Looking Back At Hoboken in 2011

January

The first month of the year was . After the massive blizzard late December 2010, snow kept piling on, challenging the city's snow removal efforts, which took at least two weeks.

February

A new campaign finance law gets introduced in February, which becomes 

The city also introduced a new noise ordinance in February, following the

March

—including — An exact date has not been set yet. 

April

April was all about local politics. Hoboken campaigned to choose its council representatives in city wide elections. beat in the next month's elections, helping Zimmer

May

Later in the year, it would become evident that this is part of an investigation

June

for—and loses— Incumbent Assemblyman as does Jersey City native Sean Connors.

July

Like January was all about snow, July was all about Days with temperatures rising to 105º caused some of the most scorching days in recent history.

The council chambers were heated up by . In a 5-4 vote, . A piece of land needs to be bought and developed into a park there,

August

, Hoboken's most anticipated new bar, The Pilsener House,

The most memorable news event of the month , the first hurricane in at least 100 years. Throngs of people left town, and Hoboken was on lockdown for at least 48 hours, with no public transportation running to or from the Mile Square.

September

, but is expected to be completed in 2012.

A long time Malibu n a tragic car crash after she leaves the diner after her night shift.

October

While the sale of the hospital was—arguably—the biggest story of the year, the

November

by the FBI and charged with leaking confidential information from city hall as well as intercepting all of the mayor's emails, in a follow up to May's city hall raid.

December

A from upstairs. The building, which once housed notorious mob hang out Casella's,