Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: Citizens of Hudson County beware! Your precious and irreplaceable urban open space is under attack, and by none other than an undoubtedly sincere but misguided and overzealous Board of Education together and the township of North Bergen! It seems that as a lesson in preserving open space, protecting the environment as well as …
Dear Editor: The Battleship New Jersey has finally arrived in the Philadelphia Naval Yards. In January 2000, we expect the Secretary of the Navy to make a final decision as to where the most decorated ship in the 200-year history of the Navy will be sent. The New Jersey Battleship Commission appointed by Governor Whitman …
Dear Editor: As we start the new year, we once again turn our attention to the process of filing our taxes. This year holds new hopes and opportunities for us. There are new programs available to save you money; money that you can use that will benefit your family and other loved ones. It is …
Continue reading “Note to those with low and moderate incomes”
Dear Editor: My name is Elizabeth Cohen and I am the coordinator of the Hoboken Chapter of the Million Mom March. The Million Mom March is a planned march on Washington D.C. on Mother’s Day, May 14, 2000. The purpose of the march is to rally mothers and others from all over the United States …
Dear Editor: Cold weather has arrived and the time has come to get ready for another winter. The State of New Jersey Domestic Companion Animal Council asks your readers to think about their pets’ needs also for the cold months ahead. In New Jersey, state law (4:22-17) mandates that any animal in a person’s care …
Continue reading “Attend to your pets’ needs for the frigid months ahead”
Dear Editor: In 1997, the New Jersey Coalition Against Aircraft Noise (NJCAAN), the Alliance of Municipalities Concerning Air Traffic (AMCAT), and the League for the Hard of Hearing initiated public discussion on airport noise as it affects children’s health and learning. As a consequence, the Port Authority agreed this month to soundproof one local school. …
Continue reading “PA must agree to soundproof all schools affected by aircraft noise”
Dear Editor: Recently, I received a plea for help from Rev. Joseph R. Parrish Jr. of St. John’s Church in Elizabeth. The City of New York, it seems, is sending tons of garbage daily to that New Jersey city. Governor Whitman had given the City of New York a three-year period allowing this activity. New …
Dear Editor: Many people may know from newspaper accounts that in the past I have expressed reservations about making payments to our special attorney in what seemed to be litigation without the prospect of a positive conclusion. What transpired at a special SMUA meeting confirmed my worst fears. Without divulging any confidential information it is …
Continue reading “SMUA’s responsibility to take action to terminate legal abuses”
Dear Editor: I have a great respect for a person who refuses to be intimidated. That is why I admire Tom Troyer. He refuses to be intimidated by those in politics who use intimidation and the power of their office to do so. In my opinion that’s exactly what took place in the West New …
Continue reading “Power does not prevail through intimidation tactics”
Dear Editor: The Alliance of Municipalities Concerning Air Traffic and the New Jersey Coalition Against Aircraft Noise would like to thank Dr. Arline L. Bronzaft for working with citizens and educators in South Hackensack in stressing the detrimental effects of aircraft noise on students’learning. Her presentation before the Board of Education in December 1997 set …