Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: In honor of Earth Day on April 22, I am reporting my first solitary male Robin (Turdus migratorius) sighting in Washington Park, Union City, on March 22, 2014. This accords with waves of robins reported during week of April 5-18 in our region by spring migrant bird trackers. Citizen scientists across North America …
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Dear Editor: It’s municipal election time in Union City and Mayor Stack, a Democratic ally of Gov. Christie, is touting the trees planted during his administration. What Mayor Stack fails to mention to voters is that during the recent New York Avenue tree planting, live, healthy trees were cut down. Those, besides living trees near …
Dear Editor: With all the hard work he has put in his office as Mayor of Union City, Brian Stack deserves the full support from our voters for his upcoming mayoral elections. He hasn’t stopped meeting with his constituency on a regular basis, he has kept his word on his open-door policy, and keeps himself …
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Dear Editor: It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out how to alleviate the problem of the Pulaski Skyway closure. The two lanes available should alternate in the North or South direction according to the busiest times of the day or night. This includes Sunday nights when beach goers are coming back from you …
Dear Editor: TV host Glenn Beck and other stalwarts of the Christian right have attacked the recent blockbuster “Noah” as being “pro-animal” and unfaithful to the Bible. Well, yes and no. The film is both pro-animal and faithful to the Bible, at least to the Book of Genesis, our only source for the story of …
Dear Editor: The privileged are the only ones with the responsibility of this great town. We live in a country that many died to protect our rights to speak our minds, we have to be strong, we have the permission that was given to us by our forefathers, to be free from tyranny as long …
Dear Editor: I feel it important to speak up in regard to Justin, who at 16 has become a national personality for his dangerous trek up the WTC. First and foremost I do not condone his climb. With that said, he most definitely has raised some very important points. USA security is weak to say …
Dear Editor: This week’s Time Magazine cites several reasons for vegetarians living longer. The article was prompted by a report in American Medical Association’s Internal Medicine that a vegetarian diet lowers blood pressure, a key factor in risk of heart failure and stroke. The Mayo Clinic notes that vegetarians are at lower risk for developing …
Dear Editor: Last year there was an outcry before, during, and after the destruction of most Sycamore trees in Union City’s cool, shady, leafy Washington Park. Done mostly in spirit of support of the Washington Park Association’s leadership who had notified the public via local press that these trees were “historic” and because the scale …
Dear Editor: After several months of crippling snowstorms and flooding, I really look forward to spring weather, green grass, and flowers in bloom. The advent of spring is also a great opportunity to turn over a new leaf on our dietary and exercise habits. In fact, I’ve been told that hundreds of communities celebrate the …