April 29th Update: 2nd Water Main Break, Parks Remain Closed and Testing of Senior Citizens

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April 28m 2020 Photo: @Casey2Cook
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Today we would like to recognize the work of Hoboken resident and local business owner, Kim Gerlach. Kim and her team launched the Front Steps Project of Hoboken to both document this moment in time for families while raising money for the Hoboken Food Pantry. Please check out their beautiful pictures and consider donating to the worthy causes they are supporting:

The Front Steps Project: https://www.thefrontstepsprojecthoboken.com
Hoboken Food Pantry (part of the Hoboken Community Center) visit https://www.hobokencc.org/. 

Parks to Remain Closed: Joint Statement from Hudson County Mayors: 

As Mayors in the most densely populated county in the country with over 14,000 COVID-19 infections, we strongly believe that leaving all municipal parks closed in our respective cities is in the best interest of public health. While we are planning for the eventual re-opening of our parks and know how important they are to our residents, we remain concerned about the potential overcrowding and enforcement of social distancing. Out of an abundance of caution, we made the collective decision to keep our municipal parks closed until further notice. We thank Governor Murphy for working with us to allow each city to make these respective decisions and look forward to collaborating with County Executive Tom DeGise and our Freeholders to make final decisions on County parks by the end of the week.”

Hoboken had a second water main break in the area in the past 24 hours, this time at 11th and Madison Streets. Hoboken's Office of Emergency Management and crews from SUEZ are on scene conducting repairs that will likely last throughout the night. A boil water advisory remains in effect due to yesterday’s water main break in Jersey City.

Just in case you had a false sense that life was suddenly improving in some way, here's another water main break, this time in #Hoboken pic.twitter.com/QeBpCUmyqw

— John Heinis (@HeinisHardNews) April 29, 2020

Update: April 29, 2020

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Awesome work to HoLa Charter School parent/superhero Christine Herman and Dr. Islam and his staff for providing testing to Hoboken's senior citizens
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Looks like another significant water main break in Hoboken.
This time next to one of the few businesses still open, ShopRite.
11th and Madison. pic.twitter.com/fUQ6c79Zrt

— Scott Fallon (@NewsFallon) April 29, 2020