Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: As a college student, the concept of caregiving hasn’t even been a blip on my radar. When I began my internship at AARP I learned about the extreme challenges caregivers faced. I also learned of a bill currently before the state legislature that would help caregivers: The Caregiver Advise, Record, Enable (CARE) Act. …
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Dear Editor: The following is a letter to Representative Sires: Dear Representative Sires: The Congress went on vacation for five weeks starting Friday, August 1. The number of very serious problems facing our nations are mounting everyday, and the American people deserve and demand that congress works though August to solve these very impending issues. …
Dear Editor: Last weekend the drinking water of 400,000 Toledo residents was fouled by animal waste. With unfettered growth of animal agriculture and ineffective discharge regulations, it will happen again in our own state. The problem has become pervasive. Waste from chicken farms has rendered ocean off the East Coast unfit for fishing. Waste from …
Dear Editor: On behalf of the Town Council and myself, I would like to thank La Quinta Hotel and their staff for hosting The Secaucus Business Breakfast with the Mayor and Town Council. I would also like to thank all of the businesses and organizations who took part in this gathering. What a great turnout …
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Dear Editor: It was about a year ago that the Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) began mailing its first batch of Skip the Trip notices to our customers, affording a majority of New Jersey citizens the opportunity to renew their driver’s licenses or non-driver IDs by mail. The Christie Administration and the MVC are pleased to …
Dear Editor: The massive movement of unaccompanied children from Central America across our southern border has the potential for massive exploitation and trafficking of those children. All these unaccompanied children are extremely vulnerable to being exploited and trafficked both in the U.S. and on their way to our border for sex trafficking and sex tourism. …
Dear Editor: Officer Melvin Santiago did not serve in my small town. He served on the mean streets of Jersey City where he lost his life in the line of duty to a deranged thug who claimed with high arrogance, “I’m going to be famous.” Really? Not through any help from me; I refuse to …
Dear Editor: As a member of your community, I value sharing opportunities that positively affect the world. I volunteer with AFS-USA, a trusted leader in intercultural high school student exchange for more than 65 years. AFS organizes and supports intercultural learning experiences for thousands of students and their families in more than 90 countries, and …
Dear Editor: This summer don’t forget the sun screen. Also, don’t forget the young men that went to the beaches of Normandy, France some 70 years ago. They didn’t go with sun screen to sunbathe on Utah Beach. Nor did they go with swimsuits to swim at Omaha Beach. They went with backpacks loaded with …
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.” …