Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
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 …
Dear Editor: I want to express my heartfelt thanks to the voters of the 7th Freeholder District for electing me to the Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders. I am honored and humbled that you have placed your trust in me. It has been so encouraging to meet so many new people. During my campaign …
Continue reading “Freeholder Elect C. Rodriguez’ “thank you””
Dear Editor: Congressman Donald Payne, Jr. has co-sponsored legislation in support of Alzheimer’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. 4351—Alzheimer’s Accountability Act that would ensure that Congress will know what the scientists need to find an effective Alzheimer’s …
Dear Editor: I appreciated Mr. Singer’s concern for pedestrian safety in his May 18 “Sidewalks Needed.” Around the time his letter was published, a line of Callery Pear were planted on Patterson Plank Road to be followed by new pavement. Mr. Singer sees the “good side” of felling sycamore trees since it opened up views …
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 …
Continue reading “Hudson County and the little transit engines that can’t”
Dear Editor: I write to offer my gratitude to the voters of Union City for my re-election as a Hudson County Freeholder. Also, I would like to thank the hundreds of volunteers who tirelessly worked on behalf of the Column A Team. I will continue to diligently work for the residents of both Union City …
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 …
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, …
Dear Editor: My father was an intelligent man, however he had a challenge remembering everything. And on one occasion, following hospitalization for a heart attack, when the hospital discharged him with no prescriptions, it left me having to seek out the doctors to learn of his medication needs. If I had not known to ask, …
Continue reading “Urging the Senate to follow suit and approve the CARE Act”
Dear Editor: While many families yearned for opening day in Washington Park on May 3rd, I yearned to see the landscaping, particularly new trees. I think it appropriate to voice appreciation for actual green space around Washington Park and along a stretch of New York Avenue. Of course, that appreciation extends to Mayor Stack. He …
Continue reading “I will hold Mayor Stack to his number of trees”