Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: After another winter of severe snowstorms and floods, I look forward to spring, balmy weather, and blooming flowers. Hundreds of communities welcome spring with an observance of Great American Meatout, asking neighbors to explore a healthy, compassionate diet of vegetables, fruits, legumes, and grains. Indeed, 56 percent of respondents to a GlobalMeatNews poll …
Dear Editor: After another winter of severe snowstorms and floods, I look forward to spring, balmy weather, and blooming flowers. Hundreds of communities welcome spring with an observance of Great American Meatout, asking neighbors to explore a healthy, compassionate diet of vegetables, fruits, legumes, and grains. Indeed, 56 percent of respondents to a GlobalMeatNews poll …
Dear Editor: Governor Christie’s Department of Environmental Protection is shamefully refusing to promise public hearings and a public comment period for their Liberty State Park commercialization and privatization plans. Their development proposals report and press statements have only pledged what will inevitably be a rigged invitation-only “stakeholder process.” The governor should totally abandon these plans, …
Continue reading “Lack of DEP hearings on Liberty State Park would be shameful”
Dear Editor: The morning of Saturday, February 27th saw ten Bayonne residents displaced from their homes on Avenue E, after a fire engulfed a three-story residential building. The blaze was difficult for firefighters to contain because of how close together the homes were built. Eventually, the fire did spread nearby to an adjacent building. Luckily, …
Continue reading “Research your options and protect your family”
Dear Editor: On January 20, 2009, Senator Barack Obama was officially sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. As a young 15-year-old African American, I saw him as a symbol of hope for our country. I was proud to have volunteered many long hours to help him get elected. While I could …
Dear Editor: When Steven Fulop ran for mayor he talked about an open and transparent government yet government will be less open if city ordinance 16.044 is passed. This ordinance extends permit parking from 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. While most of the streets are located in Paulus Hook, City Hall is adjacent to Paulus …
Continue reading “Parking is an issue the mayor does not take seriously”
Dear Editor: The “Dietary Guidelines for Americans” released yesterday by U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services mark the ninth time in a row that the meat industry has successfully suppressed scientific findings recommending reduced meat consumption. The reduction was recommended by the government-appointed Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee in a 571-page report based …
Dear Editor: I attended St. Peter’s tax abatement conference and was disappointed by the one-sided stance on this issue. The panel was moderated by a developer, an attorney for developer, public officials that push development and some professors. Where are the homeowners who are affected by tax abatements on that panel? It was definitely one …
Dear Editor: It is about that time of the year! Yes, students are applying for scholarships and grants to help fund their educations for colleges and universities. All along my grammar school and high school years, I thought about going to college, and I was so sure that I would go … yet, with technical …
Dear Editor: The Jersey City Parks Coalition (JCPC) is a collection of 23 neighborhood and park groups throughout every ward working together to grow and improve Jersey City’s park system. The Coalition is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization since 2005. JCPC stands behind the Friends of Liberty State Park and the NY/NJ Baykeeper in asking …
Continue reading “Protect Liberty State Park, your park, your community”