Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: As a lifetime resident and property owner here in Union City, I as thousands of residents appreciate sound, responsible local government. Recently throughout the state of New Jersey Board of Education elections were held. These elections took place in towns where board members are elected to office. I’m in agreement with having an …
Dear Editor: I would be very pleased to hear from anyone who is a descendant or has knowledge of the Kirkup or Marquis families. Robert Stephen Kirkup (England) married Eliza Amelia Kirkup (from Guernsey England) in New York in 1860 and moved to Lenawee and raised a family. One son Charles E. Kirkup had been …
Dear Editor, As a lifetime resident of Union City (for the past 40 years) living at 709 Palisade Ave. in a multi-dwelling apartment. A couple of weeks ago a construction company that was hired to fix the sidewalks on Palisade Ave. without letting the residents know; the construction company stopped working and left the entire …
Dear Family, Brothers & Friends: Thanks so much for my outstanding retirement party at the Landmark in East Rutherford. It was an enjoyable evening for all. Special thanks to Aleida, my sweetheart; Glen and Leslie Michelin; Patty Cardinali; my entire family and M.C. Brian McGorty. Thank you again, William Renner
Dear Editor: While audiences loved Mall Cop and will likely line up to see the upcoming Observe and Report starring Seth Rogen, real world contract security companies who serve malls see more fiction than fact in these comic portrayals. How does the reality of life as a retail security officer compare with what is depicted …
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Dear Editor: Back over a year ago the mayors of New Jersey’s two largest cities namely Mayor Healy of Jersey City and Mayor Booker of Newark endorsed Barack Obama for President while the Democratic smart money was on Hillary’s bandwagon. I think our state should be greatly rewarded under the stimulus program. Under the stimulus …
Dear Editor: The Cliffside Park high rise apartment fire on February 27 which caused more than 40 residents to be evacuated, is exactly why the NJ Department of Community Affairs must approve regulations to retrofit old residential high rises with fire sprinklers. Firefighters reacted heroically and quickly to the blaze, but nevertheless it is the …
Dear Editor: In these most difficult times with tough choices to make, when push came to shove, Gov. Jon Corzine kept his promise to more than 160,000 of New Jersey’s most vulnerable citizens and did not cut funds to their desperately needed services funded by the Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD). Prior to FY 2009 …
Dear Editor: It is a well known fact that our nation, state & county are in the midst of a serious recession that will be in effect for the foreseeable future. Every single day that I turn on a radio or television I learn about more and more administrations around our area having to make …