Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: I appreciate this opportunity to voice my praise for Dr. Apoltolos Voudouris, MD. Dr. Voudouris (Dr. V), my cardiologist, and when I think of him, the words that come to mind are of the theologian Walter Kasper, “extraordinary things happen, but the real extraordinary comes from doing the ordinary with extraordinary faith.” For …
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Dear Editor: A plain Thank You seems so inadequate for the outpouring of friends and family that attended our 2nd Annual Chopper 2002 Foundations Chris Amoroso Invitational Softball Tournament on June 2nd. The heartwarming response shows that there are still many people who are or were from North Bergen that still care and find the …
Dear Editor: On behalf of the New Jersey Restaurant Association (NJRA) representing over 25,000 eating and drinking establishments, we support State Assembly efforts to help small breweries sell their products. However, the proposed amendment permitting breweries to have a cash bar at the end of their tours leaves us frostier than the beer! Throw in …
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Dear Editor: I would like to congratulate Mayor Nicholas J. Sacco & the entire Board of Commissioners for the excellent work they do in our municipality. My parents have owned a home here since 1993 and as the years go by, the more we appreciate the overall quality of life in our township. While certain …
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Dear Editor: In the July 8 article, “Second video spurs conflicting views of disabled man’s beating by N.J. State Police”, Star-Ledger journalist Christopher Baxter brought to light the second of two videos showing NJ State Police violently restraining a man with an intellectual disability. I’m not here to argue whether or not the footage is …
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Dear Editor: We would like to correct our recent comments related to the three (3) Palisades Cliffs developments in North Bergen in response to your story covering the “Save the Hudson River Palisades Act” introduced by Senator Stack on May 30, 2012 in the NJ Senate. There are actually four (4) developments. The Church Hill …
Dear Editor: It is fascinating to see Gov. Christie asking for bipartisan compromise, after two years of nasty, in-your-face, bullying, my-way-or-the-highway governance. Gov. Christie longs to give his wealthy supporters a 10 percent tax break. To pay for it, he has projected that New Jersey’s revenue will grow at a higher rate than any other …
Continue reading “Christie revenue projections: fact or fantasy?”
Dear Editor: I write you this letter in response to a letter you recently published titled “The Final Trip for a friendless soul”. Clearly this person has nothing better to do with their time but to add salt to an open wound on a family that has recently lost their son. All because they sat …
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Dear Editor: I would like my children to inherit a world that is safe from environmental pollutants and where they will be self reliant and not dependent on toxic systems that destroy our world. We need to put our most brilliant minds to work on the technologies that enable us to provide our transportation and …
Dear Editor: New York City Mayor Bloomberg’s decision to ban supersized sugary sodas has resurrected the age-old debate over the role of the state in protecting the public health. In recent years, this debate involved bicycle helmets, car seat belts, tobacco, trans fats, saturated fats in meat and dairy products, and sugar (or more aptly, …