Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: This week’s issue of Time Magazine brings more documentation that vegetarians live longer than their meat-chomping friends. A six-year study of 70,000 Seventh-Day Adventists, published in the current issue of American Medical Association’s prestigious Journal of Internal Medicine, found that, vegetarians and vegans have a 12 percent lower risk of death. This is …
Dear Editor: I would like to take the time to thank the following individuals for their service to the City of Jersey City: Ward A Councilman Michael Sottolano, Ward B Councilman David Donnelly, Ward C Councilwoman Nidia Lopez, Ward D Councilman Bill Gaughan, Ward E Councilman Steven Fulop and Councilwoman Viola Richardson. Even though we …
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Dear Editor: Even as New Jersey continues its recovery from Superstorm Sandy, we’re reminded that a new hurricane season is upon us. Now is a good time to consider your personal and professional readiness for any emergency, but particularly for a natural disaster. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center expects to …
Dear Editor: I am using my head to compose this letter however the thoughts and sentiments are coming directly from my heart. We must thank all of the council members who over past years have served our city and assisted the residents, Council President Brennan, Councilmembers Sottalano, Lopez, Richardson and Donnelly. Our Mayor, Jerramiah T. …
Dear Editor: Here’s a problem. What do we do with the garden basement apartments that were flooded by Hurricane Sandy here in Hoboken and surrounding cities? How’s this for a solution? Form a public/private partnership with property owners, pertinent governmental and business entities to purchase these ground floor spaces and turn them into new urban …
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Dear Editor: My name is Mohamed Youssef, a fifth grade student, and I would like to thank a very wonderful, intelligent and dedicated man in my life his name is Mr. David Fischer. He is the conductor of the choir that has had many successful trips around the city and he represents Public School Number …
Dear Editor: As EMS Director for Jersey City Medical Center I want to publicly thank the New York Mets Organization for giving us the honor of presenting the colors at Citi Field on May 24 alongside the heroes of the Boston EMS Department. The courage and valor of the Boston EMS shinned through the tragic …
Dear Editor: The following is a letter to Representative Sires: Dear Rep. Sires: I can’t count the numerous times I have written you and requested your having Town Hall meetings for your constituents in the NJ 8th Congressional District, but you have turned a deaf ear to the request. I and everyone I talk to, …
Dear Editor: I write to thank three organizations for their efforts to save Washington Park trees in Union City: NJ chapter of the Sierra Club which passed a Resolution dated May 14, 2011 citing “the loss of tree coverage and its cooling advantage in the summer….” The second is the Washington Park Association, Jersey City, …