Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: Once again, rather than address the serious issues facing Union City, Mayor Brian Stack and now his taxpayer’s paid corporation counsel Ms. Vanek would like to deflect from the issues and engage in personal attacks and insults against the Hudson Reporter and its journalist. His most recent rant involved reporting by the Hudson …
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Dear Editor: A three-alarm fire struck Union City, N.J. on the afternoon of Monday, December 3, 2012, on the fourth floor of a multi-family building, located on Bergenline Avenue and 5th Street. The powerful blaze caused flames that lasted hours and clouds of black smoke that filled the air, and resulted in an uninhabitable building …
Dear Editor: With Thanksgiving over and Black Friday behind us, it’s time to look into the tradition of the holiday season. With that comes the annual American Lung Association Christmas Seals Campaign; a holiday tradition that has been around for over 100 years. One small stamp can leave the imprint of a lifetime. The stamps …
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Dear Editor: The Affordable Care Act offers unique benefits for the uninsured and helps New Jersey take strides in mending our troubled economy. Expanding Medicaid will give over 300,000 uninsured New Jerseyans access to health coverage. Currently, one in four New Jersey adults without dependents does not have health coverage. Additionally, small businesses in New …
Dear Editor: Frankenstorm Sandy is one more dramatic demonstration that climate change and its extreme weather patterns are now part of our future. Although we’re unlikely to reverse climate change, we can still mitigate its effects by reducing our driving, our energy use, and our meat consumption. Yes, meat consumption. A 2006 U.N. report estimated …
Dear Editor: The Articles that appeared in the November 21, 2012 Hudson Reporter entitled “Union City Meeting, First Since FBI Raid, Lasts Only Five Minutes; One Angry Exchange”; and a November 25, 2012 Article entitled “FBI Raid Said to Be Related to March Indictment” lacked both fairness and accuracy. The reporter who wrote both stories …
Dear Editor: “Allowing the young child to experience the natural world is not just a nice thing to do; it is their birthright, and is essential for their academic, physical, emotional and spiritual development.” – Unknown Children need to feel pride in their surrounding community especially after the devastation brought on by hurricane Sandy. A …
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Dear Editor: In the hall of unsung heroes surrounding Hurricane Sandy, I would like to draw attention to the men and women of The North Hudson Sewerage Authority. As the Authority Chairman, I may not be an entirely objective voice, but the facts speak for themselves. The Authority accomplished it goals: to keep the sewerage …
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Dear Editor: I write this letter in disgust, which was caused by the misreporting of information to the public by the Union City Reporter edition of Sunday, November 25th. It is my hope that this reporting was done irresponsibly and recklessly, instead of intentionally. First, I take issue with the cover of said edition, which …
Dear Editor: I’m a West New York resident, I’ve been living here for four years and I am writing because I am so astounded by how useless the local government was before and after the hurricane. I live down on the waterfront, in an area that you could rightly assume would take the first and …
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