Support the CARE Act

Dear Editor: More than one million New Jersey residents are caring for an aging parent or loved one, helping them to live independently in their own homes. Family caregivers have a huge responsibility and their roles are challenging. Tasks include performing medical or nursing tasks for their loved ones with multiple, chronic physical and cognitive …

Staying on the path to discovery

Dear Editor: Congressman Donald Payne, Jr. has co-sponsored legislation in support of Alzheimerโ€™s disease research funding to benefit over 5 million Americans. More recently, he has joined many of his fellow House Representatives to co-sponsor H.R. 4351โ€”Alzheimerโ€™s Accountability Act that would ensure that Congress will know what the scientists need to find an effective Alzheimerโ€™s …

Hudson County and the little transit engines that canโ€™t

Dear Editor: I had a great laugh in Hoboken the other day when I saw posters for this month’s Hudson Theatre Ensemble stage adaptation of “The Little Engine That Could,” the classic children’s story of the little train that overachieves by repeating the mantra, “I think I can, I think I can.” Ironically, New Jersey …

The search for Boobie

Dear Editor: I want to thank our friends and neighbors. Our beloved cat of seven years, Boobie, went missing last weekend. Heartbroken and struggling to explain his disappearance to our two and a half year old daughter, we began a desperate search. We posted flyers in southwest Hoboken, reached out to friends and neighbors, knocked …

Working together safety

Dear Editor: On behalf of the entire Union City School District, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Union City Police Department and all the other law enforcement agencies that helped to track down and apprehend the intruder who recently entered Washington School. Immediately after we were made aware of the incident, …