Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: Recently, I encountered a problem with The Globe Life and Accidental Death Insurance Company. I informed Senator Brian Stack of the 33rd District about my situation of not being able to submit documents that were not available to me as a grandparent upon the death of a grandson. Senator Stack responded immediately to …
Dear Editor: Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, has announced the agency is expanding the services available with a my Social Security account, a personalized online account that people can use beginning in their working years and continuing throughout the time they receive Social Security benefits. More than 60 million Social Security beneficiaries and …
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Dear Editor: I urge our City Council to landmark St. John’s Episcopal Church in the Bergen Hill neighborhood at their next meeting. The State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) has determined that it is eligible for the State and National Registers of Historic Places. It was unanimously recommended for landmark status by the Jersey City Historic …
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Dear Editor: So how are we going to balance our budget, thanks to the $5 million we owe retiring police administrators? There are a lot of good ideas, if we’re willing to do them, and stop with the failed policies of the past. How about we don’t replace half of them? The Police Department is …
Continue reading “Fill the police budget gap with plans that work for everyone”
Dear Editor: On Wednesday (5/27) Michael’s Signs of West New York installed a sign at 11 a.m. on the corner of Palisade and Second Street. It displayed the layout of the artificial field termed “an improvement” in Washington Park. A man waiting for the 123 NJ Transit bus into NYC was shocked to learn that …
Dear Editor: Not long ago the people of Jersey City were losing their homes to staggering taxes. Businesses fled and development ground to a halt. City hall failed to address the bleeding and the city faced a financial, societal and political crisis. When Bret Schundler offered new ideas and leadership, I devoted my time, effort …
Dear Editor: In 2009, Mayor Healy selected a new candidate to run for Ward C. Already disgusted about property taxes rising, Filthy streets even then and an overall unresponsive administration, I voted for someone else. To my dismay, Mayor Healy’s candidate, Nidia Lopez had won. At this point, I had two choices: attempt to resolve …
Continue reading “I support Nidia Lopez and Fulop’s entire ticket”
Dear Editor: On Thursday, May 9, 2013, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Hudson Vicinage, in partnership with the State Bar Association and Foundation, the Hudson County Bar Association and Foundation, and the Hudson County Advisory Committee on Minority Concerns will be hosting the 5th Annual Court Night at the Brennan Courthouse, 583 Newark Avenue, …
Dear Editor: I am writing about Dan Levin, an upstanding man I have known and worked with for nearly seven years. I met Dan in 2007 when I was working for Councilman Steven Fulop. At the time, Dan was leading the good government organization Civic JC and collaborating with Councilman Fulop on the Pay-to-Play reform …
Dear Editor: Jersey City Mayor Jeremiah Healy and Jersey City Education Association (JCEA) President Ron Grecco made quite a charge in remarks to JCEA members two weeks ago: that if Ward E Councilman Steven Fulop is elected mayor on May 16, many of them will lose their jobs. It is a serious thing, to tell …
Continue reading “Healy has no authority over school district personnel”