I also recommend Secaucus Animal Hospital. I have seen both Dr. Hatch and Dr. Cavedo, and they are both great vets. Better than most human doctors. They look at the whole picture, and a more holistic approach to care. (And by that, I mean they look at what is going on with the entire body, and working from there, rather than just the obvious issue.)

You can tell that they both love animals and really care about giving the best treatment.

Also, although the office visit fee is the same as Downtown Vets, all in all they are less expensive, because they seem to take a more wait and see approach. I took my animals to Downtown for a long time, and the standard there was to test for everything, and then see what happened. I love my pets, but it did wind up being very expensive, and a lot of what they did felt unnecessary. Also, a lot of the vets there would push products on you, which I didn't like.

There was a thread on this some time ago worth reading. I no longer bring my pets to Downtown either, (I explain in the thread below). I now go to Westside. Good luck!

http://jclist.com/modules/newbb/viewt ... =ASC&type=&mode=0&start=0

New Jersey school districts that have enacted pay freezes, by county:


http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010 ... cast_ballots_on_scho.html

That's pretty amazing considering every other county at least have some district that step up.

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My friend took her 7 year old dog to the Downtown Vet for a teeth cleaning. The Vet ordered a series of pre-tests one week before because the dog was "older"and had to be put under for the procedure. The day of the cleaning, she gets a second bill for the same pre-test. When she asked about it, she got a hostile response and a totally negative attitude. She never did get her money back so a routine teeth cleaning cost more than $500. She never went back.

I don't think any dog owner who truly loves their pet would EVER compromise their dog's health. But there are super expensive vets who order ever procedure under the sun, and there are responsive vets who know how to heal a sick pet. Super expensive is not always better. But, if super expensive makes YOU feel good, then go for it.

The backboards may be acrylic. Been awhile since I've see one shatter.

As for the rubber, I am not hopeful.

They're currently working on stripping and painting the exterior wall and fencing.

Monmouth St Deli has the best sandwiches in town. Nothing else is even close.

2nd St- amazing! I have to stop myself from going there every day it's so good.

Agreed, but do you really trust a federal regulator to be much better? Any system that requires the government to outsmart the banks on synthetic derivatives just isn't going to be effective.

Second Street Bakery is fantastic. I especially like their meatball parm.

Walked by this past weekend and saw the new basketball hoops that have been put up.

Does anyone find it odd that they are made of glass? I don't expect those glass back boards to stay for long. All we need are a few people dunking balls and then hanging on the hoops.

SMASH...broken glass all over the place. (good way to close the basketball court though).

Another thing I noticed, apparently the remainder of the lamp posts have been put in. However, now the little medallions have JC on them. So I guess they really did buy leftovers from Hoboken's sidewalk project. Otherwise why the sudden change to JC. Is it possible to get new medallions so that all the lamps can be JC? It looks strange.

Also, I guess gravel isn't good enough for the kids play area? Looks like they are going to be putting something else there. Rubber shavings?

But it looks like its just about done. I hope they can put some folks on overtime to get it done quicker than June.

FG.

P.S. Don't forget to paint the entrances to the park and the fence too.

Just moved to the Pershing Field neighborhood. Can anyone recommend a good dry cleaner?

Come back with the cute jokes when it's your door or car.

See my post #10.

Tom Petty?

the place on Mallory Avenue is the best. I think it's called Carmines.
But Monmouth St. Deli has really good mozarella.

Yeah, I think the budget was bloated intentionally, just to make the establishment seem like heroes when they cut the increase to whatever obscene hike we're left with after tomorrow.
I hope no one loves them for that!

2nd Street Bakery is very good, and it's just classic.

Hey listers,I am a big fan of fresh mootz and stuff and only 2 places I really like are in hoboken....but I was just on yelp.com and found these 2 deli's and would like to know if anyone has eaten there and can post their reviews.ty

I really want to try Andrea Salumeria based on these reviews of them...bout a 30 min walk which isnt bad

http://www.yelp.com/biz/andrea-salumeria-jersey-city

also this deli got really amazing ratings and I never been here nor heard of it

http://www.yelp.com/biz/second-street-bakery-jersey-city

Fantastic!

I bet he just renewed and updated his insurance coverage.

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Rating agency ratings are of dubious value. They almost always lag/miss economic reality. Just look at the range of market yields for equally rated instruments.

it cracks me up how 99% of the people who get "robbed" in this town have tens of thousands of dollars worth of untracable cash/jewels/electronics in their bags/backpacks/purse... amazing.

pretty funny mistake in the article T-bird pasted:

"Since the budget was introduced in January, 278 city employees have been laid and the city has picked up grant that...."


great to know our city government is having so much sex!

A prediction:

The City Council is asking for an almost 25% tax hike for homeowners.

The Council on HIGH will say....

"Hey, good slaves, uh..we mean...people of Jersey City.... we LOVE you...we'll cut our fat, sloppy request of 25%...down to.....um, um, let's say....18%!

The people will CHEER! And once again they will LOVE back the corrupt City Council for they only ripped them off 18% and not 25%!


(This is exactly what happened in NYC.)

Let's see if my prediction is correct!

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Recycled paper is actually more expensive then standard paper:

$46 a case:
http://www.staples.com/Staples-Multip ... e-Paper/product_SS1003387

Versus $60 a case:
http://www.staples.com/Staples-100-Re ... y-Paper/product_SS1027991

That 10 million in savings will be nixed by the 10 million tax levy increase from the board of ed budget, no?

From Jersey City Independent (www.jcindy.com)

Dramatic Budget Season Nears Its Close

By Shane Smith ? Apr 20th, 2010

In the months since the draft municipal budget was introduced in January, voices have been raised in protest at city council meetings, city services have been cut, workers have been laid off and pay raises for police and fire were nixed. But despite all these events, taxpayers can expect a tax increase this year.

City officials held meetings with business administrator Brian O?Reilly and his staff over the course of the past weeks and months to dissect the budget and trim expenses wherever possible; these efforts reduced the proposed tax levy by over $10 million, from about $196 million to $185 million. For individual taxpayers, this means that the $800 increase in taxes per $100,000 of assessed value that was proposed in January has dropped to $593. O?Reilly tells JCI that three ?big-picture? items contributed to the reduction of the tax levy burden this year: deep cuts to services; increased revenues from payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs) (commonly known as abatements); and a court victory in a ?very challenging? insurance case against the city...

Read the entire article:
http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/ ... t-season-nears-its-close/

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I've seen lots of "Aids" tags in Downtown. Maybe it's the same person and they have a thing for diseases, lol

I don't know if Councilman Fulop has a public position on the teacher's contract. The candidates he's endorsed have differing positions, a reminder that that's just one of many important issues which the School Board confronts.