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I had an excellent workout at the Hoboken New York Sports Club last night, both physical and mental. Topic of discussion on the gym floor, "Governor Corzine's enactment of a 7% sales tax on health club memberships."  At the NYSC, this rep...

Political Commentary: The GOOD, BAD, UGLYHoboken 916 Garden Street Automated GarageAugust 4, 2006The GOOD:Thanks to Federal District Court Judge Stanley Chesler sitting in Newark, an agreement between city officials and the former operators of ...

They Just Don't Make'Em Like They Use To....  Thomas Vezzetti was the 33rd mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey, and served as mayor from 1985 to 1988. In the 1985 Hoboken mayoral election, Thomas Vezzetti narrowly defeated Steve Cappiello, who had...

Hoboken Mayor David Roberts is inviting residents interested in the future of St. Mary Hospital to submit resumes to serve as community representatives on its Board of Advisors.

The Board will consist of 11 members, six of whom will be private citizens and four who must be Hoboken residents.

At least two of the Hoboken must have expertise in finance of private or non-profit organizations, or have extensive expertise in non-profit organizational management.

The other members will be formed of Hospital staff and the State of New Jersey.

Those interested should send their resume to the Mayor's office, City Hall, 94 Washington Street, Hoboken, NJ, 07030. For further information, contact 201-420-2000. 

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Adding pressure to New Jersey’s mounting property tax bills, local government officials learned today they will have to fit more than a quarter-billion dollars in new pension payments into their budgets for the upcoming year.

Pension contributions are scheduled to total $650 million this year, for the local share of payments into the two retirement plans that cover retirement benefits for police officers, fire fighters and local government employees.

That’s an increase of $267 million over the pension payments included in this year’s local budgets, and is an expense that was not even included in local budgets before 2004.

Here is a very informative blog discussion that appears in PARKING TODAY about Hoboken's 916 Garden Street Automated Garage.  The participants are:John Van Horn, Editor/Publisher of Parking TodayGerhard Haag, President and CEO of Robotic Parking, ...

  You can put lipstick on a pig,   but it's still a pig Everyone agrees that Hoboken has more than it's share of parking problems. One solution, Hoboken's “916 Garden Street automated garage,” has been at ...