Energy strong is wrong

Dear Editor: The PSE&G $3.9 billion utility rate hike proposal is based on the argument that they need to upgrade infrastructure to avoid the problems caused by the next big storm. AARP opposes the proposal not only because many people cannot afford to pay more, but because of the rather curious and precedent-setting process they …

Letters to Santa

Dear Editor: For over 100 years the United States Postal Service has been receiving letters addressed to Santa Claus. The holiday tradition became so popular that in 1912 Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock created what has come to be known as Operation Santa. That tradition lives on in Hoboken! As in years past, a mailbox reserved …

The cost of HOLA

Dear Editor: The recent proposed letter which opposes the expansion of HOLA charter school to 7th and 8th grades by School Superintendent, Dr. Toback, at behest of the Board of Education majority, focused on the cost of charters to the public school system. In support of their position, the letter and subsequent statements have referred …

A profile in courage

Dear Editor: Superintendent Toback has drafted an impact statement letter to the NJ State Commissioner assessing the impact to the Hoboken School District that would result from the proposed expansion of the Hola Hoboken Dual Language Charter School. The proposed impact statement generated considerable discussion at the Hoboken Board of Education meeting. Many parents of …

Education – equality

Dear Editor: Growing up in the 1960s, some of my earliest memories are of the Civil Rights Movement and the Beatles. It was an era that ushered in a philosophical and generational change in our nation. Ordinary people performed extraordinary feats that changed the world. Today, we have the opportunity to change the world and …