Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: Have you ever printed a letter to the editor from a “dead man?” On December 27, 1998, I was clinically dead, but thanks to a policeman and an automated external defibrillator (A-E-Ds), I’m alive and writing this letter. American Heart Month, which was February, has focused on strengthening the chain of survival through …
It has long been our belief at the Hudson Reporter that the letters-to-the-editor page belongs to you, our readers. The page is a forum where you can voice your thoughts, problems, praise, perceived injustices, thank-yous, and opinions on issues. Our policy of printing unsigned letters is an attempt to protect authors concerned with possible retribution …
Dear Editor: I have written to your paper before about the upcoming march on Washington called the Million-Mom March. The march is being held to demonstrate our concern for the need for more stringent gun control in this country. The march will be on Sunday, May 14, 2000, Mother’s Day and we are hoping to …
Dear Editor: Once again we watch with utter horror a news story about a child gunning down another child. Today’s shooting du jour of a six-year-old girl by a six-year-old classmate in a Michigan elementary school has left me feeling deeply saddened and horrified, but unfortunately not surprised. What kind of world do we live …
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, …
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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: Public Service Electric and Gas Company, New Jersey’s largest electric and gas delivery utility, with thousands of employees at work in neighborhoods across the state, is concerned about reports of strangers gaining access to homes in its service territory by posing as PSE&G employees. In a recent incident in Hamilton Township, a man …
It has long been our belief at the Hudson Reporter that the letters-to-the-editor page belongs to you, our readers. The page is a forum where you can voice your thoughts, problems, praise, perceived injustices, thank-yous, and opinions on issues. Our policy of printing unsigned letters is an attempt to protect authors concerned with possible retribution …
An open letter to Hoboken dog owners: Maybe you could shed some light on a matter that has me vexed. Is there any reasonable explanation as to why a dog owner would choose not to clean up after his or her dog? Is the dog owner in question just lazy? Inconsiderate? Ignorant? Which is it? …
Dear Editor: The recent Council Meeting hearing on the changes to the Hoboken Rent Control Ordinance resulted in a distortion of the facts. Essentially, the changes proposed would protect residents of buildings in Hoboken such as Clock Towers, Applied Housing, Marine View Plaza and Church Towers which have been under Federal rent regulations for many …