Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: This time of the year adoptees cannot help thinking about the message of re-birth that the season of spring and the holidays of Passover and Easter represent. As flowers blossom and we honor the most famous adoptee, Moses, and the resurrection of Jesus, many adoptees look inward and explore their own re-birth through …
Dear Editor: In 1999, I was diagnosed with Stage 2B Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Thankfully, I was able to navigate the system and am in my eleventh year of remission. Unfortunately, millions of Americans are not as lucky. The federal government spends an extraordinary amount of money on healthcare. Individuals and families were often left without coverage …
Continue reading “Ensuring health care for future generations”
Dear Editor: Once again good news is coming to our community of Union City. After many months of working with Republican Governor Chris Christie, New Jersey State Green Acres program and the township of Weehawken-Mayor and state Senator Brian P. Stack was able to get into an agreement with Weehawken that allows for a 50/50 …
Continue reading “A huge win for the community of Union City”
Dear Editor: Many people equate winter weather with influenza, commonly known as the flu. It’s important to know that the flu isn’t caused by cold wintry weather, but is in fact caused by a virus. Cold winter temperatures and low humidity serve to keep the flu virus stable and in the air longer. Even though …
Dear Editor: This past summer, Hoboken’s waterfront was illuminated by the rainbow-colored lights of the Empire State Building when New York passed the most important piece of civil rights legislation in decades — Marriage Equality. While we celebrated this important achievement, we were reminded that New Jersey is still a place where some loving couples …
Dear Editor: Two years ago when State Senator and city Mayor Brian P. Stack decided to support Republican Governor Chris Christie numerous democratic political figures in Hudson County got upset at Brian P. Stack who is the most popular and influential political figure in the northern section of New Jersey. The move by Senator Stack …
Dear Editor: The Department of Health and Human Services Friday issued a ruling that virtually all employers must offer sterilization and contraceptive services free of charge in their employees’ health insurance plans by August 1, 2013. The ruling would also cover abortifacients, or drugs that induce abortion. Churches, synagogues and mosques would still be exempt, …
Dear Editor: Our state Senator and Mayor of our City Brian P. Stack, the enabler of those in need, does it again. Last week, in addition to the Red Cross, he came to the aid of those fire victims who suffered from the devastating fire in Union City on 1/18/2012. Because of the volumes of …
Dear Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to thank the hard working individuals that comprise North Hudson Regional Fire & Rescue and the West New York Police Department. On January 14, 2012, these brave men and women responded to an emergency call to my home over a flaming boiler in my basement. It …
Dear Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to thank the hard working individuals that comprise North Hudson Regional Fire & Rescue and the West New York Police Department. On January 14, 2012, these brave men and women responded to an emergency call to my home over a flaming boiler in my basement. It …