Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: I am a dog owner and resident of the Paulus Hook neighborhood in Jersey City. Many of us are concerned about the fate of the two South African Boerboels that were appropriately removed from their owners’ apartment on Thursday morning. When people become dog owners, it is their responsibility to research the breed. …
Dear Editor: Our aged sewer system is inadequate and crumbling, resulting in flooding and sewer backups. Breaches create underground streams that force water through building foundations. Fixing the system will likely take generations. A long-term capital plan must be created to plan repairs and upgrades. Steps can be taken now, however, to minimize the impact …
Dear Editor: I am writing this as a senior resident of Jersey City and of the Hudson City area, and I must say that over the years we have been served so well by our dear Councilman William Gaughan. I am speaking for many, many, many seniors in the Heights, and we have to say …
Dear Editor: For more than 3,500 years, cannabis has been the most widely used plant for medicine. Should it be decriminalized, it would replace 20 percent of all pharmaceutical drugs. It has been proven to be therapeutic for anorexia, tumors, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, muscular spasms, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, depression, stress and migraine headaches. Some …
Continue reading “It’s therapeutic and yet it’s denied us”
Dear Gov. Corzine: Please stop this campaigning at my tax dollar expense immediately. Talking about a war in Iraq while cutting funding to watchdog organizations in New Jersey is tantamount to trying to put up a smokescreen to ignore your own war at home – the war on corruption. The war you promised to wage, …
Continue reading “Re: Governor Corzine’s recent visit to Iraq”
Dear Editor: What is a liberal? What is a conservative? A rightist? A leftist? The majority of Americans do not know what these terms mean. I knew a middle aged woman who said she was voting for a candidate because he was a rightist. I asked her what a rightist is. She said, “A rightist …
Dear Editor: On March 8, 2008, I had a heart attack while picking up my youngest daughter from Girl Scouts. While I was unconscious and not breathing on the side of the road, calls were placed to 911 but no one initially attempted CPR. I was lucky, however. A good Samaritan, a teenager certified in …
Continue reading “How good is the Good Samaritan Law after all?”
Dear Editor: I am proud to be a senior citizen, a World War II Veteran and extremely proud to be a resident of Jersey City with Jerramiah T. Healy as our Mayor. We know that Hoboken may have had Frank Sinatra and others have enjoyed old timers like Perry Como and Bing Crosby, but we …
Dear Editor: My prediction for the New Year is come May 2009, Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy will be Mayor for the next four years. If Assemblyman Harvey Smith, Senator Sandra Cunningham and Mr. Lou Manzo go for May, it will be good news to the Mayor that will ensure him a victory for the next …
Dear Editor: As Chairman of the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency and on behalf of my fellow Commissioners, Vice Chairman Rafael Diaz, Piyush M. Amin, Evelyn Farmer, Councilwoman Viola Richardson, Councilman Michael J. Sottolano and John Spinello, I would like to thank Robert Antonicello, Executive Director and his staff for their effort in the Jersey City …