Recently a tractor-trailer that got stuck at the corner of 9th and Madison Streets and hit a parked car while causing a major …
Dear Editor: It’s time for New Year’s resolutions, particularly those about our health. Although gun violence remains the leading cause of death among young people, our most dangerous weapon is still our fork. Forty-five times as many die of chronic diseases linked to a diet containing animal products, sugar, and salt. Hardly a month goes …
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Dear Editor: For the last two years I have been trying to trace descendants of my great Uncle John Hamilton and his wife Barbara Banks. They immigrated to New York in 1867 and had two children there, then moved to Jersey City, where they had five more children. Their address was 16 Paterson Plank Rd. …
Dear Editor: As an elected official it is my privilege and duty to represent the interests of my constituents. Numerous residents reached out to me to express their opposition to a proposal calling for rolling assessments in Hoboken. Over-burdened taxpayers fear yearly assessments will lead to higher taxes just because their neighbor has renovated their …
Dear Editor: The proposed Washington Street re-design that the RBA Group presented at the Oct. 8 City Council meeting requires that all of the angled parking north of 8th Street be converted to back-in angled parking. Stated in their final report “the parking maneuver is fast and can be completed in an average of 6 …
Continue reading “The Trouble with Washington Street – Part 5”