Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: Last March there was a public meeting in Lincoln Park to discuss a proposed historic district in that area. There was a huge turnout of property owners and residents. This was not a city sponsored event but the mayor and several council members were present as well as staff from the planning division. …
Dear Editor: My name is Annette Chaparro and I am asking voters to place their trust in me to serve the 33rd District as Democratic Assemblywoman. The Primary Election Day is June 2 and I hope you will make your voice heard. I will be a strong voice for the District and will work to …
Dear Editor: I want to take the time to thank Mayor Steven Fulop and his administration for recognizing that Greenville needs change. For far too long, my community has been neglected and it’s great to see work finally begin to start. As Jersey City prepares itself to become the largest city in the State of …
Dear Editor: In New Jersey, 1.2 million workers do not have the ability to earn sick days. Earned sick days can reduce emergency room visits, saving $1.1 billion a year nationally. Parents with paid sick days are 20 percent less likely to send a sick child to school, reducing the likelihood that their child’s illness …
Dear Editor: The Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) was founded in 1986 when residents of Bloomington, Indiana, rallied around a toddler who needed a life-saving liver transplant. In less than eight weeks, the community raised $100,000 to place the boy on the organ waiting list. But the child died before an organ became available. Those …
Dear Editor: In this and in all elections the real question is who is going to work harder for the citizens. Too often elections are about popularity or worse simply about money. We have to understand that the person we elect, we are sending to work on our behalf. In other words, I should not …
Dear Editor: Nothing new under the sun, claimed Ecclesiastes, and maybe, then, a long time ago, when life crept along at a slower pace, there wasn’t. But there is now, in Hoboken. When you walk down the street, you see every other person walking along carrying a drink of some kind. You didn’t see that …
Dear Editor and Residents of the 33rd District: I’m Annette Chaparro and I want to represent you in Trenton as your next Democratic Assemblywoman from the 33rd District. I will provide a strong voice for Hudson County and work with our local government officials to ensure a partnership that benefits all residents. I was born …
Dear Editor: I recently realized that I have lived more than 25,000 days and nights, yet I can not recall a single one. Not even the one freshest in memory, yesterday. Well, I do remember a lot of it—when I got up, what I ate for breakfast, what I did after breakfast, who I saw …
Dear Editor: As a lifelong resident of Hudson County and as someone who understands the challenges families and workers in our state face, I take great issue with Dan Herrera’s recent letter attacking Bob Menendez. No elected official – of either party – has done more for the people of our state and Hudson County …