Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: Recently, the Hoboken BOE passed a budget for the coming year. It is about $64 million. It seems like a lot since the school district has about 2,100 students. Roughly, that amounts to over $30,000 per student per year. Some of the best private schools in the area do not charge that much …
Continue reading “Why is per student cost in Hoboken so high?”
Dear Editor I am writing in response to School Board Trustee Peter Biancamano’s recent letter in your paper. My initial letter expressed concern about his (and other members) “no” vote on the school budget after little or no participation in crafting that budget. Mr. Biancamano responded with a letter about an entirely different subject. He …
Continue reading “Can you be a “voice” if you don’t speak up?”
Dear Editor: Hoboken is a place where those elected to serve have amazing reach and ability to affect our town. For this reason, Hoboken elections are hard fought and hard won. Concerned citizens must devote considerable time and effort to campaigning on important issues and would never miss the opportunity to vote in our local …
Dear Editor: Basically, a judge ruled to invalidate an election result without allowing any questioning of the reasons or evidence given to make an election result – not exist. No matter how convincing one side’s case can be, a democracy demands that the other side be heard and considered. The judge rejected hearing an individual’s …
Continue reading “Concerning cancelling the pro-rent control election result”
Dear Editor: Carly Ringer is a good person that I am proud to have met this past year. Carly is well thought of by many and rightly so. She has served our community with a selflessness that is to be applauded. Carly has lived in Hoboken for several years. She has volunteered selflessly and is …
Dear Editor: Last year, after seeing our city smothered in street spam and litter, the City Council voted unanimously to strengthen Ordinance 110-45 and increase the enforcement and fines associated with it. At that time, I had a letter outlining the ordinance hand delivered to all businesses in Hoboken. The response was overwhelmingly positive. No …
Dear Editor: On Tuesday, the City announced that the construction at 1600 Park will be further delayed for additional testing of the soil. Unfortunately, this means our children will have to go another season without a safe place to play soccer in Hoboken. After five years of waiting, the latest delay is inexcusable. We need …
Continue reading “Mayor failure leaves residents to deal with consequences”
Dear Editor: This morning I had to drop off a check for a good friend, at the tax office inside Hoboken City Hall. Once I walked in I noticed a security screening station was now in place off to the left of the lobby. After I had taken care of my friends business, I started …
Continue reading “‘Hoboken citizen made to feel like a criminal!’”
Dear Editor: This letter is in protest to my being charged and convicted of a traffic violation in Hoboken for which I was wholly innocent. The entire process, in which I was required to be in court on three occasions, my veracity denied, and factual information compromised, has left me with a disappointing view of …
Dear Editor: For a couple of years now, my wife, who stays at home during the day is getting extremely frustrated, stressful and furious over the non-stop helicopter noise every day, weekdays and weekends. Seven years ago, when we were looking for a place to buy, we definitely excluded Brooklyn waterfront neighborhoods such as Brooklyn …
Continue reading “After several years the helicopters have followed us”