Category: North Bergen Letters

Dear Editor: Several hundred people have come down with Salmonella enteritides poisoning, leading to the recall of 380 million eggs from 17 states by the Wright County Egg Company of Galt, Iowa (www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/18/AR2010081805682.html). According to the Centers for Disease Control, more than 100,000 Americans suffer from egg-borne Salmonella infections each year. Common symptoms include diarrhea, …

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Dear Editor: I have long appreciated Al Sullivan’s work detailing local news and political happenings. Unfortunately, Mr. Sullivan’s columns tend to lose their trademark perspicacity when he departs his natural depth of one-party Hudson County to address statewide matters. Mr. Sullivan is quite clearly a fierce partisan. It is very likely that his partisanship matches …

Continue reading “To Sullivan: Stay between Hoboken’s lines”

Dear Editor: It should go without saying that times are tough. Everyone is forced to do more with much less, and that includes government. Two weeks ago, New Jersey Transit changed the route and timetable for the Hudson Bergen Light Rail. This is a decision that NJ Transit made in order to close a $300 …

Continue reading “To NJ Transit: Restore Light Rail route to its original schedule”

Dear Editor: For my third grade special project last year, I needed to find a system – that I was a part of – that was broken. I picked school lunches because there weren’t always health options. I wrote a letter to my principal and superintendent to see if we could get the school lunch …

Continue reading “Healthy living starts as a child”

Dear Editor: The North Bergen Recreation Department’s football program recently celebrated its 50th Anniversary, and with the passing of long time volunteer coach Ralph Orlando, it brings to mind all the volunteers that have rendered their services for both boys and girls these past 50 years. These wonderful people give of their time, year after …

Continue reading “Remembering Ralph Orlando”

Dear Editor: For those who oppose and for those who support this house of Allah (God), may Allah (God) bless all of you and forgive all of your sins. Please keep in mind, this mosque and Muslim have nothing to do with the 9/11 tragedy that killed over 3,000 innocent people, including over 35 Muslims …

Continue reading “Mosque not related to 9/11 killers, shared sorrow”

Dear Editor: In the article “Signs being changed around town” from the Aug. 22 edition, the author seems to support proponents of the new pedestrian law, who claim that the prior law (which mandated motorists to “yield”) was ambiguous and contributed to one of the nation’s highest pedestrian fatality rates. Really? First, “yield” isn’t ambiguous …

Continue reading “Changing signs not a cause for concern”

Dear Editor: Bette Midler, Academy Award Nominee, whose talent has spanned two generations, gave an evaluation of the current state of entertainment by stating that “Now the talent element is mostly gone and the fame element has taken over. We are in a very bleak time”. This assessment is true in many areas of life …

Continue reading “The real villain of this scenario is the average citizen”

Dear Editor: The town of Guttenberg continues to search for the park that was promised to us in October 2005. As stated in two articles from the North Bergen Reporter dated Oct. 23, 2005 and Nov. 26, 2006, Guttenberg would receive a new waterfront park. Information indicated that Guttenberg received $1.2 million dollars of grant …

Continue reading “Searching for a Guttenberg park promised in a flurry of campaigns”

Dear Editor: Several weeks ago the North Hudson Reporter ran a story titled “Fierce competition surrounds jitney buses; frequent violations may put riders in danger” I was glad to see the Reporter cover this story and shed some light on a dangerous situation. However, as a former Union City resident and an avid reader of …

Continue reading “Disappointed in Stack”