Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: The Charter school lottery system has proven to be outdated, with unlimited potentiality of creating loopholes within the selection process. There was an incident a few years back, involving a Jersey City Charter school in which it manufactured a terrible mistake. After names were chosen, it was discovered that a group of candidates …
Dear Editor: I am a veteran teacher at the Learning Community Charter School in Jersey City. I have lived and taught here for over 10 years. I teach in an urban educational setting to make a difference. However, it is difficult to make the sort of difference I aspire to given the inequitable funding impacting …
Dear Editor: Recently, the Healy Administration promoted (4) four Inspectors of the Jersey City Police Department to the position of Deputy Chief. Congratulations on your appointments. The citizens of Jersey City should be proud of your excellent expertise, and highly qualified dedicated caliber, which is associated with our proud Police force, especially in their leadership …
Dear Editor: Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy, Standard Bearer, and the Board of Trustees would like to thank the Inserra Family and the Inserra Jersey City Shop Rite for their financial support with our fifth annual holiday food program for needy families in Jersey City. On December 6, 2010, with the cooperation of Dr. Charles Epps …
Dear Editor: The history of the Sixth Street Embankment has so far given Jersey City much to be proud of. It reminds us of our history of productivity and significance when goods were produced at home and things were made and built in the USA. The embankment reminds us to be proud of the important …
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Dear Editor: There is a crisis going on right now and you might not even know about it. The bottom line is we can only count on ourselves to fix it. Plastic grocery bags are an ugly eyesore that presents serious environmental worries. One thing I didn’t know is that they are made with oil. …
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Dear Editor: Two years ago, when my son won a coveted spot via lottery at a local Public Charter school, we were thrilled. Everyone told us we had won a golden ticket. What we discovered on the first day of school was shocking. My son and all students in the school were being treated like …
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Dear Editor: Medical malpractice tort reform, the very existence of hearing these words should bring a cold, haunting, piercing shiver, to anyone not connected to the medical field. If there was any good that came out of the new compulsory Federal Healthcare Bill, a monetary cap wasn’t placed upon these negligent “derelict of duty’ law …
Dear Editor: Earlier this month, I had the privilege and honor of being elected to the office of Hudson County Sheriff. I would like to express my sincere thanks and appreciation to the voters for placing their trust in me. As someone who has spent his entire life in law enforcement, I am deeply honored …
Dear Editor: The Family Support Organization (FSOHC) and Youth Partnership of Hudson County, 2nd Annual Community Dinner was an incredible success on Saturday, December 4, 2010. The event filled with food, drinks, dessert, entertainment, gifts, laughter, and smiles was a gratifying experience and moment for the community to come out and relax, meet new people, …
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