Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: March 19-25, 2000 is National Poison Prevention Week. In lieu of this important subject, the Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey would like to offer tips on the prevention of one very serious, but common type of poisoning, lead poisoning. When most people think of lead poisoning, they think of old houses with …
Dear Editor: If you think “huffing” is just something the Three Little Pigs had to watch out for, the wolf may come knocking at your door. Huffing, bagging and sniffing are terms for inhalant use, a cheap, legal and accessible way that young people in our community are getting high. When we think of drugs, …
Continue reading “March is National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Month”
Dear Editor: Good news for Bergen County citizens. Governor Whitman, November 10, 1999, Representative Roukema, January 28, 2000 and County Executive Schuber, January 10, 2000, have written Federal Aviation Administrator Garvey requesting live-testing of ocean routing. Representative Rothman is conspicuously absent from this list of respected elected officials representing Bergen County. The widely supported New …
Dear Editor: Your reporter did not cover the 1/25/00 town council meeting so I would like to comment on something I consider to be interesting and worth reporting. During the remarks from the citizens portion of that meeting, I asked Mayor Elwell why he didn’t appoint his father Howie Elwell to the SMUA. It was …
Continue reading “Opportunity can oft times be found under one’s nose”
Dear Editor: Having spent much of my own time, energy and money in a taxpayer action trying to expose the legal billing abuses at the SMUA, it was indeed very heartening to read SMUA Commissioner Michael Altilio’s letter. Mr. Altilio rails at the lawyers for gouging to the tune of several million dollars on a …
Dear Editor: I would like to take this forum to remind residents that the Secaucus Public Library offers free, 30 minute one-on-one Internet training sessions. These sessions provide participants with an overview to what the Internet has to offer, provides parents with an opportunity to see what their child may access on the Net, or …
Dear Editor: I am writing to let your readers know that I have decided to run for US Congress against Robert Menendez in November 2000. After examining Menendez’ voting record, I believe he is totally out of touch with the values of the people here in New Jersey and it’s time he is confronted. According …
Continue reading “Turner to run against Menendez in November 2000 election”
Dear Editor: New Jersey’s drinking water faces a new and serious threat from the fuel additive Methyl Tertiary Buthy Ether (MTBE). The state Department of Environmental Protection reports that 400 private wells and 65 public wells in New Jersey already have been contaminated with MTBE. And New Jersey is not alone. A study released by …
Continue reading “In protection of possible threat to water supply”
Dear Editor: Now is the time for Hudson residents to apply for the 1999 Property Tax Freeze program that allows eligible New Jersey senior citizens and disabled residents to seek reimbursement for property tax increases. This program was created to reimburse eligible seniors and disabled residents for the difference in the amount of property taxes …
Continue reading “Criteria for 1999 property tax reimbursement for seniors and disabled residents”
Dear Editor: An open letter to writer Georgia McLane Collins, R.A.: You must try to practice what you preach. Your poem was filled with racism and hatred. Racism is no less wrong when it comes from a person of color. It’s just as disgraceful. Oh, and by the way, Ma’am, with all respect, you are …