Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: The great American patriot Thomas Paine once wrote, “These are times that try men’s souls.” His words today are more meaningful than ever. The famous words of Nathan Hale, a 21 yr. old school teacher about to be hung, “I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country.” …
Dear Editor: How few does a group of people have to be not to matter? How many do they have to number in order to be recognized and respected by state officials? A substantial minority of people in New Jersey still depend exclusively on landline phone service. Most have depended on their landline phones for …
Dear Editor: More than one million New Jersey residents are caring for an aging parent or loved one, helping them to live independently in their own homes. Family caregivers have a huge responsibility and their roles are challenging. Tasks include performing medical or nursing tasks for their loved ones with multiple, chronic physical and cognitive …
Dear Editor: I want to express my heartfelt thanks to the voters of the 7th Freeholder District for electing me to the Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders. I am honored and humbled that you have placed your trust in me. It has been so encouraging to meet so many new people. During my campaign …
Continue reading “Freeholder Elect C. Rodriguez’ “thank you””
Dear Editor: Congressman Donald Payne, Jr. has co-sponsored legislation in support of Alzheimer’s disease research funding to benefit over 5 million Americans. More recently, he has joined many of his fellow House Representatives to co-sponsor H.R. 4351—Alzheimer’s Accountability Act that would ensure that Congress will know what the scientists need to find an effective Alzheimer’s …
Dear Editor: I had a great laugh in Hoboken the other day when I saw posters for this month’s Hudson Theatre Ensemble stage adaptation of “The Little Engine That Could,” the classic children’s story of the little train that overachieves by repeating the mantra, “I think I can, I think I can.” Ironically, New Jersey …
Continue reading “Hudson County and the little transit engines that can’t”
Dear Editor: I am delighted that EPA has finally moved to abate the disastrous impacts of climate change by regulating carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. But, given the adverse reaction from the coal industry, the agency should have issued parallel regulations on emissions from meat industry operations. Each state could than determine its own …
Dear Editor: I want to thank our friends and neighbors. Our beloved cat of seven years, Boobie, went missing last weekend. Heartbroken and struggling to explain his disappearance to our two and a half year old daughter, we began a desperate search. We posted flyers in southwest Hoboken, reached out to friends and neighbors, knocked …
Dear Editor: My father was an intelligent man, however he had a challenge remembering everything. And on one occasion, following hospitalization for a heart attack, when the hospital discharged him with no prescriptions, it left me having to seek out the doctors to learn of his medication needs. If I had not known to ask, …
Continue reading “Urging the Senate to follow suit and approve the CARE Act”
Dear Editor: According to statistics from the Center of Disease Control, this week, the number of gun deaths in the U.S. since the tragedy in Newtown rose to 49,559. That is the size of the population of Hoboken. Each day that we go without proper controls on weapon ownership and sales, the number of deaths …