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Hudson County Improvement Authority’s Fall Household Hazardous Waste Event will take place on Sunday, October 5 from 9am to 1pm at the Hoboken Municipal Garage, located on Willow Avenue & Observer Highway.

Hazardous wastes are items found in our homes, garages and outdoor sheds that are dangerous to our environment and cannot be disposed of in our everyday trash. For example, pesticides and solvents are dangerous substances that when inhaled or consumed can be life threatening. That is why the HCIA runs its semi-annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program to help residents rid their homes of these materials.

Latex Paint no longer contains dangerous chemicals and is not classified as “hazardous”. Beginning in 2010, we will not accept latex paint at our collections. Latex paint can be dried in the container and thrown out in the regular trash. Please leave the covers off for disposal. For more information, please call our Environmental Hotline at (800) 540-0987.

Alkaline Batteries are no longer accepted. Please dispose of them in your regular garbage. Rechargeable batteries should be brought to the collection sites.

Items you can bring:

• Pesticides
• Herbicides
• Corrosives
• Thinners
• Oil based paint
• Pool chemicals
• Car batteries
• Rechargeable batteries
• Used motor oil
• Solvents
• Cleaners
• Full or partially full aerosol cans*
• Propane tanks (from barbecues only)
• Fire extinguishers
• Formaldehyde
• Fluorescent tubes
• CFLs (Compact Fluorescent Lamps)
• Auto and marine flares
• Thermostats
• Cell phones
• Mercury fever thermometers

Computers and Electronics

• Computers
• Monitors
• Printers
• Copiers
• Fax machines
• Televisions
• Stereo equipment
• Microwaves
• Consumer electronic items

*Empty aerosol cans should be thrown out in regular trash

Items you cannot bring:

• Latex Paint
• Alkaline Batteries
• Explosives
• Ammunition
• Compressed gas
• Smoke detectors
• Infectious waste
• Asbestos
• Woodlife
• Dioxin & Kepone
• Silvex 2, 4, 5-T
• PCBs or TCCD
• Radioactive material
• Ballasts
• Washers and dryers
• Refrigerators and freezers
• Air conditioners
• Unknown materials
• Unidentified materials

The deadline to complete the online survey to collect public input on various design alternatives for Sinatra drive has been extended from October 3 until October 15, 2014. There has been a tremendous response from the community and the City wants to ensure that all stakeholders that have an interest in this project have the opportunity to provide their feedback as part of the public process.

On Monday, September 15, 2014, the 2nd public workshop was held as part of developing a community vision for the redesign of Sinatra Drive. Members of the community are invited to visit www.hobokennj.org/sinatradrive to review project materials and complete the online survey to provide their feedback on various design alternatives.

It took 184 years but Woolrich finally opened their first store in the United States with a standalone space in New York’s SoHo neighborhood. The Pennsylvania based company opened a new two-floor, vintage inspired store in on Wooster Street and elected to design the store as a “contemporary retrospective of the company’s 184-year history,” highlighted by the presence of wool shearing tools, swatch cards, catalogues and other historic items arranged around the space. The full contemporary Woolrich John Rich & Bros collection as well as Mark McNairy‘s Woolen Mills line are available in-house.

Woolrich
125 Wooster Street
New York, NY 10012

Woolrich Open Their First-Ever North American Store in NYC is a post by Thomas Welch on Selectism.

Bird’s-Eye View Rendering of Washington Street (Downtown)

The City of Hoboken has completed a conceptual design for the “complete street” redesign of Washington Street. The design was presented at the final public meeting on September 23, 2014.

“I thank the community for providing their input on this important project through public meetings, focus groups, and surveys,” said Mayor Dawn Zimmer. “This plan builds on our award-winning main street by improving pedestrian safety and traffic flow, enhancing mobility for all users, and supporting local businesses. Now that we have community consensus, I look forward to working with the City Council and hope they will fully support this important project so it can be completed as quickly as possible.”

Complete streets are roadways designed for safe, attractive, and comfortable travel by users of all ages and abilities. The City’s plan proposes upgrading Washington Street with safety improvements and enhancements to get around safely on foot, bicycle, car, or public transportation. By providing safe and equitable travel for everyone—including children, families, older adults, and people with disabilities—complete streets stimulate active, healthy behavior, reduce automotive traffic and pollution, encourage more foot traffic to businesses, and enhance interaction on Hoboken’s vital main street.

Highlights of the final concept plan include:

Improved Road Operations & Traffic Flow

• Roadway resurfacing for entire corridor
• Designated commercial loading zones with time restrictions
• Short-term parking for quick errands
• Numbered parking spaces for quicker & easier parking and payment
• New traffic signals and timing increase corridor average speed from 6-8mph to 8-12mph
• Parallel and angled parking maintained on both sides of the street
• Back-in angled parking for safer parking

Improved Pedestrian Safety & Lighting

• State of the art signal design to ensure visibility for all users of the street
• Pedestrian countdown signal heads
• Improved lighting at intersections
• Refurbish or replace existing street lighting to better illuminate sidewalk and reduce glare upwards
• Concrete curb extensions at corners reduce crossing distances by almost 50% (from 50 ft to 26 ft) and provide additional space for pedestrian amenities
• New high visibility, skid-resistant, retro-reflective crosswalks
• Reconstructed curb ramps for improved ADA accessibility

Streetscape Improvements for Aesthetics, Livability & Economic Vitality

• New concrete sidewalks
• New light poles and fixtures for improved street lighting
• New benches and solar/smart trash receptacles, street trees
• City-wide wayfinding signage

Increased Mobility & Transit Access

• Redesigned “portal” style bus shelters
• Protected bicycle lanes physically separated from motor vehicle traffic to accommodate all skill levels currently riding on sidewalk
• New custom bicycle racks

Landscaping & Stormwater Management

• Replacement of damaged and missing street trees
• Improved street tree pit design for tree health and aesthetics
• Green infrastructure to capture stormwater runoff: rain gardens at corners and expanded street tree pits

The plan will be presented to the City Council in October. The preliminary estimate for the complete plan is $14 million, and the City will seek State and Federal grants combined with bond funding to finance the project. Funding is already in place for completing the final engineering design and construction plans. The next steps in the project include:

• Pre-Design Phase: coordination with utility upgrades, PSE&G lighting coordination, geotechnical investigations, stormwater/drainage analysis): (est: 3-4 months)
• Final Survey/Preliminary & Final Engineering Design & Construction Plans (est: additional 6-8 months)
• Construction (est: additional 12 months)

Additional project information is available at www.hobokennj.org/washingtonstreet.

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Hollow Greeting

Photograph by Karthik Vilwanathan, National Geographic Your Shot

An owl peers from a tree hollow in Northumberland, United Kingdom. After unlucky weather derailed a trip to see puffins on the Farne Islands, Your Shot member Karthik Vilwanathan drove with a friend around a nearby woodland area, hoping to see birds of prey. This time we were lucky, he writes. I saw this little owl pop its head out a few times from the tree, so I waited patiently, and 20 minutes later I captured this image.

This photo was submitted to Your Shot. Check out the new and improved website, where you can share photos, take part in assignments, lend your voice to stories, and connect with fellow photographers from around the globe.