Hoboken Labor Day Week in Review

Weekly Recap for Hoboken, NJ – Labor Day Weekend 2012

A selection of noteworthy posts for the past week:

Politics and City Happenings

• Hoboken schools poorly ranked – Near the bottom of the state – and ranked the worst school district in the country…
• Residents hate Jackson Street – And cars are ignoring the bike lanes which cause massive traffic jams!
• Hurricane Isaac – Will we experience any of the residual flooding?
• Bogus parking tickets – A local business thinks it’s cute to trick drivers…
• I Hate Bicyclists – A really funny anti-bicyclist blog emerges. Hilarious!
• Nonsensical rankings for Hoboken – When you see a top 10 list from the mainstream media – look the other way!
• Christie Keynote – Our tubby Gov gives a nutty speech at the RNC – some people feel Chris Christie is a sham and shouldn’t be re-elected…

Updates & Events

• Little Town New Jersey – Coming this fall to the waterfront, we scoured the Garden State for three days to find the best of the best:
  • Day 1 – Wineries, fisheries and the Jersey Shore.
  • Day 2 – Breweries and awesome farms.
  • Day 3 – Finding Jersey inspiration.
  • What is the Best NJ has to offer? – Can you think of things we do better than anyone else?
• UPS Store – Coming soon to handle all your packing and shipping needs.
• Garden Street Dance – Fun stuff for your expressive kids to do this fall!
• Armor All on your feet – You ever notice how slippery your feet get after walking by a Hoboken car wash?
• Hoboken Photo of the Day – More new mile square visuals this week…
• Clearview Cinemas – See what’s playing this weekend!
• Hoboken Italian Festival – Coming next weekend to the Hudson River waterfront…

Today in History

• 2007: Verizon FiOS first became available in Hoboken. Happy 5th Anniversary! You’ve made us all very happy!

Inspirational Quote of the Week:

“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be.”