Hoboken Week in Review: 7/22/2012

Weekly Recap for Hoboken, NJ – July 22, 2012

A selection of noteworthy posts for the week ending Sunday, July 22, 2012:

Politics and City Happenings

• Hoboken floods even with pump – Proof positive only one pump is an utter failure.
• iRobbery – Crafty criminals prey on unaware victims obsessed with iPhones and other technology.
• St. Ann’s Festival – Continues into next week.
• Drunk crash? – A chick apparently crashes drunk – no arrests, though.
• Motorcycles not safe in Hoboken – Either abused, or just plain “stolen.”
• GWB traffic headache – Months of inconvenient traffic truth.
• Hot weather fluff – Channel 7 Eyewitness news milks a summer story in Hoboken.

Updates & Events

• Music Gives Back – Stevens students step up for Cystic Fibrosis charity.
• Kolo Klub – Is more than just an event space – but cocktail lounge supreme!
• General Lumber – Re-opens after over 5 years since the blaze.
• A Central Park Wedding – Exquisite matrimonial planning right here in Hoboken!
• Teen stage acting class – Local theatre group prepares your kids for the spotlight.
• Local Barre expands – Fitness studio doubles Mile Square presence.
• Park & Sixth – What does this neighborhood need?
• Clearview Cinemas – New blockbuster movie debuts, and more (Buy your tickets online!)
• Movies Under the Stars – Continues through the summer (if they don’t get rained out each week!)

This week in History

• 1947: On July 26th of that year, then President Truman signed all sorts of extra government entities into creation: The CIA, DOD, USAF, Joint Chiefs of Staff and the National Security Council. Are we better off?

Inspirational Quote of the Week:

“Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage’s whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.”