The Amboy Guardian

Look at this those people in high places. Wall Street has a club call Kappa Beta Phi or is it a secret society? You guess. They get together and hold a dinner party at a class A hotel in New York City and talk about things we don’t understand but they do. Let me guess how […]

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Everywhere you look, you see girls & women with fur lined boots. Women today have warm feet. Going back to the 50’s, it wasn’t so. We had cold feet, what with nylon stockings and high heels made of leather. The typical winter outfit for a woman back then would be a full length winter coat […]

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Since the December 4th shooting of Dixon Rodriguez there have been peaceful marches asking that justice be served. One march that took place shortly after Dixon died started from Hall Avenue and at one point the marches proceeded down Smith Street and stopped at City Hall. At City Hall some of the marchers had signs […]

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PERTH AMBOY – The only truth to the statement made by Former Commissioner Peter Perez is that he has withdrawn his name from being reappointed for another term to the Housing Authority of the City of Perth Amboy (HACPA). As far as the other allegations are concerned, the HACPA has been investigated AD NAUSEUM at […]

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Do you remember the 1980’s action/adventure show, Knight Rider? The car’s onboard computer, KITT, drove itself. What about the flying cars in the futuristic cartoon, The Jetsons and in the movies: Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones and the cult sci-fi film, Blade Runner. The future is nearer than you think. Science Fiction is becoming Science Fact.

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It is disappointing that Kushner has refused to compromise on his proposal to complete construction of the Landings. As residents we have dealt with his unwillingness to correct the poor workmanship and many construction problems, which resulted in our law suit against the builders. Our position is still that the city should not approve further […]

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The deliberate traffic problems at the George Washington Bridge demonstrates the problems in the Port Authority of NY-NJ and the 1947 NJ State Constitution. Creating an independent Port Authority monopoly means its actions are not subject to review by the legislature. This lack of effective oversight can lead to an abuse of power. If it can’t […]

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First of all, what’s with this “Gate” thing? Seems like, ever since Watergate, every alleged scandal gets the “Gate” suffix. That is all except Benghazi, I haven’t heard anyone refer to that as Benghazigate, not yet anyway. That aside, the unconfirmed news, that I heard from anonymous sources, allege that when our Governor, The Honorable […]

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On Monday, January 20, we will observe the birthday of Martin Luther King. This day will always be a special day for me. I had a dream and that was to go to college and play baseball. I just didn’t have the grades for a Big Time School. I received a call one day from […]

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There have been many debates over the topic of legalization of medical marijuana. These are only our individual opinions. C.M.: I am neither a smoker nor a drinker. To be truthful, alcohol, smoking or taking illegal drugs never appealed to me. When I was very young, one of my relatives died from a drug overdose […]

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  It looks like our Governor Christie is in the hot seat with this GWB scandal, or as some call it Bridgegate. Who let those e-mails out? Why do we ask? Some say his staff members opened the doors to this scandal. Or was it meant to be by those insiders that want to control […]

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Jeff B., a longtime friend lives in Arizona and loves to send e-mails that he thinks will be of interest to me. Recently, one in particular jumped out. It had to do with the 2014 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California. On the 125th Anniversary of this traditional parade, there was a float to honor the Women Air Force Service Pilots of WWII (WASPS).

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With all the gambling games run by the state one would think that the state would run out of suckers-er players. Now the politicians have come up with other forms of gambling such as computer betting and sports betting. It may be an easy way to raise money. But on the downside in raising false […]

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I spent November and part of December 2013 in a hospital. I consider it one of the best hospitals of NJ. I think Joe Torre of the Yankees would agree with me because he was also a patient there. As I laid in my hospital bed day and night, I started to think about Nursing […]

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PERTH AMBOY – Although the Sugar Plum Palace opened up 30 years ago, I only became aware of it seven years ago, when I started working for the Amboy Beacon. I would go there with the late Bill George when he would stop by to pick up an ad or purchase sweet treats for different […]

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Dear Perth Amboy Board of Education Members, As an ESL staff here at Wilentz, we sadly miss our principal, Mr. Jenkins, and continue to adjust to the loss in our building. We feel that Mr. Anderson remain our building principal. We respectively want to express our thoughts. Mr. Anderson has stepped-up into the position and […]

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