Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: How nice it is to return from vacation to find the good news that Governor Christie vetoed a bill that would have permitted development on existing piers along the Hudson River waterfront. His veto supports the existing rules of the NJ Department of Environmental Protection which prohibit residential and discourage commercial development on …
Dear Editor: When Gov. Christie stopped a movement for more transparency in adoption in favor of a large bureaucratic contact intermediary system, the adoption community knew the governor was not exactly a small government conservative. Adoptees have argued that their 4th Amendment rights have been trampled by the illegal government seizure of their birth certificates …
Dear Editor: I attended the Aug. 22, 2013 meeting. However, before I could address agenda item, R1.6, a resolution to the approval to appoint a new Attendance/Truancy Officer at $25.00 per hour not to exceed $40,000 for the 2013-2014 school year, I was called away on a crisis. That crisis being that the Bocce team …
Dear Editor: The Christie Administration and the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) are now providing New Jersey drivers and non-driver ID holders of all ages the opportunity to Skip the Trip to a motor vehicle agency and renew by mail. We respect your time and want you to be able to spend it doing …
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Dear Editor: On Saturday, August 10th, my husband, Jim, and I answered the front door to find a salesman from a private energy company who attempted to have us agree to choose that company as our provider. He was armed with a binder displaying a PSEG bill on the cover and brandished a company badge. …
Dear Editor: Pedestrian fatalities in New Jersey have skyrocketed in recent years. The pedestrian share of traffic-related deaths in New Jersey now accounts for 30 percent of the total, more than twice the national average. In response to growing concerns, Safe Streets policies are being adopted nationwide. The New Jersey Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets …
Dear Editor: A lot of talking about regulating the jitney buses will do nothing. We, who use them often and see the drivers using their cell phones constantly, can make a difference. Give us a hotline—a police number, for instance—that we can call to report a driver who is using a cell phone while driving. …
Dear Editor: Experiencing reality of prayer as I was getting myself together today, in my daily commute from Guttenberg (I’m formerly a Hoboken resident), I began praying, and was so focused on covering everything and everyone in prayer, asking God to bless, provide and bring spiritual growth into our lives. While I was walking to …
Continue reading “Do we really experience the power of prayer?”
Dear Editor: The following is an open letter to Assemblywoman Jimenez Dear Honorable Assemblywoman Jimenez: I am contacting your office directly, in wake of the horrific accident that occurred on Boulevard East in West New York, in which an innocent 8 month old infant girl was killed. There are no words that are able to …
Dear Editor: Disaster assistance may be available for losses not covered by an insurance settlement for New Jersey survivors of Superstorm Sandy. That is why the Federal Emergency Management Agency urges survivors who have registered for disaster assistance to call the FEMA Helpline, 800-621-3362 as soon as they receive their insurance settlement. When the insurance …
Continue reading “Insurance may not cover everything so stay in touch with FEMA”