Please place them on the curb Sunday, Monday, Wednesday or Friday nights after 9pm. They are picked up separately from trash and taken to Nature’s Choice for mulching.

Recipients of the awards are as follows:

Community Service Award to Valerie D’Antonio for being a volunteer for many causes and on many committees.
Environmental Award, In Memoriam to Marj Laue for her efforts in the development of green gardens in the city.
Community Awareness Award to Mark Singleton for his extraordinary work involving the care of the poor and shelter for the homeless.
QLC’s Green Award to Jason Scott and Chris Viola, owners of The Taco Truck and restaurant for their “green” store and contributions to the city’s tree planting program.

Attached are reward certificates for the recipients:

The Hoboken Thanksgiving Awards were initiated in 2005 by the Hoboken Quality of Life Coalition as a means of expressing gratitude for the energy and talent provided by ordinary citizens who volunteer their time and talent without remuneration for the benefit of the city. “These awards provide an opportunity for the Hoboken community to bring its many-times unspoken expressions of thanks and gratitude to full voice,” says Helen Manogue, Coordinator of QLC. “The new QLC Green Award has been created in order to point out what a business entity can do to assist the city in reducing carbon dioxide emissions and clearing the air.”

“Yes” means you vote to repeal the changes to Hoboken’s Rent Control regulations, adopted in March by Hoboken City Council
“No” means the new Rent Control regulations will take effect.

What’s the potential impact? Come to Hoboken Quality of Life Coalition’s Debate on Rent Control Question #2

THIS FRIDAY, October 28
from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace School,
corner of Willow at 5th Street

The markets’ Jersey Fresh produce and baked goods will make preparing healthy meals easier. Farms in 2011 will include:

K & S Farms, Union Hill Farms, Melick’s Town Farm, Starbright Farm, The Bread Company, Pickle-licious.

Visit HobokenFarmersMarket.com/

To get the system working properly, Hoboken Public Works Department is offering to hold meetings with building maintenance/management companies and condo associations to explain the program. Just send an email to Dave Calamoneri, dcalamoneri@hobokennj.org.

In as much as the Quality of Life Coalition and its Committee for a Green Hoboken introduced the idea of single stream recycling and urged its adoption, we are assisting the City of Hoboken in getting information out to the general public about the new recycling regulations. The new regs went into effect June 7, 2011 though the city won’t start enforcement for a few months so that everyone has the time to get the hang of the new procedures. Info is on the city’s website at http://www.hobokennj.org/departments/environmental-services/recycling-garbage/

Effect on Multi Family Buildings

Many multi family buildings may need to change their recycling room procedures, make sure residents (owners & renters) understand the changes and will reduce the amount of landfill waste from Hoboken. Keep in mind too, recycling just got a lot simpler.

Biggest changes:
1) As of June 7, the City is now picking up COMMINGLED plastics, glass, cans, cardboard & paper on both Tuesdays & Thursdays. Recyclables must be in bins with lids, not plastic garbage bags no matter how small or how large. Paper will go into the bins with everything else but cardboard can be bundled & set to the side.

2) No plastic bags!! The big change is that no plastic bags are to be put in the bins. The waste processor – Waste Management – will charge the city if there are a large number of plastic bags mixed in (either grocery store plastic bags or giant garbage bags). We need to make sure that residents no longer drop recyclables in plastic bags into the cans in the basement or collection area. If the residents carry recyclables down for disposal in plastic bags, they need to open the plastic bags, dump the plastics/cans/glass/paper, and toss the plastic bags in a separate garbage can. Some buildings are creating a separate bin just for the plastic bags which they will accumulate and later take to local grocery stores that accept such bags.

We recommend that shoppers use reusable canvas or cloth bags to bring home the groceries and to tote recyclables down to their recycle area.

3) A major benefit of the new system is that more types of plastics & papers are accepted now — Any numbered plastics with the numbers 1 to 7 on the bottom may now be recycled. (Plastic caps should be removed but may be added to the recycle mix,) Junk mail (even with cellophane windows!), phone books, magazines, even paperback books may be recycled, and no need to worry about the occasional staple, paperclip, rubber bands, cellophane windows on envelopes, etc. — all that’s OK.

