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EDITORIAL: Ending on a Positive Note

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Let’s Make a Deal For you sports fans: bringing drugs into Russia is not OK – but having drugs in sports in America is OK. That’s what happened to Brittany Griner, the basketball entertainer that brought drugs into Russia. Then it became a political show case and a tradeoff for an international weapon dealer for […]

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Open Letter to Residents on the Disinformation of Hackensack Meridian Raritan Bay Medical Center Services

Dear residents and community partners, I write to you to stop the spread of disinformation about losing hospital services with its ongoing expansion at Raritan Bay Medical Center behavioral health services. In October 2022, Raritan Bay Medical Center shared two publications that included the following: 1. The announcement of the opening of its first Long […]

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EDITORIAL: A Nice Surprise!

Several times we will get e-mails from the mayor’s office with a calendar of upcoming events. Sometimes the message will say “Click here for more details.” The last one I clicked onto went to a YouTube video featuring several city employees with Thanksgiving messages. Be thankful for family and friends which if you are blessed […]

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Merry Christmas! I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving and now here comes Christmas a time to be with family and friends enjoying the holiday. What’s funny people go crazy before Christmas they “Shop until they drop,” and overload their credit cards for a one-day event. It comes every year so why some people panic […]

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Letter to the Editor – Immigration and Canada

President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Department of Homeland Security Chief Alejandra Mayorkas claim that our southern border is secure. Under the Biden administration, we are on track to reach a record 5 million people illegally crossing into our nation by end of December 2022. Canadian […]

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Remembering Rose Weikel (1922-2018)

Ro-Ro, we miss you. It’s been four years since you left us. Your calling in life was to serve God through the Salvation Army for 67 years. You are sadly missed by not only your family, but all who you served in the community. Love, from the Family  

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Editorial: Remember Our Veterans

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Official Statement from The Vote For A Better Tomorrow Campaign On October 22, 2022, one of the volunteers for our campaign was arrested and accused of bribery. Authorities involved in the arrest have alleged that the volunteer offered to complete a resident’s mail-in-ballot in exchange for a $20 gift card. While several media outlets have […]

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Editorial – Just What the Doctor Ordered

Just turn on the news. All you see is the woke agenda and turmoil all week long nonstop 24/7. If it isn’t people getting assaulted, killed, or oppressed, it’s the latest person who said or did something stupid and has earned a virtual scarlet letter. It was finally good to have two back-to-back weekends, even […]

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Lead by Example

Those attending the United Nations General Assembly could have lead by example, when it comes to Global Warming and Climate Change. Hundreds of heads of state, ambassadors, military attaches and security personnel could have given up limousines taking them to and from their embassy, hotel or residency to the UN. These motorcades contributed to traffic […]

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Letter to the Editor

Recent White House Bloopers and Blunders First, we have Vice President Kamala Harris responded to a question by Meet The Press Anchor Chuck Todd by saying “The Boarder Is Secure.” She, along with President Joe Biden and Department of Homeland Security Chief Alejandra Mayorkas must have assigned Comedy Central South Park’s Officer Bar Brady as […]

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Editorial: Respect

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It Ain’t Over til the Fat Lady Sings for the $33 Billion Gateway Project There is more to do after Governors Murphy and Hochul Sign A MOU for funding the $33 billion Gateway Project before the Federal Transit Administration will enter into negotiations with the project sponsor to approve a $14 billion Capital Investment Grant […]

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Message from Mayor Helmin J. Caba

PERTH AMBOY – As a father of two young children, my heart breaks to learn of the tragedy that has taken place in Uvalde, Texas, claiming the lives of 19 children and two teachers. There are no words to articulate this unimaginable loss and pain—this just two weeks after another senseless shooting in Buffalo, NY. […]

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