Yes Seacucus is the best and the fastest. Now I'm not sure but they do look and test many things while the car goes through - I'm not really certain about all the tests and such. At one point they put the car on these 'feet things' and shake the car about - I hope that your car passes on everything. But if it should fail you just have the issue fixed and go back and get a pass sticker - not a big issue. Best of luck!

A ten minute walk to the Path from Hamilton Park - too far? Sissy Boy!!

I dunno - but I do know that I LOVE living in my new Exerter Loft here in Jersey City!!

I just went to the DMV over in Edison by my Mom's to just renew my license. I had all the needed ID paperwork and it took one hour and ten minutes. I just sat there patiently and awaited my number to be called. No more evening hours also due to budget cuts. The older I get these things get a bit more annoying! I sat and watched a Chinese guy wander from worker to worker there and he did not have the proper ID - he began yelling at everyone and it made me nervous. A 'yuppie' style Mom and her teenage daughter arrived and all the daughter needed was a photo ID in order to fly with the family to a wedding. The Mom began screaming at the clerks because the daughter had no ID - "but I'm her Mom - 'they' told me to come here!". Ah the older I get the more nervous I get while doing these things. I collected my new license, paid the $24.00, and bolted out of there as fast as I could

You can always just give it a shot and explain about July 4th and such but it's a longshot really. I've never been to court either but perhaps I'd give it a try since you just moved here. You can always try. It sure is s bummer of course but good luck!

Yet another death of a young driver late at night - so sad to hear. No one knows if this young man was speeding - perhaps the results of the investigation will tell. I travel along the Pulaski Skyway often past the airport and then onto Route 22 in Hillside frequently on my way to Central Jersey to check on my Mom. Countless times I am scared out of my mind by a racing cars rocketing 100mph past me! I get a quick look while my nerves twitch and it is usually a young person in some sort of huge luxury car. And often these speed demons crack up - often traffic is delayed as we pass crumpled wrecks along the way. Is it youth, alcohol, drugs, etc.? So so sad to see - and each time one passes me I think it takes off a few days of my life in nerve damage! What is a solution? I dunno.

Last night my Honey and I were having a salad outside of Cosi and we watched in amusement a family push a BJ's shopping cart right by us filled with their purchases. A young boy wearing an oversized white T was doing the pushing! So much for the locks on the wheels I was reading about!!

I thought of this topic yesterday as I was on the 1 train heading up to the Westside during rush hour - a guy wearing a silly packback was pushing up against me. What is it with these silly silly middle aged men that wear thick stuffed packpacks?

Another one this afternoon on the sidewalk in front of the apartments across the street from The Park Hamilton on 10th Street.

We have been very happy with Hoboken Animal Hospital for the past 10 years. On July 5th we had an emergency - one of our two dear cats Owen had a stroke during the day - since it was the July 4th weekend they were closed and sent us to Ridgefield NJ with him. We lost Owen that night, but the doctors at Ridgefield were very very caring to us and to Owen.

Spotted one this evening behind the new Vespia dealership on 10th Street. Looked like it had been there a long time.

I heard that Wegmans purchased the property and will break ground soon!

I just noticed this driving home from work today! All the white shirts! I always have known about the 'jail wear' that certain groups have adopted, that allow the room for guns and stuff - just never noticed them all being white. What a silly silly look for young men to be sporting! Way too baggy and so so ugly. I enjoy a nice tight crisp white tee shirt on men!

You forgot that cupcake kiosk on the second floor of the mall - that funny little stand with the cupcakes out in the air - oh what is it's name?

Have lived in HP for past 10 years - 9 renting and just had one year anniversary in new loft that I purchased - love the neighborhood!!! Love love love!!! Walking through the mall to the Path takes about 10 minutes - have walked it for years. Great exercise - cannot imagine taking a cab! How silly! The neighborhood is very safe - I have walked home late, but I am a tall man. If I were a lady I could take a taxi from Grove late at night after 12am I suppose. HP is great!!

Those bumps really suck. They just removed them though - thank God.

Went there last night for the second time - was really great. We celebrated a friend's 40th Birthday party up on the outdoor deck - was the perfect summer evening! The food and service was great.

