Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Wouldn’t you like to make a difference in the life of a child? Or, better yet… Wouldn’t you like to make a difference in the lives of many children living in Jersey City? With much expectation and enthusiasm, the children of Jersey City are invited each year to participate in the annual Jersey City Free …
Continue reading “Help the library’s Summer Reading Program”
Dear Editor, Finally Governor Chris Christie has woken up from his zombie state of hypnotic irrational bogus annihilation of bulling low level employees, who are the backbone of the State, City and County Governments. They provide necessary services to the citizens of New Jersey? At least for a short temporary period, he released the Albatross …
Dear Editor: I am a taxpayer, and I am appalled that the governor is going to allow a billion dollars in tax breaks to corporations (for vouchers etc..) while our public schools are in dire need of funding. Public money should go to public schools! This governor is bent on destroying the public schools! John …
Dear Editor, To help keep your family and home safe from fire, here are some tips to follow, provided by the New Jersey Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board. Take time to check smoke detectors to ensure they are working properly and have full battery power. You should have at least one smoke alarm for each floor …
Continue reading “The New Jersey Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board Residential Fire Safety Tips”
Dear Editor, It is very disheartening that the discussion about the success of Jersey City’s Public Schools, whether District or Charter is always couched in an “us versus them” theme and too often just about money. Wouldn’t it be great if the leaders of District schools and Charter schools could share what they’ve learned from …
Dear Editor, I want to give my appreciation to Hudson County Sheriff Juan Perez who will go down in the history of the county as the best sheriff ever to have served us the people. I observe the appearance and demeanor of the sheriff’s officers in the courthouse, parks and county buildings and can say …
Dear Editor: I am a very concerned parent of two children in a Jersey City charter school. This amazing charter school has provided my children with a warm and nurturing learning environment in which they have thrived and where they are developing intellectual, emotional and social skills, that will make them engaged and productive citizens. …
Continue reading “Charter schools help improve the public school system”
Dear Editor: The recent decision by the N.J. Turnpike to re-route truck traffic to exit 14B in Jersey City from 14A in Bayonne is a major mistake. Bayonne has made the decision to redevelop the 438 acre Military Ocean Terminal into a container port, which will produce a greater amount of truck traffic in the …
Continue reading “Turnpike truck diversion is wrong… and dangerous”
Dear Editor: Adding new warnings to cigarette packages and advertisements can save more lives. Many suffer directly and indirectly from cigarette smoke. According to the American Heart Association, an estimated 35,000 heart disease deaths annually are associated with environmental tobacco smoke. As a twenty-five year old woman, I have personally been affected with the ramifications …
Continue reading “Required Warnings for Cigarette Packages and Advertisements”
Dear Editor: On Jan. 20, 1990, special troops of the Soviet Army stormed Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, to suppress a popular rally against the failing communist regime. A full-scale invasion of the city by heavily armored vehicles was carried out, killing many unarmed civilians. Soviet bullets did not distinguish women from children, elderly from …
Continue reading “Remembering the Soviet attack against innocent civilians”