EasyGibson wrote:
It's held exclusively at the hottest hour of the hottest day of the year. Every year.

The guy in the abominable snowman costume really loves to sweat.

EasyGibson wrote:
P&K is as large as Tender Shoot and has a better selection.

It's also almost a literal stone's throw away. I mean, it'd be a pretty good heave, but there's probably somebody that could get it there.

psyop wrote:
I call bs on both of you. 1 post asking, 1 post responding.
If you are promoting your business just do that, no one is going to hire a shill.

sookaw wrote:
Hi - I just bought a house in The Heights and used Willy Dittmar from DICO Building Inspection. He was EXCELLENT, very thorough AND was very willing to talk to us several weeks after the inspection. We had some questions when hiring a contractor and Willy returned my call within 2 hrs and happily went over what I needed to ask the contractors.

I highly recommend him!

Dico Building Inspection
42 Lenape Ave
Newton, NJ 07860
973-857-4220

(I had asked this same question on nextdoor.com - that's why I chose him. You can look it up and ask any of us about our experience. I can't say enough praises about him.)

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Adonis wrote:

That's just a cop out from answering the question posed about any official or unofficial policy regarding the publishing of a person's race in JJ articles. While yes it may in fact be the responsibility of the editors to determine what gets published they surely provide feedback to you from time to time so that they have to make fewer edits in the future. What does that feedback indicate when it comes to the posed policy question vis-?-vis race reporting.

Don't intend it to be a cop-out. The conversation is really about our company's policy and I'm not a company spokesman. I also don't create our policies. I initially wrote that the apparent vandal in the Silverman graffiti story is white but users here are right that that is not our policy, so I changed it. If you're this concerned that not reporting the race of suspects is unfair to white people, you have to take that up with the editors.

Some unsolicited advice.. Don't give much weight to feedback received here. This is a dammed if you do and dammed if you don't crowd, as they say. No one here will ever be happy. On a site note, I do appreciate your articles for JJ, especially on development topics.

I don't think or feel that your observation is correct. Some of us took offense to the uneven application of a policy that seems arbitrary. I really don't care if the criminal in this article was white, brown or black. I am a minority, but I think it *is* helpful to point out obvious identifying traits when reporting crime stories. If it isn't OK to mention a given criminal is of a given race or has a given skin color, then it shouldn't be OK to do so when doing any crime reporting.

To Terrence: I didn't intend to pick on you, or your reporting. As others have mentioned, your articles are among the best at the JJ. I was just pointing out what seemed like a hypocritical application of the policy regarding race or skin color when reporting the news.

The police is asking for help in trying to find the guy. Of course it makes sense to include details of his physical characteristics to help identify him, IMO.

It would be different if they already caught the guy. There there would be no need to advertise his race/religion/creed or whatever else we use to divide ourselves.

I will personally buy a round of PBRs for fellow JClisters at Barcade when they catch this guy to celebrate! Serious invitation with the condition that no one brings any CCTV or other cameras. hahaha

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Please move elsewhere.

Can't take any criticism eh? Things can't improve if you pretend problems don't exist.

YOU can't take any criticism, EH?

This makes no sense - no one criticized me until this post.

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Things can't improve if you pretend THAT THESE problems don't exist.

This doesn't refute my original point. Nice try.

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Please move elsewhere.

Can't take any criticism eh? Things can't improve if you pretend problems don't exist.

downtownthompson wrote:
Hey guys, I came across this site the hobokenindex.com havent heard of it till the other day. Went to a few of the places over the weekend seems a little more accurate then the hoboken411.

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Thanks for posting this, user1111!!!

As of now, Ocean Ave is zoned as residential (it was changed from a business zoning to residential in the 70s when the population of JC began to decrease), so if someone wants to open a small business there, they have to jump through all sorts of hoops to make it happen. There is a new fruit and vegetable market opening soon on Danforth and Ocean, and it took them a long time to do it. That should not be the case and we want to make our neighborhood more walkable and friendly to small business.

Ever since we started talking to the planning department about having Ocean Ave zoned back to a business district, two different people have come up to me personally to say they would love to open up a small coffee shop and an art gallery/framing place, and would seriously consider it should the zoning rules allow it. This would help out the businesses that are already there as well (some examples: Casa Latina - awesome food, an organic dry cleaners, Lou's Diner, a pharmacy that's been there for decades, etc).

I'll post the information about this event below in case anyone is interested:

The South Greenville Neighborhood Association has planned this event. It will be on May 30th from 9:30 am to 2:00 pm at People's Tabernacle of Worship church on the corner of Ocean and Danforth.

The task of this community gathering is to co-create a vision for Ocean Avenue redevelopment (from Merritt Street to Cator Avenue) that incorporates what the community wants to bring to life in this section of the neighborhood, as well as what it does not want.

In a structured, facilitated approach, we will share ideas and wishes for the neighborhood that honors the values of all the diverse residents and those who work there. The diversity is rich and valued ? all genders, age groups, ethnicities, economics, workers, with a range of diverse issues, such as having a community center, re-establishment of the library, preservation of historic buildings and fixing other buildings, continuing the clean up of the street scape, and more.

During the day, we will be working in small groups so that everyone has an opportunity to contribute and we can avoid individual grandstanding.

Coffee and donuts/rolls will be served in the morning and lunch at about noontime. Free of charge ( small contributions will be accepted at the event to offset the cost.) Mayor Fulop will stop by.

If you would like to attend, please register here:http://www.eventbrite.com/o/south-gre ... ion-8149733574?s=38133010

I am a little weary of the government getting involved but hopefully they can get some things done. Check out whats happening on Woodlawn and Ocean the development there is happening organically without Frank or Diane involvement. An organic smoothie shop is about to open and further down by the firehouse a BBQ spot its set to open with backyard seating. I do agree with the rezoning of Ocean Ave, too many houses were built on some parts of the Avenue which does not make much sense. Another negative of Ocean as you go further down towards Bergen Lafayatte far too many liquor stores.

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Re: SW corner Barrow/Bright,

My girlfriend and I were walking past on Monday, and the door was open so we peaked in. An older guy greeted us and said he was building out a restaurant. We asked what kind of food, and he said pizza, pasta, etc.

Sadly, I'm not joking.

He then said he might also offer some traditional Indian food.

He also mentioned that the city was giving him a really hard time with the build out, with permits, etc.

fat-ass-bike wrote:



Voted No.1 weirdo of all time