With a little more than 12 hours to go before New York City is shutdown by a possible transit strike, it seems the MTA is no closer to resolving the issue with the union that represents bus and subway drivers. City government seems fairly determined to work around a strike if the union fails to […]
Melt, a Jersey City restaurant rumored to have excellent food, apparently is closing down, at least for now.
Mister Snitch! has posted some observations regarding Hoboken’s automatic parking garage, the eighth wonder of the modern world. It seems the garage is more suited to warm climates; melting snow from cars can cause electrical problems. So you probably shouldn’t park here when it is raining outside either.
As we reported yesterday, the relative peace the Hudson County Democratic machine was enjoying was shaken when Assemblyman Joe Vas launched his campaign for the Congressional seat that Bob Menendez is about to vacate. Meanwhile, we were a bit surprised that newly elected and still campaigning Jersey City councilman Steven Fulop hadn’t launched his own […]
Curbed has discovered a real estate blog covering the Hudson County Market. Editor Judy Marciano is also a licensed real estate agent, which should make her insights on the local market much more interesting [and perhaps relevant] than our own. In either case, we look forward to hearing what she has to say.
Jersey City Vibe has taken the time to put together a local shopping guide just in time for the Holiday season.
Many economists tell us we’re living in a “service economy,” but it seems time and time again that businesses don’t understand just exactly what customer service is. Community blog The Boke has a little bit about poor customer service at Emanuel’s Salon in downtown Hoboken. We can understand how this local blogger feels, so we’ll […]
Everything seemed to be going smoothly the Hudson County political machine ever since former Jersey City Mayor Glenn Cunningham died a year and a half ago. Hoboken resident Jon Corzine was preparing to go to Trenton as Governor, and now is. His neighbor, Congressman Bob Menendez readied himself to step up to Corzine’s senate seat, […]
With MTA workers threatening to strike, it seems officials are looking to restrict the number of cars on inbound city tunnels. One plan includes limiting access to cars with four or more drivers. Just in case you’ve never tried to carpool with even a single passenger, we’ll tell you its not so easy to find […]
Showhank Hill, a blog, has uncovered a the Library of Congress archive of photographs, including one of a Jersey City Streetscape. Potholes be damned, at least the streets today are paved.
