Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: Labor unions are and have always been a good thing. Unions have collectively bargained for benefits over many years. What is wrong with fighting for the American dream – homeownership, decent wages and health care? Unions want safe and healthy work environments for all employees and reasonable work schedules. Is that really too …
Dear Editor: The April 4 North Bergen Reporter story, “Allegations Fly in Mayor/Commissioners’ Race,” paints a misleading picture and creates a false equivalence between the outrageous and increasingly farcical allegations from the so-called “Concerned Citizens” slate and Mayor Nick Sacco’s team. While the “Citizens” continue to hurl political attacks at Mayor Sacco, they have been …
Dear Editor: Call me Scrooge, but the fun of the Cake Boss has long since gone stale. The lines at Carlo’s Bakery in Hoboken are downright annoying, constant, every growing, and need to be addressed. The lines begin forming at 6:30 a.m. and continue to grow all day long, sometimes stretching down to the former …
Dear Editor: Much has been said since Governor Christie initiated his confrontation with our teachers in his attempt to balance the state budget. We’ve heard teachers referred to as greedy, elitist, and unwilling to share in the sacrifice with the working class to help our state. I do not believe this rhetoric to be true. …
Dear Editor: Another despicable act of cruelty was inflicted upon the innocent. I’m not speaking of the war zone in which violence and crimes are regularly committed by vicious animals that plague and terrorize our lives throughout the day. That seems to multiply in darkness, which offers a camouflaged shadow of arrogance to their existence? …
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Dear Editor: I went to Carlo’s Bakery recently to get some cookies for my block association meeting and I was told I had to stand in line behind a bunch of tourists to get my box of cookies. I asked to see the bouncer and he asked if I was from Hoboken. When I told …
Dear Editor: Economic growth is important to North Bergen, but it’s not the only measure of its well-being. Another is open space, which has become more scarce and more important in our congested, high-pressure lives. We are now on the brink of spring. Emotions are uplifted by hearing birdsongs, smelling fresh earth, and seeing sailboats …
Dear Editor: The heaven wept and the quiet solitude after the earthquake is shattered by the families’ darkness hours. Assuredly words are incapable of capturing the feelings of sorrow and helplessness that consume the people of Japan. As citizens of this planet we are committed to help them in this time of mourning and desperation. …
Dear Editor: Township Administrator Christopher Pianese claims that beautifying Boulevard East was “done without any taxpayer money.” (Beautifying JFK Blvd East, Feb. 20, North Bergen Reporter) Where, exactly does he think state and federal grants come from? Whether or not you think it was a good idea, I am concerned that township administrators, paid by …
Dear Editor: Floods are among the most frequent and costly natural disasters. Conditions that cause floods include heavy or steady rain for several hours or days that saturate the ground. Flash floods occur suddenly due to rapidly rising water along a stream or low-lying area. What should you do? Listen to area radio and television …