Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: As a young African-American living in the Greenville community, my heart saddens when I see empty store fronts, drug infested corners, abandoned buildings, dirty streets, and lack of employment opportunities for my neighborhood. For years now, many administrations have come in and tried to fix the problem but issues still remain. On July …
Dear Editor: I am writing in regards to Dr. Amer Syed who’s office is located at 424 Central Avenue, Jersey City. Dr. Syed is one of the most outstanding doctor’s I have been to. He is very good at what he does. I have been suffering real bad with allergies. I go to him, he …
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Dear Editor: How few does a group of people have to be not to matter? How many do they have to number in order to be recognized and respected by state officials? A substantial minority of people in New Jersey still depend exclusively on landline phone service. Most have depended on their landline phones for …
Dear Editor: More than one million New Jersey residents are caring for an aging parent or loved one, helping them to live independently in their own homes. Family caregivers have a huge responsibility and their roles are challenging. Tasks include performing medical or nursing tasks for their loved ones with multiple, chronic physical and cognitive …
Dear Editor: I had a great laugh in Hoboken the other day when I saw posters for this month’s Hudson Theatre Ensemble stage adaptation of “The Little Engine That Could,” the classic children’s story of the little train that overachieves by repeating the mantra, “I think I can, I think I can.” Ironically, New Jersey …
Continue reading “Hudson County and the little transit engines that can’t”
Dear Editor: I am delighted that EPA has finally moved to abate the disastrous impacts of climate change by regulating carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. But, given the adverse reaction from the coal industry, the agency should have issued parallel regulations on emissions from meat industry operations. Each state could than determine its own …
Dear Editor: According to statistics from the Center of Disease Control, this week, the number of gun deaths in the U.S. since the tragedy in Newtown rose to 49,559. That is the size of the population of Hoboken. Each day that we go without proper controls on weapon ownership and sales, the number of deaths …
Dear Editor: I want to thank our friends and neighbors. Our beloved cat of seven years, Boobie, went missing last weekend. Heartbroken and struggling to explain his disappearance to our two and a half year old daughter, we began a desperate search. We posted flyers in southwest Hoboken, reached out to friends and neighbors, knocked …
Dear Editor: My father was an intelligent man, however he had a challenge remembering everything. And on one occasion, following hospitalization for a heart attack, when the hospital discharged him with no prescriptions, it left me having to seek out the doctors to learn of his medication needs. If I had not known to ask, …
Continue reading “Urging the Senate to follow suit and approve the CARE Act”
Dear Editor: There is an upcoming election on June 3rd. My friend, Anthony L Romano is running for re-election to the freeholder board. I wanted to write to the public to let them know what type of person he really is, because he needs the support of the people now. If you don’t know Anthony …
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