Top 10: Mumford and Sons, Who's Running for Mayor and More

The most popular story this month was an unofficial look ahead at the 2013 mayoral race, when Mayor Dawn Zimmer will be up for re-election. It's still unclear who will officially throw their hat in the ring, since nobody has made an official announcement yet. 

A large aggravated assault caught the attention of many Hobokenites this month. 

The biggest event on the Pier to date was held this month. The concert, which happened without any major problems or disruptions, attracted 15,000 people to town. 

New Jersey Monthly released its biennual numbers and Hoboken High dropped quite a few points. Hoboken Superintendent of Schools Mark Toback later said that the HHS is a different place today. 

The blogosphere was abuzz earlier this month, after a local couple sued two bloggers, wanting the IP addresses of anonymous commenters. 

To all the single ladies: Hoboken is the place to be, or so says CNN. (same is true for single gents, of course)

While some newer reports have stated that Steven Ercolino lived in Union City and commuted from Hoboken, many Hobokenites expressed their condolences for the victim of the Empire State Building shooting. 

Another musical event took place on the pier this month, with hMag organizing the Lackwanna Music Festival.

Hoboken must be craving an election, because many were interested in the news that sitting school board member Theresa Minutillo announced this month that she will not be running for reelection. 

After a bond to plan the repaving of Washington Street failed at August's council meeting, one of the consequences could be that the city loses out on a federal earmark that is supposed to pay for the renovations of Newark Street and Observer Highway.