Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: Come one, come all, and join the Friends of Leonard Gordon Park (FoLGP), your neighbors, Mayor Fulop and Council President Rolando Lavarro, as we officially open and celebrate our improved and re-located playground, our new dog run, and our refurbished swing area on Saturday, Sept. 13 at noon. Rain date is the following …
Dear Editor: I live at 3564 Kennedy Blvd in the Jersey City Heights. For years now I have been writing and complaining to pest control, county executives past and present, city hall and the mayor about an ongoing problem with dog walkers in this area. Last year I met with the new mayor at the …
Dear Editor: Jersey City’s proposal to build a City Hall annex at the HUB is a good idea whose time has come. Hopefully the project will be brought off successfully. There are, however, a number of questions that have arisen since last months announcement and an alternate proposal that need be considered and answered before …
Dear Editor: Under the leadership of Ward B Councilman Khemraji Chico Ramchal, I have to say the Westside is definitely moving forward in the right direction. There is not a day that goes by that Councilman Chico is not seen in the neighborhood. He takes care of the most important issues facing residents daily. Issues …
Dear Editor: Mid August marks the time of year when high school graduates prepare to enter their freshman year of college, with many leaving home for the first time. With all the responsibilities and stressors that come with adjusting to both the social pressures and expectations of college life, it’s not uncommon for some freshmen, …
Dear Editor: The following is a letter to Representative Sires: Dear Representative Sires: The Congress went on vacation for five weeks starting Friday, August 1. The number of very serious problems facing our nations are mounting everyday, and the American people deserve and demand that congress works though August to solve these very impending issues. …
There is no such thing as buying a veteran plot. This is a sales strategy used by some civilian cemeteries to attract veterans. All veterans’ cemeteries are free for veteran, wife and any dependent child. In New Jersey at the present time, there is a state federally funded cemetery General Doyle in High Town, and …
Dear Editor: As a college student, the concept of caregiving hasn’t even been a blip on my radar. When I began my internship at AARP I learned about the extreme challenges caregivers faced. I also learned of a bill currently before the state legislature that would help caregivers: The Caregiver Advise, Record, Enable (CARE) Act. …
Continue reading “Respect caregivers, and those they care for”
Dear Editor: I am writing to express opposition to a recent Jersey City Municipal Council effort introducing an ordinance that would place a time limit on speakers who comment during the second reading of an ordinance. At present, speakers can take as long as necessary to address an ordinance. There are many times that this …
Continue reading “Five minutes to address the City Council is not enough time”
Dear Editor: Although the overhaul of the 14th Street Viaduct has been a necessary evil for anyone traveling from Union City/Jersey Heights to Hoboken, statements made by our elected officials are a bit misleading! I am puzzled why cars get first priority and issues that affect pedestrians are secondary or not considered at all. So …