Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: In Mr. T. Weed’s letter to the opinion column dated February 20, he stated that there is no celebrating Lincoln this President’s Day. He also mentioned that Lincoln brought on the Civil War, not for the noble reason of freeing the slaves, but to keep the agrarian South from divorcing the industrial North. …
Dear Editor: We would like to express our sincere appreciation to the Secaucus Fire and Police Departments for their efforts when a fire erupted at 700 Hudson Avenue last Tuesday evening. When you are on the receiving end of such heroic actions, it is a very humbling experience. We will remain truly grateful to everyone …
Dear Editor: The following is an open letter to Vice President Al Gore: I was quite taken aback by your comments at the Apollo Theater when you said that “racial profiling practically began in New Jersey.” I understand that you were trying to make the point that Senator Bradley did little, if anything at all, …
Continue reading “I don’t blame you for picking on Bill Bradley, but lay off NJ”
Dear Editor: The reason I am writing is, this person who calls himself T. Weed and this other person whose name is Otto Hottendorf, what are you two trying to say? Speak English because I as a reader of the Hudson Reporter, have no idea what you two are talking about. And furthermore, when I …
When Newport was nothing more than the railroad-covered, desolate industrial wasteland it was up until the mid-1980s, the Soviet Union was still controlled by Communists. The Cold War was just beginning to thaw as democracy slowly tiptoed into Mother Russia. Perhaps it was fitting then that last week city planners and professors from St. Petersburg, …
Continue reading “Moscow on the Hudson: Russian city planners examine Newport”
Racism and racial divisions are still major problems plaguing society, according to a panel of local officials put together by the St. Peter’s Prep Multicultural Club. Dhaval Patel, president of the Multicultural Club at the private high school, opened the 2000 Cultural Diversity Forum Thursday evening by talking about a quilt. With four distinguished panelists …
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. probably never dreamed that people would memorize his words, which have carved a place in this country’s history. But he did dream of a country where all men are truly equal. In recognition of Black History Month, Jersey City kept King’s legacy very much alive by holding the city’s fifth …
Continue reading “Students compete in Martin Luther King competition”
The Jersey City Museum got $50,000 closer to an official groundbreaking last week as real estate giant Mack-Cali made a contribution that will enable construction to begin ahead of time. The museum is building a new home so that it can move into a larger space in an old warehouse at the corner of Montgomery …
Continue reading “Jersey City Museum receives grant from Mack-Cali”
Chinemeze “Chi Chi” Nwadike, a standout two-sport athlete at Dickinson High School who is headed for the University of Maine on a football scholarship in the fall, was arrested and charged with three counts of felony drug possession on Feb. 22 in Jersey City. According to police reports, Nwadike, 18, was arrested after police undercover …
It may not be as high profile as the McCain-Bush struggle over the Republican presidential nomination, but the recently kicked-off contest for the April 18 Board of Education election has the potential to be just as bitterly contested. When the filing deadline closed Monday afternoon, eight candidates, including School Board President David Anthony and outspoken …
Continue reading “School board slates set; Candidates include board president and mayor’s wife”