Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: As treasurer of Councilman Tony Soares’ committee I wanted to thank the hard working families, friends and constituents who contributed much sweat and hard earned funds to the campaign. Since our triumphant victory, there has been speculation and misrepresentation of the campaign’s finances. However, I would like to set the record straight so …
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Dear Editor: I read the letters written by Pasquale DeStefano and Mary Davenport in the December 12, 1999, edition of the Hoboken Reporter regarding their contention that Tony Soares’ victory is the result of his position on the ballot. Do these people really think that the voting public is so ignorant that they don’t read …
Dear Editor: I make no comment here on the Manhattan Building Company’s project. I honestly don’t know enough about it to do so. However, since Sandy Weiss wanted to correct misconceptions, he should take care not to spread his own self serving misconceptions. The comment that caught my attention was about “zealots who believe that …
Dear Editor: Sandy Weiss, one of the many investors in the 1600 Park Avenue project wrote in this letters column that his building will have little impact on the quality of life and in fact will improve upon it. Years ago the state required each municipality to draft a master plan and adopt zoning and …
Blanca Peta sat quietly in the municipal court chambers of Union City City Hall with a calm look on her face. As others gathered around her and took their seats, she adjusted herself upright in a way that suggested she felt empowered by the crowd in the room. They had gathered to remember the 146th …
Continue reading “Residents and officials have mixed opinions on Cuban boy’s fate”
WEST NEW YORK – William Collado and Juan Vega had no idea that their project to prevent students from drinking and driving would get national recognition. However, the two students from Memorial High School not only made an impression on their classmates and teachers, but they made an impact on the audience they were trying …
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A retirement in the upper ranks of Hudson County Executive Robert Janiszewski’s staff has resulted in a reshuffling of personnel. The staff changes will go into effect as of Feb. 14. William Northgrave, who has severed at chief of staff for two years, will succeed retiring Frank DeLeonardis as county counsel. Filling Northgrave’s spot as …
Jennifer Davidson of Union City was surprised to wake up Tuesday morning to the flurries of the first snowfall of the century. “I love the snow, but it came down so quickly that everything is covered up to the hilt,” Davidson said as she watched her two nieces Lauren and Jessica play in the snow. …
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WEST NEW YORK – Even though tenants living in the Fillmore Gardens housing project on 60th Street will have to be relocated while their buildings are demolished, ultimately, town officials say, the residents will only benefit, as the property will become part of the town’s new three-site public housing development project. “We want people to …
Continue reading “Buildings will rise from ashes of housing project”