Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: I am writing to share good news regarding a bill that I sponsored, which was later signed into law. Specifically, Assembly Bill A2624, which made healthcare for children mandatory, has provided for the enrollment of more than 12,000 children in the past four months in the state’s subsidized health insurance program which is …
Dear Editor: Plans for the Alzheimer’s Association, Greater New Jersey Chapter’s inaugural Liberty State Park Regional Memory Walk are well underway! On Oct. 31, 2009, thanks to our dedicated staff and community volunteers, hundreds of Hudson County and surrounding area residents, businesses and organizations will come together in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. There has …
Continue reading “Alzheimer’s benefit walk is Oct. 31 in Liberty State Park”
Dear Editor: It is extremely disturbing that statistics indicate that those who are subject to acts of domestic violence are seriously injured or killed by those individuals who have violated the court ordered restraining orders. As law enforcement officers and those involved with court actions concerning domestic abuse and violence we need to be concerned …
Continue reading “Hudson Sheriff urges tightening restraints on domestic abuse”
Dear Editor: I wish to express my disappointment in Union City Mayor Brian Stack and the recent comments he made, in the Union City Reporter, regarding the deputizing of local law enforcement officers, commonly known as 287G. Mayor Stack’s letter to the editor clearly implies that law enforcement officers cannot be trusted with the additional …
Continue reading “Mayor Stack takes cheap shots at law enforcement”
Dear Editor: While I am not one to write Letters to the Editor, however when you failed to accurately report the events of the Union City Grand Opening Concert, I felt it important for me to fill in the blanks. Union City is blessed to have celebrated the opening of a state of the art …
Dear Editor: September 25, 2009 will always be remembered as one of the most important days for the entire community of Union City. On this day the grand opening of the new Union City High school took place and was attended by Governor Corzine, Mayor Brian P. Stack and numerous New Jersey elected officials. The …
Continue reading “Two political figures who put the people first”
Dear Editor, I wish to express that I am not in agreement with deputizing local law enforcement members as immigration agents. Moreover, I offer praise to the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General on its decision to warn local enforcement agencies seeking to deputize officers as immigration agents not to ethnically or racially profile …
Dear Editor: We all know that during summer months residents in city of life walk the streets more than any time of the year. In order to slow careless drivers who drive above city limits, Mayor Brian P. Stack came up with an initiative to decorate our streets with speed bump and protect all pedestrians …
Dear Editor: In a world where negatives seem so overwhelmingly prevalent in our everyday lives, the positive forces in our society seem to take a backseat. One such positive force is a man I have known for the past forty-seven years, Mr. Wayne Cook. I met Wayne at West New York’s Public School Number Five …
Dear Editor: Here we are again, another year gone by. First, we would like to thank the many people that donated last year helping us to collect over 1200 coats and sweaters for the less fortunate. Also we want to thank all those who donated canned and dry goods on June 27 to our annual …