Category: Jersey City Letters

Dear Editor: The recently released Alzheimer’s Association 2014 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures reveals that almost two thirds of American’s living with Alzheimer’s disease are women and that more than 60 percent of Alzheimer’s and dementia caregivers are women. A woman’s estimated lifetime risk of developing Alzheimer’s at age 65 is 1 in 6, compared …

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Dear Editor: After several months of crippling snowstorms and flooding, I really look forward to spring weather, green grass, and flowers in bloom. The advent of spring is also a great opportunity to turn over a new leaf on our dietary and exercise habits. In fact, I’ve been told that hundreds of communities celebrate the …

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Dear Editor: I feel it important to speak up in regard to Justin, who at 16 has become a national personality for his dangerous trek up the WTC. First and foremost I do not condone his climb. With that said, he most definitely has raised some very important points. USA security is weak to say …

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Dear Editor: On Saturday, May 3, starting at 9 a.m., come help us build up the new, wonderful community gardens at the midpoint entrance to Leonard Gordon Park at Kennedy Blvd. and Sherman Place. Come join the Friends of Leonard Gordon Park as we rebuild this deteriorated, grand historic park. By mid-summer, you will see …

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Dear Editor: The following is an open letter to Commissioner Richard E. Constable III, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs regarding the proposal of Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop to abolish Jersey City Parking Authority Dear Commissioner Constable: I am communicating with you in regards to a serious matter which was presented before the Local …

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Dear Editor: This letter is in response to Al Sullivan’s article “A battle for the parks” which was featured in the March 30th edition of The Jersey City Reporter. Although his article is on target in many ways his brief depiction of Pershing Field is off the mark. To those not intimately familiar with Pershing …

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Dear Editor: As an educator, nothing is more rewarding than to watch your students, young adults, work to inspire and benefit those around them. I am a teacher and the National Junior Honor Society adviser at PS#27 in Jersey City. A colleague of mine has a niece with Cystic Fibrosis. Over the past two years …

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Dear Editor: This letter is written to the residents of Jersey City following many newspaper articles downgrading the JC Parking Authority, its director, the commissioners (who are unpaid servants) as well as the staff and administrators of the authority. The threat of a takeover without rational discussions about staffing, including the jobs of Jersey City …

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Dear Editor: Recently, Assemblyman Charles D. Mainor introduced a bill that would require kindergarten to become a mandatory requirement in the State of New Jersey. This bill is extremely important especially for children living in the 31st Legislative District which is primarily urban. Children living in urban settings need as much resources possible to succeed …

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