Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Mary Pat Christie and the Cake Boss will meet Wednesday at Carlo's Bakery to discuss Sandy recovery efforts on National Dine Out Day.
New Jersey First Lady Mary Pat Christie will make an appearance at Carlo's Bakery Wednesday afternoon to thank owner Buddy Valastro for his support of Sandy relief efforts on National Dine Out Day. Christie and the Cake Boss will share a bite to eat at 12:45 p.m. and discuss ongoing efforts to raise funds and awareness for Sandy recovery as part of National Dine Out Day, a national program for which dozens of participating restaurants donate a portion of their sales to the Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund that Christie chairs.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency's preliminary work maps, which replace the Advisory Base Flood Elevation Maps, were released for four New Jersey counties on Monday.
While the majority of Hoboken remains in a flood zone, according to the revised Federal Emergency Management Agency flood maps released earlier this week, most of the city's highest-risk flood zones have been converted to less-hazardous zones, meaning reduced insurance premiums for affected property owners and tenants. Across the county, the highest-risk V or velocity zones shrunk by 76 percent from 2,030 acres to 480 acres, and are now largely designated A Zones in the agency's preliminary work maps, which replace the Advisory Base Flood Elevation maps released in December. “I am very happy and relieved that FEMA and the New Jersey DEP have worked together to listen to the concerns of our residents and incorporate those considerations …
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Authorities are looking for an adoptive home for a puppy found tied to a tree at the corner of 2nd and Hudson streets Sunday.
UPDATE: Do not call the Hoboken police looking for the pup. The police no longer have her. For the time being she is staying with a woman in Bayonne who rescues and fosters dogs. Hoboken police are hoping to find a home for a dog found tied to a tree in Hoboken Sunday. The puppy, who appears to be about five months old, was found at the corner of 2nd and Hudson streets Sunday morning. The resident who found the dog said she stayed with her for about two hours waiting for the owner to return, but no one ever did. Police, who had not received any reports of a missing dog, eventually picked her up and brought her back to the station. The pup, who is very friendly, according to her finder, has remained unclaimed at the police station for the …
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A fundraiser to benefit Hoboken Feral Cats, a non-profit devoted to reducing stray and feral cat populations in Hoboken and surrounding cities is scheduled for Wednesday at Louise and Jerry's on Washington Street.
A fundraiser aimed at reducing Hoboken's feral and stray cat population will be held Wednesday at Louise and Jerry's from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Proceeds from the Feral Feline Fundraiser go to Hoboken Feral Cats, a non-profit dedicated to getting feral and stray cats off the streets of Hoboken and surrounding areas. Patricia Drumgoole, a Hoboken High School social worker and local feral cat expert, says reducing the number of cats on the city's streets requires a three-pronged approach: rescuing strays and kittens born outdoors; educating the community about feral cats; and, most importantly, Trap Neuter Return, a humane method of trapping unaltered feral cats so they can be spayed or neutered, vaccinated against rabies and returned to whence …
Mayor Dawn Zimmer has opposed passage of the bill and urged the Assembly to vote it down.
A bill vehemently opposed by Mayor Dawn Zimmer that would exempt private non-profit colleges, like Stevens Institute of Technology, from local zoning and planning requirements has been tabled by the New Jersey State Assembly Budget Committee, Princeton Patch reported. Assembly Bill No. 2586 (Senate Bill No. 1534) is effectively dead for this legislative session, although it could be revived in the future, said Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert, who has opposed the bill's passage. "It sounded like there was some movement to put it back on the agenda and we heard of some amendments that were being worked onto it, but they pulled it," Lempert said. The bill passed 26-8 in the Senate last June and was referred to the Assembly's Higher Education …
Monday, June 17, 2013
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The New Jersey State Assembly Budget Committee is scheduled to consider a law Monday that would exempt private colleges like Stevens Institute of Technology from local zoning regulations.
UPDATE: Assembly Bill No. 2586 has been tabled, according to a report by Princeton Patch. Mayor Dawn Zimmer, who last year opposed passage of a state Senate bill that would exempt private non-profit colleges from local zoning laws, is asking members of the Assembly to vote down the legislation when it comes up for consideration by the Budget Commitee Monday. The bill (A-2586/S-1534), which passed 26-8 in the Senate last summer, would free private education institutions, like Stevens Institute of Technology, from having to follow local zoning regulations that, according to the bill, "result in the delay of important educational programs and facilities for students attending the institutions." The exemption would apply not only to future on-…
The Hoboken Housing Authority held its Second Annual Bike Rodeo Tour of the city's riverfront on Saturday.
Participants in the city's second annual Father’s Day Bike Rodeo, a national Housing and Urban Development initiative intended to bring children together with their fathers, rode through the streets of Hoboken Saturday on a history tour. Riders met at Connors School in the morning, where the children were greeted with new bicycles and helmets courtesy of Haddad Electric and The Jubilee Center, before getting a safety talk and heading out on the day's tour. Bike Hoboken's Brian Wagner led the tour, which focused on the waterfront and included historical commentary from Dennis English of the Hoboken Historical Museum. The ride finished up at Christopher Columbus Gardens where participants were treated to a barbecue and bounce water slide…
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra is playing a free outdoor concert Thursday night at Pier A Park.
Conductor Jacques Lacombe will lead the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra in a free concert of classical, popular and patriotic tunes at Pier A Park Thursday night as part of the city's weekly Concert in the Park series. Bring a blanket or low-back chair to camp out on the lawn and listen to the Orchestra perform Bizet's "Carmen," John Williams' "Raiders March," Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever," and many more while the New York City skyline twinkles in the distance. Thursday's show begins at 7:30 p.m. See below for a full setlist: KEY - The Star-Spangled Banner SUPPÉ - Light Cavalry Overture FALLA - Spanish Dance No. 1 from La vida breve BIZET - Carmen “Song of the Toreador” from Suite No. 2 “Aragonaise” from Suite No. 1 “…
Zak Koeske
5:41 pm on Tuesday, June 18, 2013
@Taylor - The police have said they no longer have the dog and the Liberty Humane Society in Jersey City (the designated shelter for Hoboken dogs and cats) has also said it doesn't have her. As soon as I find out who does, I will get the word out. more ›