Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
To all my two-legged friends: With the warmer months here we need to be cautioned on windows left open without screens and guards. We as pets sometimes hear other animals, get scared at the thunder and lightning, and many times our reaction is to run and or jump. I lost a good pal this past …
Dear Editor: I write to offer my position on a topic which has generated much news. Specifically, media outlets have made “economic stimulus package” common terminology in workplaces and around dinner tables. Just as the entire nation has been affected by recent economic woes, we look to the economic stimulus package for relief during these …
Dear Editor: Recent reports estimate that the number of residents who are lacking health coverage in our nation has grown to 50 million. Of course, this increase is tied to the economic slump we are experiencing as employees have lost jobs, however, we must continue to address this problem or it will further spiral out …
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Dear Editor: It’s heartbreaking to think that my wife and I could lose the house we have struggled and worked so hard to buy for our children. Making every sacrifice thinking of their future well being. How can we explain to them in terms that they would understand that we didn’t fail them and that …
Continue reading “Our local government has destroyed us financially”
Dear Editor: On April 16, 2009, Jose Frias died on a Union City stoop where he lived for the past 20 years. After coming from Cuba in the Mariel sufferings from mental illness, Jose lived the life of a vagabond. He had no physical place to call home, but Union City provided him with the …
Dear Editor: As a lifetime resident and property owner here in Union City, I as thousands of residents appreciate sound, responsible local government. Recently throughout the state of New Jersey Board of Education elections were held. These elections took place in towns where board members are elected to office. I’m in agreement with having an …
Dear Editor: I would be very pleased to hear from anyone who is a descendant or has knowledge of the Kirkup or Marquis families. Robert Stephen Kirkup (England) married Eliza Amelia Kirkup (from Guernsey England) in New York in 1860 and moved to Lenawee and raised a family. One son Charles E. Kirkup had been …
Dear Editor, As a lifetime resident of Union City (for the past 40 years) living at 709 Palisade Ave. in a multi-dwelling apartment. A couple of weeks ago a construction company that was hired to fix the sidewalks on Palisade Ave. without letting the residents know; the construction company stopped working and left the entire …
Dear Family, Brothers & Friends: Thanks so much for my outstanding retirement party at the Landmark in East Rutherford. It was an enjoyable evening for all. Special thanks to Aleida, my sweetheart; Glen and Leslie Michelin; Patty Cardinali; my entire family and M.C. Brian McGorty. Thank you again, William Renner