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Hoboken Residents Want Community Center With Pool, Survey Says
Hoboken's people have spoken, and they want a municipal complex, according to newly-released survey results.
A survey of more than 1,000 city residents found the vast majority support a new municipal complex that offers the most public services.
The City of Hoboken released the results of the Hoboken Municipal Complex Design Alternatives Questionnaire on Tuesday, May 3.
Of four choices, 92 percent of residents chose the fourth design which includes a civic center, pool, recreation center, and field house.
"The survey results speak for themselves," Mayor Ravi S. Bhalla said in a …
'He Made Us Better': Bloomingdale Mourns Loss Of Mayor Jon Dunleavy
Patient. Funny. Devoted to his residents.
This is how Bloomingdale Mayor Jon Dunleavy was being remembered Sunday morning, the day after his death was announced by the borough on Facebook. It was not clear how Dunleavy died.
He and his wife, Janet, celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary on Nov. 3. Dunleavy is also survived by his four children, Katie, Ryan, Emily and Sean.
Dunleavy has served as Bloomingdale's mayor since 2011, and previously served as a councilman, ROSE Fund Chairman, Recreation President and Bloomingdale Youth Organization President, Certified Rutgers S…
Neighborhood Makes Final Route Special For Retiring Bergen County Mailman
By no fault of his own, Ron Allen was behind on his Washington Township route on Monday.
Word spread throughout neighborhood over the weekend that the longtime mail carrier would be retiring, so each resident planned a special goodbye -- complete with balloons, cards and even tears.
"He took the time to get to know the families on his route," said Jeanette McCullough, who presented Allen with balloons and a card.
"He’s watched us grow up, get married, have children, passing of parents and love ones. He became our friend, not just our mailman."
Back in his early years,…
