Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: The purpose of this letter is to explain something most North Bergen voters already know. Team Sacco is the only way to go. Mayor Nick Sacco and his team of commissioners have been making progress in our Township for decades. Why stop now? We have an upcoming municipal election on Tuesday, May 12. …
Dear Editor: After a month of persistent and crippling snowstorms, I do look forward to spring weather, green grass, and flowers in bloom. The advent of spring is also a great opportunity to turn over a new leaf on our dietary habits. In fact, hundreds of communities welcome spring on March 20th with an observance …
Dear Editor: The following is a letter to the community from Sgt. Marrero, North Bergen commissioner candidate. Greetings fellow community members: As you know 2015 has sprung into action, and so have I!! My name is Enrique “Henry” Marrero, a proud lifelong resident and police sergeant in my hometown North Bergen. There is nothing more …
Dear Editor: On September 15th 1943 an American B-17 bomber with ten airmen on board failed to return home from a mission. One of them was a 2LT Frank A. Roth, from Union City, NJ. He was serving overseas with the 95th Bomb Group based in Horham, England. Around 1998, when I was 14 years …
Dear Editor: We join the rest of the world in mourning the brave staff of the magazine Charlie Hebdo, gunned down by religious fanatics for defending freedom of the press. Meat industry fanatics in the U.S. have devised a more subtle means of stifling freedom of the press. The states of Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, …
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Dear Editor: Many of us are just getting back to the office. But for caregivers, the work never stopped. Indeed, caring for loved ones is a 24/7 gig with no paid time off. That’s one reason why AARP is working so hard to make life just a little easier for those who give so much …
Dear Editor: Mayor Sacco’s re-election campaign has officially kicked-off and the timing couldn’t be better, because he just announced no new taxes for North Bergen. But how does Mayor Sacco propose to alleviate the severe overcrowding of all the North Bergen public schools? The North Bergen High School has almost twice as many students as …
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Dear Editor: The U.S. Advisory Panel on Dietary Guidelines has finally mustered the courage to recommend that Americans eat less meat and dairy products. And not just to lower our risk of heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, and obesity, but also because it slows the rate of climate changes, with its own devastating consequences. The …
Dear Editor: In the last 20 years, the number of children with autism and related conditions in New Jersey has skyrocketed. While schools are working to meet the needs of these children, little attention is paid to the needs of adults. After the age of 21, those with autism are no longer entitled to free, …
Dear Editor: It’s so sad, no statement or even one word from our New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was mentioned about the murders of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christian by ISIS in Libya. New Jersey is the home of the largest Egyptian population in USA. Very strong statements were issued by the UN, The white house, …