Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: In the early 1950s the phrase “under God” was so rightfully added to our Pledge of Allegiance to our great flag in this great country. This was and continues to be a refreshing and stimulating addition to our pledge. Unfortunately, recently there has been a group of atheists in Monmouth County who filed …
Dear Editor: On Oct. 14, there was an election at Dickinson High School for Local 2262 of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO (AFSCME). It was a great victory for President Bill Murawski, who defeated Glenn Spinelli on his second outing for president of Local 2262. Murawski’s team all came in …
Continue reading “AFSCME Local 2262 president is an exceptional man”
Dear Editor: December 12, 1915: On what would have been his 99th birthday, I want to pay homage to Frank Sinatra, the man who gave us so many years of first class entertainment via radio, TV, personal appearances and films. If you read any of the many books written about Frank Sinatra, you come away …
Dear Editor: Nowadays on the television we see commercials depicting the horrible after-effects of a lifetime of smoking. Usually they show a man or woman who has a hole in their throat, and must speak with an electrolarynx. Older commercials made use of the images of a smoke-free lung compared to a lung of a …
Dear Editor: Air pollution has been a huge problem in New Jersey for over a great number of decades. All the residents living in New Jersey are still being exposed to all these pollutants regardless the effort to reduce this bad air quality. I was reading on the internet on how many business and people …
Continue reading “Air pollution is dangerous to mothers and children”
Dear Editor: The centerpiece of my Freeholder campaign earlier this year was to push for an independent performance audit of county operations, so that we can get a road map for achieving cost savings. This year, Hoboken was hit with a 14.5 percent county tax hike and Jersey City was hit with a 5.8 percent …
Continue reading “Cohen updates community on efforts to control Hudson County taxes”
Dear Editor: I am writing this letter to thank Ryan Strother, Jersey City Recreation Director, for a job well done. In the past few years, we can all say we had a good Recreation Department but the changes that have been made are benefiting the City of Jersey City as a whole. Since Ryan has …
Continue reading “In praise of the new improved Recreation Department”
Dear Editor: For the last two years I have been trying to trace descendants of my great Uncle John Hamilton and his wife Barbara Banks. They immigrated to New York in 1867 and had two children there, then moved to Jersey City, where they had five more children. Their address was 16 Paterson Plank Rd. …
Dear Editor: Next week, President Obama will pardon two turkeys to promote the turkey industry. Every one of us can exercise that same pardon power by choosing a nonviolent Thanksgiving observance. It’s a most fitting way to give thanks for our own life, health, and happiness. The 240 million turkeys killed in the U.S. this …
Dear Editor: On behalf of our Jersey City Egyptian Community of Muslims and Coptic’s, I would like to first of all, thank our Hon. Mayor Steven M. Fulop for appointing Hon. Ramy A. Eid as a Municipal Judge. This is a historic event for our great city and to our Egyptian community as Hon. Ramy …