Yesterday, Hoboken Councilman (and Assemblyman) Ruben Ramos sent a letter to the Commissioner of New York’s Taxi and Limousine Commission, citing “unfair” rates taxi drivers are charging customers for “short” trips across the Hudson. …

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Disc Makers, the nation’s leading independent CD manufacturer, is kicking off its 13th annual Independent Music World Series (IMWS), the biggest installment yet of the nation’s longest running and most successful indie music showcase …

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Took a not quite heartbroken mother home to Ballymun last night, she’d buried her son the previous day. He was a bit of a wild child with whom she didn’t really get on. He had a sister who along with her boyfriend and child had done OK …

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Joshua_Tree_Sunrise Minerva. The NCAA Brackets be damned. It’sa dumb thing to take seriously. Davidson? C’mon. Now the fact that I have been utterly humiliated in the first two rounds of my pool has nothing to do with this. Davidson. …

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The above sign reads that it’s a meter taxi. I told them I would wish to go to Pavillion. But I noticed that most of them there are not using taxi meters. In KL , it’s using taxi meters all along. I had a driver saying to go there costs …

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I really feel bad for taxi drivers. It’s almost as if the ones that work in the US are really getting unfairly treated. Today, I went to Las Vegas for business and took the taxi twice. Here are my two experiences. …

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Purely and simply – if we had a more economical taxi option home at night, Hoboken would be a much more desirable ‘borough’ to reside in. But because we are not part of New York state, we get the shaft by the New York City Taxi and …

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YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — A can of Georgia coffee. Sake. Cigarettes and a portable ashtray. All things a Japanese taxi driver may want with him in the afterlife. Such small offerings…

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Thirteen taxi drivers approached South Ribble’s licensing committee asking for the fares to be reviewed. Letters will now be sent out to drivers informing them of the proposals and asking for their views. …

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