Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: According to statistics from the Center of Disease Control, this week, the number of gun deaths in the U.S. since the tragedy in Newtown rose to 49,559. That is the size of the population of Hoboken. Each day that we go without proper controls on weapon ownership and sales, the number of deaths …
Dear Editor: I am a long time rent payer in Union City. Why is that we never hear anything about affordable housing in Union City? I am told as it is there are currently way too many one bedroom condos for sale in our community. Many of us dream for a decent 2 bedroom rental …
Dear Editor: The following is a letter to Mayor Brian Stack Dear Mayor Brian Stack: Thank you for our new view of Manhattan! By felling a forest of sycamore trees and replacing them with a state-of-the-art-artificial-turf stadium, you and a crowd of construction workers with earth- moving machines inadvertently opened up the view northeast from …
Dear Editor: Congratulations on winning eight statewide awards on reporting and being recognized by your peers…it doesn’t get any better than that. My best to you, David, Lucha, and the entire staff at the Hudson Reporter, for a job well done day-after-day, week-after-week, year-after-year! Peter La VillaFormer Mayor of Guttenberg
Dear Editor: I am a regular internet viewer of Hudson County TV. By far one of the most bizarre items they show are tapings of the Union City Board of Commissioners meetings. I’m told that one of the Commissioners Tilo Rivas is seeking another term as our freeholder for Union City. Why is it that …
Dear Editor: Yesterday was Arbor Day, a day to cheerfully celebrate trees throughout the nation. As a prelude, a variety of new ornamental trees, evergreen and not, are being planted in Union City’s Ellsworth Park. Some have lettuce-like gray lichen, good indicators of air pollution, on their thin trunks. Planted everywhere, and in the Rose …
Dear Editor: I write this letter to remind residents of Union City we are down to the final weeks for the upcoming municipal election May 13, 2014 Mayor Brian Stack and the Board of Commissioners are asking for your continue support, remember 5 minutes of your time equals 4 more years of better living for …
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Dear Editor: Whenever I write an article about a potential candidate who is running for higher office, I use the brain that God has given me. This time, the words I share come from the heart. William O’Dea is old school. While it might seem like he’s been around forever, it’s because he started out …
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Dear Editor: I lived in West New York for 24 years and it grieves me to see some of the present government issues going on there. It is refreshing to see empathetic public officials as Freeholder Mr. Jose C. Munoz coupled with the Residents for a better WNY wanting to make a difference in their …