Community Affairs

“The Golden Door Mini-Golf Course” at the Hamilton Square in Downtown Jersey City is a fundraiser for the Jersey City Museum and will be open from June 24 to Labor Day. It’s not unusual for a person walking down McWilliams Place in Jersey City to stop and ask a carpenter or artist what’s going on […]

Exciting news. On July 15th, 5:30pm, at City Hall, Project Play has a public hearing. Project Play will present its concept plan about proposed renovations to the playground areas in Church Square Park. This follows an initial public meeting, held on May 22nd at Church Square Park, which had about 40 residents in attendance. Please

The City of Hoboken is drastically expanding its bicycle parking capacity by more than doubling the number of locations with bike racks. “They say that if you build it, they will come, and that’s exactly why we’re continuing to expand our bicycle infrastructure,” said Mayor Dawn Zimmer. “This is an important component of my administration’s

With the Macy’s Fireworks relocating to the Hudson River this year, Hoboken will be host to tens of thousands of guests on July 4th. To assure the welfare of both residents and visitors, the City of Hoboken has established a comprehensive public safety action plan. The fireworks display will begin at 9:20 pm and last

The City of Hoboken and Connect by Hertz’s new “Corner Cars” program is being touted as the country’s first true city-wide car-sharing program. It works like this: The program is similar to the ZipCar program that already exists in Hoboken, where people pay an annual fee and can go pick up a car to use

A forum scheduled in Hoboken to discuss transportation issues has been postponed from June 17 at the Multi-Service Center. Instead, it has been rescheduled for Wednesday, June 23 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Jubilee Center, 601 Jackson St. Mayor Dawn Zimmer and Transportation and Parking Director Ian Sacs will host the meeting to