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It looks like we have another candidate for Hoboken Mayor. Thanks to a tip from an anonymous reader I have found Frank Orsini’s web site at the following address:

http://orsiniforhobokenmayor.com/index.htm

Note: When I first checked it gave me a message that it is registered and a web site is pending. Checking back this morning at 9AM there is this message that the site is under construction:

While sauntering on Washington Street I noticed all of these strollers outside the Symposia Bookstore bewteen 5th and 6th on Washington Street. It must have been for the nearly daily show Puppetonia that always seems to pack the house full of young tikes. The Fundamendalist South has their “Holy Rollers” and this picture makes me want to say “Holy Strollers, Batman”. I have definetly noticed the baby boom trend in the 6 years plus that I have lived here. Now the question remains, will at least some of these families set down roots here and stay longer than 5 years? Time will tell.

Two New Exhibits Opening, March 1, 2-5 pm at the Hoboken Historical Museum

“Up and Down the River: A History of the Hudson, 1609 – 2009″

Join the Hoboken Historical Museum on Sunday, March 1, for a free reception from 2 – 5 p.m. to kick off our latest exhibition, “Up and Down the River: A History of the Hudson, 1609 – 2009.”

It’s a rare chance to celebrate a quadricentennial. A hundred years ago this fall, New York City threw a two-weeklong public celebration of a double anniversary: the tricentennial of Henry Hudson’s voyage up the river that now bears his name and the centennial (plus two) of Robert Fulton’s first successful steamboat crossing in 1807. One of the largest public anniversaries in the country’s history, offices and factories closed and the number of commuter trains doubled to handle the crowds for the banquets, parades, historical floats, theatrical performances, lectures, fireworks and an airplane flight by Wilbur Wright around the Statue of Liberty.

The exhibit will extend through the end of the year to accommodate a full agenda of talks, events, educational programs and art celebrating the river that shaped our city’s fortunes, by:

Providing food and commerce to the area’s first inhabitants, the Lenni Lenape Indians;

Connecting 19th century New Yorkers to Hoboken during its incarnation as the “Elysian Fields” and home of the cup-winning yacht, America;

Bringing to its piers the grand passenger ships from Europe and later a bustling cargo trade, as depicted in the film “On the Waterfront”;

Inspiring groundbreaking maritime research at the Stevens Institute of Technology;

Providing recreational activities along miles of New Jersey waterfront walkway, thanks to the advocacy of citizen activists.

For the exhibition, the Museum commissioned an original mural of the outline of Hoboken’s waterfront along the length of the main wall, painted by local artist Ray Guzman. Items on display, including a scale model of a Hudson River tugboat by John Marinovich and memorabilia from the 1909 Hudson-Fulton celebration, come from the Museum’s own collections, as well as from the South Street Seaport Museum, Stevens Institute of Technology and the Bayonne Historical Society.

Group Art Show, “hob’art’s Hoboken” Opens Sunday, Mar. 1

Eight members of the cooperative gallery, hob’art, have contributed works that focus on Hoboken and reflect a personal view of the city for the Upper Gallery exhibit, “hob’art’s Hoboken,” which opens Sunday, Mar. 1, with a reception from 2 – 5p.m. Admission is free.

The public is invited to meet the artists and see their interpretations of Hoboken in photographs and other media, including painting on silk, which will be on display through April 12. The participating artists are Elizabeth Cohen, Tom Eagan, Femi Ford, Andrea Milo, Virginia Parrott, Roslyn Rose, Leona Seufert and Sissi Siska.

The artists will return for a panel discussion about their works on Sunday, March 29 at 4 p.m., titled “Art in a New Era.” The group’s president, Elizabeth Cohen, will lead off with a brief statement about hob’art’s mission and aims for the immediate future, then each panelist will explain how he or she individually used both traditional techniques and modern technology to capture an individual view of Hoboken.

Here is an announcemnet from Lower Hoboken Taxes. In conjunction with Hoboken Revolt they are planning a rally at City Hall next Wednesday March 4th to demand accountability of the City Council:

“FORCE CHANGE” RALLY NEXT WEDNESDAY!!!!

Join us Next Wednesday, March 4th at 6:30 pm, as LowerHobokenTaxes.com will join forces with Hoboken Revolt and rally at City Hall to tell our council members to start getting involved in making budget cuts or we will use our power of recall to get them out of office. We had 300 people at the last rally in December. Our goal is to double that to 600! Mark your calendar, grab your friends and neighbors and meet us at City Hall at 6:30 PM. Attached is a flier with the details. Please post this flyer in your building and encourage people to attend.

Here is the flier in Slide Share:

Here is a veiw of the World Trade Center Building #7 from right outside the downtown PATH Station in New York City:

Here is an article posted on NJ.com….

