Journalism awards were well deserved

Dear Editor: It brings me great enthusiasm to acknowledge that through their diligent work and dedication, the Hudson Reporter staff members won awards from the Memorial Journalism Contest, sponsored by the Garden State Journalism Association. These awards were well-deserved, as all of you have outstanding ethics and abilities to go with your great responsibility: keeping …

Major improvements

Dear Editor: Mayor Stack’s mail notification, “Major Improvements to Parks/Open Space” announced upgrades to existing municipal or county parks. The latter one will be on the corner of Paterson Plank Road and Second Street. It appears from the color legend of the conceptual drawing that an existing Sycamore Tree will not face the ax. This …

Don’t forget

Dear Editor: When you go to the beach …. This summer don’t forget the sun screen. And, don’t forget the young men that went to the beaches of Normandy, France some 70 years ago. They didn’t go with sun screen to sun bathe on Utah Beach. Nor did they go with swimsuits to swim at …

Does he?

Dear Editor: Re the April 5 Reporter and Eileen McInerney’s encomium for Senator Robert Menendez, claiming he “fights for our interests every single day.” Does he? He is now fighting federal charges of unethical dealings with one of his rich campaign contributors. Whether he’s a crook or not remains to be seen, but since most …

I want to represent you

Dear Editor and Residents of the 33rd District: I’m Annette Chaparro and I want to represent you in Trenton as your next Democratic Assemblywoman from the 33rd District. I will provide a strong voice for Hudson County and work with our local government officials to ensure a partnership that benefits all residents. I was born …

What’s next?

Dear Editor: Nothing new under the sun, claimed Ecclesiastes, and maybe, then, a long time ago, when life crept along at a slower pace, there wasn’t. But there is now, in Hoboken. When you walk down the street, you see every other person walking along carrying a drink of some kind. You didn’t see that …