Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: I find it somewhat comical that Michael and David Barry (through their ownership of Applied Companies) continue to wage their campaign to have the “Monarch at the Shipyard” built while ignoring the voices of the community at-large. Instead of working with the City of Hoboken to create open space that is desperately needed, …
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Dear Editor: The ongoing battle over the proposed Monarch development in The Shipyard has become less a debate over the merits of the project and more a disheartening reminder that local politics hasn’t changed at all. The administration that was supposed to usher in a new era of honesty, transparency and integrity has instead adopted …
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Dear Editor: On behalf of the members of the Hoboken community who feel deeply betrayed by Michael and David Barry aka The Applied Companies (“Applied”) with their proposed Monarch at Shipyard Development, I was disheartened to read the March 15th article titled “City approves $100K more to fight pier development”. This article effectively makes the …
Dear Editor: Even though we’ve hopefully seen the last of this winter’s snow, it’s still heartening to see our mayor throw us a bone and speak of a “new approach” to snow removal. Of course given the administration’s late winter change in their community email messages (hoisting more of the responsibility of snow removal to …
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Dear Editor: The new, state-of-the-art (I suppose) trash receptacles on Washington St., called Big Belly, should be returned to the seller and Hoboken should get its money back. To put your trash into Big Belly, you have to open a door. Imagine someone with the cold, or the flu, who just blew his nose, and …
Dear Editor: March 23, 2014 marks the fifteenth anniversary of the war in Kosovo. Eight years prior to that, was an endless stream of atrocities from that part of the world. The systematic rape and impregnating of the Kosovo women was most appalling. The murder of forty boys and men was also attributed to the …
Dear Editor: This week’s Time Magazine cites several reasons for vegetarians living longer. The article was prompted by a report in American Medical Association’s Internal Medicine that a vegetarian diet lowers blood pressure, a key factor in risk of heart failure and stroke. The Mayo Clinic notes that vegetarians are at lower risk for developing …
Dear Editor: On Tuesday, February 18th, a fast moving 5-alarm fire ripped through a multi-family home in Weehawken. The fire began on the first floor of the three story building and soon engulfed the entire structure. A total of 11 individuals were displaced and at least two adjacent buildings were damaged by smoke and water. …
Dear Editor: On Saturday, March 1, 2014, the annual Hoboken St. Patrick’s Day Celebration -Leprecon festivities were held. Similar to years passed, this day presented unique challenges to the police department and the community at large. As Chief of Police, I could not express my sincere gratitude and appreciation for another job well done. The …
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Dear Editor I am writing to express my frustration regarding the what seems like routine lying coming out of city hall. On February 24th the city Facebook page made a post regarding that 514 potholes were fixed to date. Yesterday, Juan Melli, the communications person for the city (also the person who controls the city …