N.J. Senate approves bill allowing use of medical marijuana

The state Senate voted today to legalize marijuana for medical use, despite warnings the drug would fall into the hands of recreational users instead of the chronically ill patients who suffer from debilitating symptoms. The New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act targets patients suffering from a debilitating disease defined as cancer, glaucoma, HIV and AIDS, and other chronic illnesses that cause “wasting syndrome, severe or chronic pain, seizures and severe and persistent muscle spasms,” according to the bill.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/02/nj_senate_approves_medical_mar.html

In the interest of discussion here are two articles, one for and one against marijuana being legalized outright……

Here is an argument for making marijuana legal:

http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/stories/2003/12/22/whyIsMarijuanaIllegal.html

Here is an argument for keeping marijuana illegal:

http://www.odysseyhouseinc.org/News/bht1002.html

And here is the Hoboken Journal Reader Poll:

And here is the anti-pot propaganda film “Reefer Madness” for reference. Regardless of your position on the topic the claims made in this cult classic seem far fetched and outlandish to our modern sensibilities:

I received this email from David R. Lambert who is promoting teen mentoring for children in Hoboken. Here is his email:

To my neighbors in Hoboken:
My name is David Lambert and I am writing to invite you to an important gathering in Hoboken, NJ on March 5th. The theme of the event is Mentoring. The centerpiece of the evening will be a screening of the film Journeyman, a one-hour documentary about two teenage boys and the impact that mentoring has on their lives.

My goal is to create a discussion about the importance of mentoring in our evolving community, and I’d like you to be part of this event!

About the event:
You are invited to a screening and discussion at All Saints Episcopal Parish, at 701 Washington Street in Hoboken, NJ. Please join everyone at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 5. In addition to the general public, I am inviting many people from many local and state organizations, from the town Board of Ed and local youth groups to the NJ Division of Youth and Family Services, as well as mentoring organizations such as Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Boys to Men and iMentor.

This is a non-denominational event. Light snacks will be provided. A suggested donation of $5 will cover the costs of screening the film.

About the film:
Journeyman is a Minnesota-made documentary about American male culture and the need for men in boys’ lives—and vice versa. The film focuses on two boys, Mike and Joe, introducing us to their families, their strengths, their limitations, and the challenges each faces in overcoming obstacles as they move from boyhood toward manhood.

The film also features Michael Gurian (The Good Son and The Wonder of Boys,) Dr. Barbara Coloroso, (Kids Are Worth It), and Dr. David Walsh (Why Do They Act that Way?).
Journeyman studies the phenomena of “at risk” boys. The documentary gives us two powerful central theses: First, that boys who lack male mentors and healthy “rites of passage” are prone to search for other things to fill in the gap; those “solutions” can include drugs, promiscuity, gangs or worse. Second, and perhaps less obvious, is the discovery that men who aren’t actively involved in mentoring the boys around them are also lacking something vital, and are just as prone to seek poor or even self-destructive substitutes.

Journeyman has had theatre screenings in major cities across the country, and it recently won the Best Documentary 2008 award at the Gloria Film Festival in Salt Lake City. It has been used to recruit and train new mentors, fund-raise and generally raise awareness about the issues teenage boys face, including teen violence, high dropout rates, depression, addiction and even suicide. Additional information about the film can be found at www.mirrormanfilms.org.

To view previews and trailers, please click these links:

Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dINl_U_vqg
Higher quality version:
http://www.videohaiku.com/journeyman/trailer.mp4
Windows:
http://www.videohaiku.com/journeyman/trailer.wmv

About the organizer:
I have lived in Hoboken since 1995 and have been active in a men’s group called the Mankind Project since 2000. (Journeyman was filmed by members of The Mankind Project.)
As I watch Hoboken and the neighboring towns in Hudson County evolve, I see an ever-growing need for support and mentoring in the lives of the teens around me. And I see a tremendous surge of people in the neighborhood who might have the time and the ability to offer their gifts, if they only knew the need existed.

Thank you very much for your time and interest in this event. Please call 201-459-8858 if you have any questions or if you’d like to volunteer to help on the night of the event, and feel free to pass this invitation on to others who might be interested or have something to contribute to the conversation.

Sincerely,
David R. Lambert

2009 Speaker Series – Live and Uncensored

Here is what promises to be a good showdown between snarky liberal Bill Maher and vitriolic conservative Ann Coulter in New York City on March 9th at Radio City Music Hall.

MSG Entertainment is proud to announce the second annual “Speaker Series: The Minds That Move The World,” a timely and important series of events that will provide attendees with a unique framework for understanding America’s current political landscape and place in world politics, through the insights of some of the most prominent political figures of our time.

For additional information and tickets go to this site: