Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: Regarding the article of Sept. 28, 2014, for businesses, parking’s a perennial problem, it should be noted that: The vast majority of Stevens employees take public transportation (NJ Transit trains, Light Rail, buses, and ferries). Stevens community members who do drive to Hoboken park in dedicated parking spaces on campus and not on …
Dear Editor: The same high standards the City is using to redesign Washington Street are missing from the Sinatra Drive study. In fact, the Sinatra Drive study can only loosely be called a “visioning” study given that it is restricted to the roadway rather than encompass the area from 4th through 11th Streets, from the …
Dear Editor: Should have, would have, could have – but didn’t. The best intentions are worthless without action. On November 4 an important election will take place and I am writing to alert your readers that they can act today. The citizens of Hoboken pay taxes toward the city, county and schools. It is this …
Dear Editor: Ruth Tyroler stated that impoverished children do not test as well as more well-off children and that statement is so disheartening to hear from someone in a leadership role within our educational system. If the board and administrators approach their job each day feeling that improving our school’s academic success is a feat …
Dear Editor: Every poker player knows not to throw good money after bad, not to call a big raise and then draw to an inside straight, and every cook knows that you can’t save a bad soup by adding more ingredients, but!…our City Hall is now wanting to throw hundreds of thousands of dollars after …
Dear Editor: It started with a 102.4 fever, aches all-over, coughs, congestion… misery for two weeks (and counting!). Sometimes I cough so hard it feels like my chest is going to crack. Other times, the coughs come in waves that make me see flashes of light in between short, desperate breaths. It is the right …
Continue reading “Sick days protect workers, and their co-workers”
Dear Editor: I am writing as a Hoboken parent regarding the upcoming Board of Education election on November 4th. As a parent of two children attending the Hoboken Public schools, I often attend the monthly Board of Education meetings. I find they are a helpful way to learn about activities in the district and decisions …
Continue reading “Three candidates working towards a common goal”
Dear Editor: When I first began my internship at AARP, I had absolutely no idea how big of an issue caregiving is. Now I know that caregivers provide around $13 billion a year in unpaid services in New Jersey alone, and surely people that give that much deserve to get something back. This is why …
Continue reading “Focus on caregiving is warranted given how big its impact is”
Dear Editor: With the recent record-setting rain events throughout the northeast, I was reminded of the problems Hoboken has experienced with flooding over the years. The same week parts of New Jersey and New York were soaked with up to a foot of rain in one evening, Governor Christie approved several billion dollars’ worth of …
Dear Editor: I am disheartened by the direction the Kids First Board of Education is taking our schools. The focus is on courtrooms when the emphasis should be on classrooms. Over the summer the Board of Education voted to increase legal fees to continue its ill fated lawsuit against one high performing charter school while …