Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: Some of Union City Mayor Brian Stack’s critics have pointed out that the renovation of Washington Park, known in this city as 1st Street Park, would affect the green area, getting rid of some 7,000 trees. A group of people called the “Washington Park group” alleges that some sort of historical roses will …
Dear Editor: Recently Joe Blattler wrote a letter stating that Brian P. Stack does not run a transparent government. Mr. Blattler claims that Brian P. Stack does not inform the public with the raid of the FBI that took place last year. There is nothing to report. In cases like this the FBI is the …
Continue reading “Marquez responds to Blattler’s letter about Stack”
Dear Editor: My names is Rosita McGovern, Public Policy Ambassador for the Greater New Jersey Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. Having been a caregiver for nearly 16 years for my mom, afflicted by this dreadful disease, I remain very active and advocate on behalf of all those victims and their families and loved ones battling …
Continue reading “Support Alzheimer’s sufferers on Sept. 28 in Hudson County”
Dear Editor: People in Union City many of you do not know our new commissioner Céline Valdivia on a personal basis. Myself, I have known Celine over 30 or more years. He is family orientated loyal and honest our mayor could not have made a better choice picking Celine as our new commissioner. Being of …
Dear Editor: I was unable to attend a recent meeting in Union City in reference to a proposal in our community to designate a portion of Mountain Road as blighted and in need of redevelopment. Over the past several years the current mayor suffering from severe shortsightedness and obvious miscalculations have resulted in a large …
Dear Editor: On Saturday, August 10th, my husband, Jim, and I answered the front door to find a salesman from a private energy company who attempted to have us agree to choose that company as our provider. He was armed with a binder displaying a PSEG bill on the cover and brandished a company badge. …
Dear Editor: Disaster assistance may be available for losses not covered by an insurance settlement for New Jersey survivors of Superstorm Sandy. That is why the Federal Emergency Management Agency urges survivors who have registered for disaster assistance to call the FEMA Helpline, 800-621-3362 as soon as they receive their insurance settlement. When the insurance …
Continue reading “Insurance may not cover everything so stay in touch with FEMA”
Dear Editor: Recently I wrote of Ordinance 35:95, one that you find posted on the municipal parks throughout Union City. Two signs are attached to the fencing on the chemically dyed soccer field at 2nd and New York Avenue, park land leased to the city. From November to March the hours “all parks shall be …
Continue reading “There’s a time to play and a time not to play”
Dear Editor: I am taking this opportunity to express how proud I am to be a resident of Union City. Last week I was walking by Washington Park and enjoyed thinking how stunning this beautiful park will be after the construction of the new field and the planting of over 1700 between trees and plants. …
Dear Editor: A lot of talking about regulating the jitney buses will do nothing. We, who use them often and see the drivers using their cell phones constantly, can make a difference. Give us a hotline—a police number, for instance—that we can call to report a driver who is using a cell phone while driving. …