Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: The November elections are approaching rapidly. I bought a new pair of boots, earplugs, and a shovel, preparing for the verbal, visual, and written tsunami of conceit and self love of the two major candidates. The loser always has a very promising future playing at the Philharmonic, using their remarkable distinctive talents and …
Dear Editor: I am writing to share good news regarding a bill that I sponsored, which was later signed into law. Specifically, Assembly Bill A2624, which made healthcare for children mandatory, has provided for the enrollment of more than 12,000 children in the past four months in the state’s subsidized health insurance program which is …
Dear Editor: Plans for the Alzheimer’s Association, Greater New Jersey Chapter’s inaugural Liberty State Park Regional Memory Walk are well underway! On Oct. 31, 2009, thanks to our dedicated staff and community volunteers, hundreds of Hudson County and surrounding area residents, businesses and organizations will come together in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. There has …
Continue reading “Alzheimer’s benefit walk is Oct. 31 in Liberty State Park”
Dear Editor: I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Frank Scalcione. My roots run deep in Jersey City. My grandparents purchased a building on 3rd street in the downtown section in the late 30’s. My family lives in the building, my nephews are the 4th generation that live there and will continue to live …
Dear Editor: I am taking this opportunity to well, in a way defend Sean Connors. Mr. Connors may or may not know me but I feel that he is very much deserving of this applause. Mr. Connors from what I know lives in the Heights section but goes into several different neighborhoods to volunteer his …
Dear Editor: On September 12, the Waterfront Gardening Association hosted a garden-planting event in Newport to give Jersey City residents an opportunity to work in a community garden. Colorful fall mums, Montauk daisy plants, perennial sage, bleeding heart and assorted bulbs were planted in the garden while weeds and overgrown brush were tidied up to …
Continue reading “Thank you for supporting the Newport community garden”
Dear Editor: I write this letter as committeeman for Ward A District 21 and as a Black American in Hudson County. I hear a lot of talk about the upcoming election for Governor of the State of New Jersey. Many people say they are angry about Jon Corzine’s honesty about cutting the budget. He was …
Continue reading “Endorsement for the re-election of Governor Jon Corzine”
Dear Editor: The Jersey City Free Public Library had another very successful Summer Reading Program. The 2009 summer reading theme was, Be Creative @ Your Library for children in grades K-5, and Express Yourself @ Your Library for young adults in grades 6-8 and up. The yearly themes are established by the CSLP – Collaborative …
Dear Editor: It is extremely disturbing that statistics indicate that those who are subject to acts of domestic violence are seriously injured or killed by those individuals who have violated the court ordered restraining orders. As law enforcement officers and those involved with court actions concerning domestic abuse and violence we need to be concerned …
Continue reading “Hudson Sheriff urges tightening restraints on domestic abuse”
Dear Editor: I’d like to introduce myself as the Republican candidate for New Jersey State Assembly in District 31. As you know, this is a big election year in New Jersey, when we choose a governor and a whole new State Assembly. My opponents are Asm. Anthony Chiappone (D-31) and his running mate Charles Mainer. …
Continue reading “Running for NJ State Assembly in the 31st District”