Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: Noise pollution is a growing concern for those of us who live in or near cities. The assault of the loud sounds drowns out all other experiences and causes mental and physical damage. Why is it necessary to permit this to occur on a daily basis to hundreds of thousands of people? Living …
Dear Editor: It’s hard to believe how quickly time has gone by since Superstorm Sandy devastated many of our New Jersey communities, damaging homes and businesses and wreaking widespread havoc on the lives of Garden State families in its path. In the wake of Sandy’s destruction, we also saw the character of our New Jersey …
Continue reading “Help for Sandy’s emotional impact is available”
Dear Editor: In Hoboken there are a few unwritten rules of etiquette that apply to the posting of signs/fliers. You don’t have to be interested in, or approve of, whatever is being promoted; but either way; you just follow the basic rules of a civilized society: a) you ask the business owner for permission before …
Dear Editor: Mahatma Gandhi once said “A ‘no’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.” On March 27, I voted to stand up with the taxpayers of Hoboken and vote no on a school board budget raising taxes by four percent. My “no” …
Dear Editor: Did board member Irene Sobolov in last week’s letters really call the votes by three school board members “purely symbolic actions”? Now, apparently, voting against a budget that raises our school taxes 4 percent is labeled political grandstanding. Let the record show that Frances Rhodes-Kearns, Peter Biancamano and Carmelo Garcia stuck up for …
Continue reading “School Board wants even more of your money”
Dear Editor: I’d like to give a big thank you to Peer Advisors Mrs. Luz Durando, Ms. Denise Donnelly, and the children of the Wallace school for giving us a very enjoyable afternoon. We appreciated the many gifts you took time to gather, wrap, and distribute. Your young workers were very helpful and considerate in …
Dear Editor: Living in a busy urban environment we are all used to noise. However, over the last couple of months there has been a noticeable increase in the frequency and intensity of helicopters flying over Hoboken. To make matters worse they are now flying directly over our city at extremely low altitudes. This represents …
Dear Editor: The Hoboken Public Library is an architectural treasure and an invaluable cultural asset to our community, but have you noticed that the building would benefit from a new front door, one more in keeping with the beautiful and very historic building? The Friends of the Hoboken Public Library certainly noticed, and we are …
Dear Editor: Setting the school budget signifies a commitment to accomplish the educational goals previously adopted by the Board, as well as a commitment to the residents and taxpayers to reach those goals in the most economic manner possible. The school administration worked diligently to develop a 2013-2014 budget that strikes that delicate balance. The …
Continue reading “Political hay despite open budget process”
Dear Editor: Yesterday we had a costly mishap? (accident) in our neighbor city of Hoboken where United Water or a contractor working for UW broke a main water pipe that contributed to another major breakage of a second one creating water damage in basements, broken streets’ pavement and sidewalks. This man-created disaster will cost millions …