Cankicker, when folks in these forums use a certain 'tone' certain negative perceptions may come about. You know this. You wrote "so if you like Wegmans sooooooooo much shop till you drop". Instead of just typing the word so and using the term drop you for sure stated your opinion in a negative tone. I mean it's okay and all - this does occur in these types of chat boards and message boards - it is nothing new. But don't say that we did not pick up your overly negative tone, cause we all did. These boards are fun and entertaining and informative. I sure wish my company would have opened a store here instead of this Morton Williams - heck - it would save me commuting time and gas each day for sure! The seafood would be delivered fresh each day and it would not have that stale look that I saw the other night ( along with all of the other small transgressions which make this store a 'non-Wegmans'. And you would love a Wegmans here, Dude!!

Of course Wegmans does not stock every item that every person may need. Canned pumpkin would have to be purchased at A&P I suppose in this instance - Wegmans does go out of stock sometimes on some items ; late delivery, an error in ordering, etc. - good that we have such fantastic employee benefits though - members of the 'family' sometimes may make an error, but we still enjoy great job security and benefits. Wegmans brand products though are top notch - cheaper than the national brands and since most are made in Rochester ( at the corporate headquarters) the quality is way up there ( Wegmans corn flakes or Orange Juice or commercial breads vs. Shop-Rite). Morton Williams is a cute new store - clean and new and all, but not laid out well. Attention to detail is lacking ( messes and piles behind counters, storage areas, neatness, hand written signs, employees on the p.a.system mumbling ( we all carry pagers at Wegmans to spare the shopper from all that noise) - again, I'm used to 'the wegmans way' here!- lots of little details that really add up, and the fish looks like it has been sitting there for a few days - just like Shop-Rite. I had never been in one of these stores and was happy to go explore and thought that it would be closer to a Wegmans from the buzz that I've heard - that's all. It is an okay addition to that new area over there ( A smaller Wegmans would have been better and fitting into the lifestyle of the new residents and buildings there). Being a Wegmans employee I wish the same quality for all - it is disappointing to me for the folks that do not get out to the burbs to experience 'our' level of customer satisfaction. Perhaps Morton can (will) spiff it up a bit!
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more or less goodnews.. a Morton Williams (sometimes called ASSOCIATED) in NY isn't such a terrible thing, decent prepared food, wide selection, good produce. If IT'S successful, it's a good barometer for competition to come in and compete...[/quote]

Gosh he was great - I'll miss him! So so intelligent - his observations on most things have always mirrored my own!

Oh - sorry - and I forgot . I wished to talk to the manager tonight and inquire as to why there are many Shop-Rite brand items on the shelves of Morton Williams ( which is run by Associated in Manhatten). It was 8pm and I was told that there was no manager - (s)he would be in tomorrow. The young lady I questioned had no idea of why Shop-Rite brand items are sold there ( corn flakes, canned goods, orange juice, etc.)

Well - I went in tonight for a walk through. I'm Bill that works at Wegmans in Woodbridge - see my comments earlier in this post. Initially the store looks nice - new and clean and all - but what is with the large open spaces on the perishable side? The store could have certainly been laid out better! All that open wasted space. Perhaps they will tweak it in the weeks to come. Good cheese and produce selections - and neat signage - the large circular signs for each department. The bakery could be done a lot better - lots of pre-packaged vendor stuff brought in from the outside made up most of the bakery. The breads and cakes that are made there look nice. The fish looks just like Shop-Rite. How many days do they keep the fish there to sell ( again I'm used to fresh fish delivered each day ). Same with the meats, although better than the fish. The store is okay - certainly a good addition to the neighborhood, although I prefer my Hamilton Park.
Many items do not have price tags or prices on them - a no no for sure! The staff there wear jeans and sneakers and these funny dark red smocks. Again, I'm a Wegmans 'guy', so, yeah, I'm being picky here - can't help it. I gotta say, overall a disappointment. The store is good for grabbing some things from coming in from the Path from the city , sure. But this ain't no Wegmans I'm afraid.

Yes manhole colapse. I asked a fellow guarding the site tonight - due to budget cuts the police will guard the site till Friday when a subcontractor is scheduled to repair it. Friday. And our taxes keep going up and up. Paying for the guarding and the street being closed - plus a subcontractor to fix it - Friday.

