Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: Open Letter to Governor Corzine: The Jersey City Parks Coalition (JCPC) is concerned about two state park projects, especially one where the state has refused to consider overwhelming public sentiment: the Empty Sky Memorial of Liberty State Park (and the Connected Parks vision to create what would be the only real community park …
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Dear Editor: I am a resident of the Journal Square Ward for over the past twenty years and have served as a Democratic Committee Member for nine years and am extremely upset over the media persecution of our duly elected Councilmember Nidia Lopez. I note that Mr. Boggiano supported the opposition, this Mr. King who …
Dear Editor: Mayor Healy, I’m wondering if you’ve ever tried to cross Grove St., right in front of City Hall (yes, as the joke goes…to get to the other side)?! Let me tell you, it’s nearly impossible, with the cross-walks all worn off and drivers having no sense of pedestrian right-of-way (Grove & Wayne, Grove …
Dear Editor: Cheers for Gregg Kreutz. About time someone spoke up to the PATH system. (Sunday, June 28th). Too loud. Too frequent. Too long. Too ineffective. Too insulting… I agree. And more. What is the point of “No food or drink” when the conductor condones everything… He must see the eaters and drinkers. But he, …
Dear Editor: The Friends of Liberty State Park express our gratitude to the Hudson County Open Space Advisory Board for recommending the grant of $200,000 for the Friends to fund the first sheltered picnic pavilion in LSP in a planned Group Picnic Pavilion Area (GPPA). We thank County Executive Tom DeGise for his administration’s leadership …
Continue reading “Liberty State Park’s picnic areas to expand”
Dear Editor: This might not be an interesting bit of pertinent information, especially to a County that embraces almost all of the Democratic Party’s policies, even while they take their wallets from their back pockets. The politicians on all government levels offers absolutely no respect towards the public, why should they? Their constituents will automatically …
Dear Editor, Mayor Healy, City Council, State Senator Sacco, President Obama, et al: My name is Melissa Surach. I am a 28-year-old Caucasian female living in Jersey City. I am writing to inform you that you have not yet given me an award. Many people have received awards for “cultivating the arts” in Jersey City, …
Dear Editor: The cleanup of 900 Garfield Avenue will have a positive impact on Jersey City residents. For about 40 years this chromium site has been a barren wasteland. Now PPG has claimed responsibility and has agreed to give Jersey City $200 million to pay for the chromium cleanup and we should not hesitate to …
Dear Editor: I am writing this letter as a note of sincere thank you and appreciation for all of those who participated in the extreme outpouring of caring and giving for the memory of our deceased Sheriff’s Officer Recruit Christian Moreira and his wonderful family. Our Christian passed away on June 13, 2009 and a …
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Dear Editor: In the Reporter, several people have expressed concerns about “absentee” balloting in recent local elections. Their concerns are real, but they don’t seem to be aware of several changes to voting procedures made recently by the Legislature. First of all, it’s not called “absentee” balloting any longer. It’s “vote by mail” or “mail-in …
Continue reading “Reforms have made absentee balloting safe and easy”