Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: On Thursday, I had the opportunity to attend the school board meeting in Jersey City and I am highly upset with the school board about their decision to make Dr. Lyles the next superintendent. I would like to thank Sterling Waterman, Marilyn Roman and Angel Valentin for voting no and thinking about our …
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Dear Editor: The Jersey City Board of Education meeting on June 19 certainly displayed a large community turnout in favor of interim superintendent Franklin Walker and also a host of elected officials who spoke on his behalf. Present to speak were Mayor Jerramiah Healy, Assemblymen Charles Mainor and Sean Connors, Freeholder Jeffrey Dublin, Councilwoman Viola …
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Dear Editor: At Tuesday evening’s Board of Education meeting, it was inspiring to see Mayor Jerramiah Healy sufficiently moved by an issue to come up to P.S. 11 and speak out. It’s only too bad that issue was political expediency. Our honorable mayor, who runs an opaque government in City Hall but who is always …
Dear Editor: At times there have been funeral processions which are accompanied by an especially large contingent of friends of the deceased. It might have been a dignitary, perhaps a community leader. It is not uncommon for a police agency to provide a motorcade escort for such an event. This is done not only out …
Superman – who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel with his bare hands and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild mannered reporter Dear Editor: Jersey City unexpectedly lost one of its own last week – a mild mannered man – a man who also was a quiet Superman to all. John Eckhardt, …
Dear Editor: According to Howard Gardner, “Knowledge is not the same as morality, but we need to understand if we are to avoid past mistakes and move in productive directions. An important part of that understanding is knowing who we are, and what we can do” My vision is to make JC public schools the …
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Dear Editor: At the May 24, 2012 regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the Jersey City Employment and Training Program, all of the members expressed their full support for Franklin Walker and his appointment as Superintendent of the Jersey City Public Schools. The Jersey City Employment and Training Program interacts closely with the …
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Dear Editor: On May 28, 2012 at 7:38 pm an accident involving two people and a gun took place at the Sip and Garrison Avenues Intersection. Upon impact the firemen of Engine 15 emerged from the firehouse to see the confrontation. They found the attacker had a gun and he physically attacked the other person. …
Dear Editor: New York City Mayor Bloomberg’s decision to ban supersized sugary sodas has resurrected the age-old debate over the role of the state in protecting the public health. In recent years, this debate involved bicycle helmets, car seat belts, tobacco, trans fats, saturated fats in meat and dairy products, and sugar (or more aptly, …
Dear Editor: I would like to give my sincere thanks to Adelaide Laurie and Phyllis Melito, the former president and vice president of the Hudson County Animal League. These two ladies donated countless number of hours, food and put in numerous animals in “furever” homes. I have enjoyed working with the both of them, having …