Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Al Sullivan, Thank you for your report on the celebration of “saving the reservoir” in Weehawken/Union City. Sometime in the mid 1990’s when I first met Mayor Brian P. Stack (then campaigning), I asked him to please not to hand over the reservoir to developers (the reservoir has just been declared as obsolete for …
Dear Editor: Do you have health insurance? More New Jerseyans than ever before do. Over a 30 month period since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) opened the federal insurance marketplace and expanded Medicaid, the uninsured population decreased by nearly half across the state. As striking as this may sound, these gains still fall short of …
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Dear Editor: I am Annette Chaparro, and I am asking the voters of the 33rd District to elect me as their representative in the General Assembly on Nov. 3. There are many important issues facing our district, which includes: Hoboken, Union City, Weehawken and parts of Jersey City. In addition to working toward identifying solutions …
Dear Editor: Almost seven years ago when this great nation elected the first Afro-American president, I and many others thought racism was a thing of the past. I would like to remind everyone that prior of electing President Obama this country was in a deep recession. Today we are witnessing a Republican candidate running for …
Dear Editor: I find it extremely ironic that while we long suffering Union City taxpayers find ourselves saddled with another significant local property tax increase, our reserve and Finance Commissioner Margie Martinetti devotes plenty of time and effort to be a modern day Ethel Merman in her attempt to establish her daughter as an entertainer. …
Dear Editor: Kindly permit me to use this weekly as a vehicle to express thanks to certain individuals in Union City. First I appreciate Mayor Stack for checking periodically with me on progress of the New York/Second Avenue pollinator assistance effort. More specifically, the Monarch Butterfly. Second I thank the ever helpful, dedication, and tireless …
Dear Editor: We have lived in Highpoint Avenue for almost 50 years right across from the reservoir. A while ago the reservoir was opened to the residents of Weehawken and Union City My husband Francesco is in a wheelchair .We put him out on the porch in the mornings and early evenings. Our neighbors pass …
Dear Editor: Stand Down of North Jersey will run a one day event to assist homeless veterans Saturday, October 10, 2015 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. John F. Kennedy Pool and Recreation Center 211 West Kinney Street Newark, NJ 07102 federal, state, public and private support agencies offer a broad array of free services and …
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Dear Editor: New Jersey is such a partisan state. It is considered “blue” outside the state, but it’s a checker-board in-state with very red areas and very blue areas and darn few “swing” districts. It has been this way for a long time. Bipartisan cooperation, compromise and collaboration by politicians make progress possible. Not really …
Dear Editor: New Jersey can’t pay its debts. Our credit rating has been downgraded multiple times. We can’t finance good retirements or new projects and programs, and our high interest rates means we’re paying a ton to the banks. Recently, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled it could not force the Christie administration to fully …