‘PROMOTE BELLEVILLE KIDS’ Through the years I have always been interested in Belleville’s school children and schools. I…
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Thoughts & Views: A time for remembrance
Do you know anything about the S.S. Leopoldville? That’s a rhetorical question, because odds are you don’t. As Christmas…
Thoughts & Views: The real lesson of Thanksgiving
Well, another Thanksgiving has passed and another U.S.A.-made myth has been celebrated about how the Pilgrims made nice with the Native…
Thoughts & Views: ‘Phishing’ season is year-round
In my spam folder, there are currently 15 emails: two ostensibly from EZPass telling me I owe toll money;…
Thoughts & Views: Playing the name game
What’s in a name? Plenty if it happens to be Avery Fisher, for example. That’s the name that – for now…
Thoughts & Views: The debt we owe is forever
The poem that accompanies this column was found among the papers of the late Luke A. Kenney of Nutley. I…
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT To the editor: Children who start their school day without a healthy meal are much…
Thoughts & Views: We can all walk that tightrope
This past Sunday evening, a global audience tuned in to the Discovery Channel to watch the aerialist Nik Wallenda tackle…
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LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS To the editor: In response to Karen Zautyk’s column on Ebola, I think much…
Thoughts & Views: Ebola: More questions than answers
It’s not often that I agree with Chris Christie, but on the issue of mandatory isolation for certain persons returning…
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Last week’s opinion column “Gov’t stumbles threat to Republic?” was written by Ron Leir. His name…
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THANK YOU! To the editor: Queen of Peace Rosary Society Annual Tricky Tray met with success and much…
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DONOVAN GOOD FOR BERGEN To the editor: I support Kathe Donovan. I read the articles, and the different…
Thoughts & Views: Gov’t stumbles threat to Republic?
I always liked to think of myself as a progressive minded member of society, sympathetic to the idea that government…
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‘SOBER HOUSE’ CONTROVERSY To the editor: It was with a heavy heart that I read the Sept.…