This is interesting news - I did not know. I'll certainly take a look but I have worked at Wegmans in Woodbridge now for the past 5 years and just always bring stuff home with me after work to Hamilton Park. Wegmans is expanding through Virginia and Maryland for the next few years. They would do well of course here in JC - tis not to be.

Men's Health magazine? Please!!! What trash. Everything's just fine here in Hamilton Park with me and my partner!

I live in Schroeder also - I know of one guy named Jonathan - but his wife and he moved in months ago like me - it can't be that Jonathan. I ate there for the first time a few weeks ago. I enjoyed the dinner, although the portions were a tad too small for me. The one small hard dinner roll delivered before the salad was a bit silly I thought - I had to ask for more and felt a bit guilty. This is a great place - I'm certain they are 'fine-tuning' the place now and it will be great! I see that they installed new lights by the windows - looks better. I cannot wait to try the new brunch - I bet it will be great - and I want to stop by for lunch one day when I'm off from work. And this whole thing about New York vs. New Jersey is SO SO silly. We ( JC residents) are making JC great - and only a mile or so to NYC over the river. What is with all of this comparing - so pretentious. I'm a NATIVE NYC boy - living in JC - it's all the same really! This constant comparision between the two is so so silly and sounds so immature.

Interesting that I noticed this today. Broadway is run by snots. A few years back my building had a hot water problem for one day - the one day I had an important function to get to in the city. The hot water was to be out for the entire day - it was sudden and unplanned and that's life sometimes ( I was renting at the time). Anyway, I spiffed myself up as best I could at home heating some water on the stove and was off to the function walking through the mall to the Path ( I pondered the thought of perhaps going to a hotel that morning for a good shower, but $100 + , it was just not worth it). So as I'm walking through the mall I thought that, hey, a hair place, at least I could get a good hair wash on the way! I stopped into Broadway, explained my odd situation to them, and they offered a wash and dry for $40.00. I thought that was a bit steep - they did not and would not budge. I then went downstairs to another place ( I forgot the name - smaller place - and they sympathized with my plight and offered the service for free - of course I tipped $10.00. So there is my tale about Broadway Haircare - I would enjoy seeing them go under someday - I think they are snots!

Since I'm a five year Wegmans employee in the Woodbridge NJ location and a long time resident of JC I thought I'd add my two cents to this conversation. First I do think that a Wegmans here would 'blow all others away' - of course it would not force others to close or anything but you cannot compare to Shop Rite or Pathmark. I do get a kick out of the renovated A&P - it looks like a very small Wegmans, just with poor quality and sky high prices on many items. Sadly there are no plans for a Wegmans here at home. The expansion plans over the next ten years is going on in Maryland and Virginia. Second, Wegmans is non-union. I came from the corporate world of 9-5 of many years and was laid off due to the horrid bush economy in 2002. I went through four interviews at Wegmans and was one of 147 folks lucky enough to snag a full time slot at Woodbridge - at the time the store received 4000 applications. I could not be happier with my current career - the pay and benefits at Wegmans are the best I've ever received in my life. When I don't bring groceries home from work each day my partner and I do hop over to Trader Joes in Edgewater - they do an outstanding job on most items that they offer - also Whole Foods is great, of course Wegmans offers most Whole Foods products in their Natures Market Section of each store, plus everything else found in a Shop Rite.

I'm amazed at all of these entries here regarding the service at my favorite diner The Brownstone. We have been going since the days it was The Newport - we go at least once a week for the past 9 years - have NEVER had an issue! The BEST pancakes in the whole town! I've shared dishes with my boyfriend for years - never have been charged. Service has always been good to excellent. The family knows us - knows us well - and have always been treated great there. The pancakes are great, but also the dinners are wonderful. The pasta dishes, the salads, etc etc etc! The Brownstone is always busy - has been for years. I'm just so surprised at all of the many negative things being said here on this page.

The new place looks great and we gotta try it out! ( I live upstairs in Schroeder). The menu looks really good - the prices would bring me in for a special dinner - certainly can't drop in a few times a week due to the prices. I would have liked to see some items a bit better priced - I think for the overall success of it that should be thought about - especially since I'm looking forward to the summer and would love to come down often and have a light dinner sitting outside in the warm summer air along with my favorite neighbors!