Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: I promised to write this letter and feel bound by duty and honor to fulfill that promise. Thanks to Alicia Morejon of Union City’s Department of Public Works. She’s creative, passionate about her work, open-hearted and kind, and open to suggestions. She’s helped, to list but one, beautify many public spaces in Union …
Dear Editor: In a May 1 letter to the North Bergen Reporter, Paula Rogovin, a representative of Break Free announced plans to bus demonstrators to Albany to protest against the use of “train bombs” to deliver oil. Like a typical protester, Ms. Rogovin has complaints but no realistic solutions. She offered no ideas for cost-effective …
Dear Editor: About the article in April 10 Reporter about local towns paying tribute (belatedly) to Vietnam veterans. As a veteran myself (of an earlier war, just as stupid and futile and unnecessary as the Vietnam debacle), I object to the increasing use of the word “warrior” to describe the cannon fodder our rulers use …
Dear Editor: As we all know many of us come from countries where cleanliness, good department of public works, cleaning after your pets, recycle (what is that?) are almost ignored. In other words: In the back burner. When we get here, USA, we of course cannot teach our sons and daughters what we never were …
Dear Editor: April is recognized as Distracted Driving Awareness Month and I wanted to publicly thank New Jersey citizens, our lawmakers, and law enforcement officers for coming together to help combat this very dangerous and irresponsible epidemic. Last year, the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) set out on a mission to help educate the …
Continue reading “NJ motorists answer the call to “Just Drive””
On May 14, lots of area residents will board buses in Teaneck and Wayne, NJ to attend a historic global climate action – BreakFree Albany, 2016! In the Northeast, we’ll descend on Albany, New York, the biggest fossil fuel hub in the region. Bakken crude oil, fracked in North Dakota, is transferred in Albany into …
Dear Editor: Big ears, wiggly nose, cotton tail — who can resist a cute bunny rabbit? But after cats and dogs, rabbits are the species most often surrendered to animal shelters, mainly because people buy them as babies but aren’t prepared for the commitment involved for their long term care. Others are simply released into …
Dear Editor: After another winter of severe snowstorms and floods, I looked forward to spring, balmy weather, and blooming flowers. Hundreds of communities welcome spring with an observance of Great American Meatout, asking neighbors to explore a healthy, compassionate diet of vegetables, fruits, legumes, and grains. Indeed, 56 percent of respondents to a GlobalMeatNews poll …
Dear Editor: I read with fervent interest “Town gets a butterfly meadow” by Art Schwartz in The Secaucus Reporter, Jan 27, 2016. It makes me well up with happiness to know a major municipality in Hudson County is undertaking a natural habitat demonstration project to provide food and nectar sources for Monarch butterfly. Land will …
Dear Editor: You should know that Senator Cory Booker is one of a handful in congress who is fighting tirelessly to protect Americans and their retirement savings. Over the last several months, Senator Booker has helped to save a proposed rule that would make it illegal for financial advisers to give you retirement advice that …