Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: On behalf of the Bayonne Jewish Community Center, I would like to thank the teams, coaches, volunteers, referees, families and fans for making the 13th Annual Winter Holiday Elementary School Basketball Tournament a successful event. Every school participating can be proud of the sportsmanship shown by their players and coaches. The fans were …
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Dear Editor: Like the billions of people around the world, we in Hudson County are about to embark on a wonderful adventure as we enter the new millennium. While on the surface only the year number will change, the significance of this change goes so much deeper. We will all subscribe to a new way …
Dear Editor: To reply to Brian Silvani’s Open Letter to me: Silvani complains that my epistles to the Hobokenites don’t “make sense.” “What are you talking about when you write?” he wonders. Now, from any other reader this criticism would hurt, since I do take a modest (if undeserved) pride in my choice of words. …
Dear Editor: This is an open letter to all of you who wrote bad letters concerning my idea in ending the pigeon problem of Hudson County. Once and for all, the readers I am referring to are as follows: Isabel Alonso, Luigi Novi, Joe Sabatino, Joe Pajor and any other person who wrote in bad …
Dear Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to thank you and all the parishioners at St. Francis Church, Hoboken, for the wonderful presents that were donated to the West New York Family Health Center. Although the holidays are a time of joy for some, the same is not true for those who are …
Dear Editor: I want to say God Bless you, Mr. Ed Shirak, for the wonderful museum you did for Frank Sinatra. It is an honor to Frank and to all the people of Hoboken. We love and respect you for it. You have a heart of gold and it’s a shame what the Sinatra family …
Dear Editor: Solid results occur when athletes set a course, pursue it with relentless passion and keep their mind focused on the desired results. Success is not reserved for the talented. It is not in the high I.Q. Not in the gifted birth. Not in the best equipment. Not even in ability. Success is almost …
An open letter to Jim Hague: You have done a grave injustice to the Hoboken High School football team, its student body and the entire community. How dare you use subjective judgment as your criteria for casting your vote against Hoboken High School? You, who in the final game picked Wayne Hills to beat Hoboken, …
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An open letter to Jim Hague: Although I’ve known you to be knowledgeable, professional and fair, I seriously disagree with and question one of your biggest and most controversial decisions and the criteria you based it on; to put St. Joe’s Regional HS (SJR) #1 on your final ballot for the Star Ledger Top 20 …
Dear Editor: As I read letters to this column, I am disheartened by the mud slinging that is constantly splattering these pages. Supporters of the rival political machines have resorted to some pretty nasty comments in their quest to gain advantage. Is this the best that Hoboken or Hudson County has to offer? Are the …