Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: It’s that “Parking Tax” time again. Dec. 31, is the deadline to pay for your “Parking Permit.” No matter how you package it or name it, it’s nothing more than a “Parking Tax”. When I spoke to the head of the parking authority he just could not admit that the fee is a …
Dear Editor: Why we must pressure our legislators to abolish the New Jersey absentee vote policy: One of the reasons people praise our democracy is because we have the right to vote in a private booth where no one has to know which way we voted. Absentee voting totally eliminates this assurance of a secret …
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Dear Editor: Being a volunteer at Divine Konektion Community Corp since its inaugural launch of October 2010 has increased my capacity to give, increased my awareness of the great need in our community for re-education, for job opportunities, for affordable nurturing childcare and for food and non food assistance. Each month, the organization has a …
Dear Editor: Frankenstorm Sandy is one more dramatic demonstration that climate change and its extreme weather patterns are now part of our future. Although we’re unlikely to reverse climate change, we can still mitigate its effects by reducing our driving, our energy use, and our meat consumption. Yes, meat consumption. A 2006 U.N. report estimated …
Dear Editor: I couldn’t agree more with both recent Letters to the Editor by John Amato and Wm. P. Frasca regarding the lack of preparedness and, in some cases, responses to Hurricane Sandy. We lost power for eight days and with no thanks to PSE&G, we finally got power back in less than three hours …
Dear Editor: “Superstorm” Sandy descended angrily on the East Coast with a crash that millions of folks in NJ, NY and bordering states felt for days after (maybe weeks or months) – and many are still coping with no power and long gas lines. Millions of us heeded the call by preparedness and contingencies for …
Dear Editor: This past storm called “Sandy” has proven one thing we are a vulnerable Nation. We thought here especially on the Northeast coast were so invincible to anything Mother Nature can throw at us, as we did in the past, yet we experienced a very rude humbling awakening with this storm. We were warned …
Dear (deer) Editor: I think I now understand why New Jersey taxes are among the highest in the nation. The other day I read an article in a local Hudson County newspaper, (more of a tabloid rag than a newspaper) about someone sighting a whitetail deer somewhere in Bayonne. Now granted such a sighting in …
Dear Editor: Hello Sen. Menendez Campaign Person: I was concerned over the fact that Sen. Menendez has not scheduled any town hall meetings in this 2012 election cycle. I sent the senator an e-mail last week expressing this single point. My answer from the senate is as follows: “During election season, town halls are organized …
Dear Editor: As students across New Jersey head back to school, a new study published in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine reveals disturbing news: 46 percent of students with autism spectrum disorders are bullied. To parents and educators of these vulnerable – and delightful – young people, the findings are not a surprise. …