HPHA Neighborhood News

From today's Jersey Journal:

Rally bad news, Hill fans
Saturday, July 28, 2007

A public rally for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., scheduled for Monday in Jersey City has been canceled, according to the organizers.

Clinton, who was slated to appear at Newport Town Square, will still come to town for a fund-raiser, but the rally will be held another time, said Councilman Steve Fulop, one of the organizers.

Fulop said the rally was canceled due to time constraints.

Monday, July 30th, Senator Clinton will be in Jersey City at a free public event.
The HPHA will be handing out voter registration forms at the event.

Who: Senator Hillary Clinton & Voter Registration
When: Monday, July 30th at 5PM
Where: Newport Town Square (located in front of South City Grill in Newport)

JERSEY CITY, NJ, 7/16/2007 10:07:03 PM - United Water received official notification from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to lift the boil water advisory for residents in the City of Hoboken and the Newport section of Jersey City. The boil water advisory had been in effect since about 5 p.m. Saturday when a contractor accidentally ruptured a 36-inch water main that was installed in 1924.

Laboratory results showed that the water remained safe at all times while the advisory was in effect. Customers were advised to boil water as a precautionary measure while United Water emergency crews repaired the water main, restored water service and collected water samples from throughout the affected areas and finished conducting water quality tests on those samples. Those results were provided to the NJDEP earlier this evening.

"This main break has been a major inconvenience for residents in Hoboken and Jersey City," said Jim Glozzy, vice president and general manager of United Water. "We owe these residents a sincere thank you for their patience and understanding during this emergency. We also owe a debt of gratitude to the hard work and effort of the Jersey City MUA, the Jersey City Office of Emergency Management and the Jersey City and Hoboken police and fire departments for their assistance."

According to Glozzy, now that the company has restored full service back to all residents, officials will begin to investigate circumstances that led to a contractor working on a demolition project accidentally striking the 36-inch water main on Coles Street in Jersey City on Saturday causing widespread low water pressure and, in some areas, water outages throughout the City of Hoboken and the Newport section of Jersey City.

For more information customers can call customer service at 1-800-575-4433.

Read the full press release from United Water (includes contact information and other details).

Due to a water main break, Jersey City residents should boil their water for the next 48 hours.

From: Captain McDonough [mailto:jcpdeastdistrict@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 4:58 PM
To: east
Subject: 4th of July Street Info.
Hello.

Please be advised of the following and passalong to all community members, neighbors, family and friends.

Effective 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 4, 2007 the following streets will be closed to non-resident traffic.
- East of Marin Blvd. between Grand St. andMontgomery St.
- South of Montgomery St. between Marin Blvd. andGreene St.
- East of Greene St. between Montgomery St. andChristopher Columbus Dr.
- East of Washington Blvd. between Pavonia Ave. and Newport Parkway

Regards.

Captain Brian McDonough