There are a few items that CANNOT be recycled, like plastic six-pack rings and slick address sticker label sheets, but it’s all on the city’s flyer, which everyone should have
received in the mail last week along with the city’s recreation program. The flyer is available on the city website www.hobokennj.org.

The city is also giving away — for free — blue lidded garbage pails with “Hoboken Recycles” printed on the side and lid. Public Works also has Recycle stickers available if you decide not to use new bins and reuse existing cans. ALL bins used for recycling must have lids which MUST have the recycling stickers on them so the collection trucks can see that the bin is for recycling. Building maintenance personnel will be carrying or wheeling (depending on the bins used) to transport up to 32-gallon bins out to the curb Tuesday and Thursday evenings and will collect them again in the morning.

If you need any more information, let us know. The QLC/CGH is trying to develop a list of frequently asked questions to help multifamily and condo buildings adapt to the changes. www.qlcHoboken.org.

Please remember- no plastic bags in the mix.

QLC thanks Jason Tecza, a member of the QLC’s Committee for a Green Hoboken for having introduced the idea of single stream recycling, for performing research about its operation and benefits, and urging its adoption. Our gratitude as well to the Zimmer administration for its acceptance of the idea and to the City Council for unanimously approving the ordinance to enact the program.

Helen Manogue, Coordinator, Hoboken Quality of Life Coalition
and QLC’s Committee for a Green Hoboken
Melissa Abernathy, Assistant Coordinator, QLC and QLC’s CGH
Tom Chartier, Chair QLC’s Committee for a Green Hoboken

The Quality of Life Coalition and our Committee for a Green Hoboken are seeking volunteers to “adopt” one (or more, if possible) of these new trees. YOU are invited to be a “Treekeeper” who will care for your adopted tree through the Spring of 2012. Your primary responsibilities are:

1. To provide 20 gallons of water per week through October 2011;
2. Advise the Hoboken Shade Tree Commission if a tree takes a turn for the worse by contacting Shade Tree Commissioner Steve Fahmie at steve34@gmail.com.

You will have the opportunity to select a tree(s) of your choice. Contact Steve Fahmie at the e-mail above giving you name, address, email and phone number. He, in turn, will contact you with a list of the new trees that are in your general vicinity from which you may select your adopted tree(s).

Thank you for responding to this opportunity to take a personal interest in how trees are able to grow and thrive in Hoboken. The neighborhood thanks you, the Quality of Life Coalition thanks you and the City of Hoboken thanks you.

This is an invitation to participate in a conversation about Phase 1 and Phase 2 Redevelopment Plan and this important site within the City.

Tuesday, May 31st 2011
Time: 6.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.
Location: Rue Building Auditorium, 301 Garden Street, Hoboken, 07030

First community meeting will:

• Review existing site conditions and constraints for One Hudson Place property.
• Discuss issues, opportunities, and your priorities to guide the Redevelopment Plan.

We want to share our ideas and hear yours. Help us in this effort by attending and encouraging your family and friends to do so as well.

Contact Information
City of Hoboken
94 Washington Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030
Email: redevelopmentnjtransit@hobokennj.org
Website: http://www.hobokennj.org/hobokenterminal
Flyer: http://www.hobokennj.org/docs/communitydev/Hoboken-Terminal-Public-Meeting-5-31-11.pdf

The panel was divided into two groups, with Carmelo Garcia, Clifford Godfrey and Jean-Marie Mitchell in the first group, Peter Biancamano, Steven Feinstein, Frances Rhodes-Kearns and Patricia Waiters in the second. The election takes place on April 27, 2011.

After a 1 minute opening statement, each candidate was given a minute to answer each question, with the order of responses shifting to allow each candidate a chance to go first or last. Questions were submitted by audience members and screened by a panel from the two organizations that included Theresa Howard, Helen Manogue and Melissa Abernathy. The audience was instructed to submit questions that could be generally directed at all panelists. Attached to this article are two audio files, one from each session. (Please note: You may need to adjust your audio to hear all the candidates, as the recording was made by ambient sound, not from a mixing board.)
Session 1:
BOE forum, part 1-web
Session 2:
BOE forum, part 2-web