For the second time in as many weeks, the second pump installed near Maxwell Place met heavy rains and the call of duty.

The North Hudson Sewerage Authority once again can take a bow as what was once swampland a century ago is now the residential area of upper west Hoboken seeing no flooding Tuesday evening.

Heavy rains Tuesday night saw not a glimmer of the historically typical flooding in west Hoboken. The North Hudson Sewerage Authority with pump no. 2 is a resounding success.

photo courtesy Jhnny “to the butter” Newman

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Multiple sources suggest there is a potential Hoboken mayoral candidate contemplating a bid in 2017:

Beth Mason in an earlier photo mulling over an issue on the Hoboken City Council

Reportedly often out-of-state with Virginia a regular destination where a small inn was purchased and previously mentioned on MSV, a Beth Mason third bid for mayor is suggested as under contemplation.

Other sources previously close to the controversial lightning-rod aren’t denying the matter; they’re simply not talking. A well-funded bid for mayor would throw a likely matchup of Freeholder Anthony Romano vs. Mayor Zimmer on its ear. Read More...

Out later today is MSV Premium analyzing the election outcome and the Hoboken realignment begins as nationally others fret about same while select efforts are paid by unknown parties to seek recounts in three cherry picked states.

There’s no recount in Hoboken and no second chances for some eyeing a seat upstairs at City Hall.
More than one person is thinking about it.

The interweaving between national, state, county and one little Mile Square City is running apace.

Freeholder Anthony “Stick” Romano (r) is atop the list of mayoral contenders in 2017 against Mayor Dawn Zimmer vying for a third term as Hoboken mayor. Carmelo Garcia not included?

Lots of Grist for the Mill post-Thanksgiving in MSV Premium out to members. If for any reason you didn’t receive yours, email smartyjones@me.com.

The delay in MSV Premium didn’t mean it’s not coming only that the Thanksgiving reaping or is it heaping grows ever higher.

Some additional sauce on the mash.

He’s baaaacccck!

Last January, Frank Raia (l) departs after the vote appointing Kurt Gardiner (r) to the NHSA.

Frank Raia who saw over a quarter century on the North Hudson Sewerage Authority with a potential additional five years interrupted is seeking a return with another Hoboken commissioner seat opening up early next year. Word is the application is already submitted and NHSA commissioner Tony Soares has indicated he’s not seeking reappointment. Read More...

Courtesy of H-mag

=&0=&, a former Hoboken resident and long-time government reform activist passed away suddenly this week at the age of 61. He is survived by his wife Anne Torpey and two daughters Emory and Delia.  Dean, originally born in Barrington, Rhode Island was a part of the Hoboken reform movement in the 90s and through the early 2000s. He was known for his sardonic wit and willingness not to pull any punches, even to those community activists or politicians he was inclined to support. He later moved to Weehawken but would still opine from the hills of his new residence on the political goings on in the valley of politically charged Hoboken.  To read the whole story: =&1=&