By Hank Goldman
Hoboken's only bi-weekly newspaper, the Hoboken Reporter may be cutting back on the plastic bags they use to house their newspapers after learning that over half the residents in town used them to pick up dog shit. A source within the Reporter who wishes to remain anonymous said that staffers plan on not housing the newspaper in plastic any longer, thoughts of delivering it as is amongst other ideas have been brought up in meetings within the newspaper.
Sources have come forward to the Hoboken Bell Pepper and have told us that top brass at the newspaper for the last month have been hiding in trees and behind bushes watching people take the bags off the newspapers left on the stoops of residents and using them to Clean up after their dogs. Last year, Hoboken, was ranked as the most dog friendly city in the United States.
The newspaper which appears to be fading fast due to an onslaught of local blogs and websites as well as elderly residents in Marine View Plaza and Church Square Towers using the newspapers as gift wrap, may be heading to an online format only or may use staffers to pass them out to people that actually want them, which would amount to around 42 people.
Jim Kennedy, of Stargazer Marketing Group in Clifton, NJ said via phone interview that "this is a perfect time for the newspaper to hold a photo submission contest. The newspaper used to ask residents to show the newspaper abroad while on vacation and would post pictures of residents holding the newspaper in the most exotic destinations. Now, the newspaper could reach more readers by allowing residents to photograph the newspaper in one hand while holding the plastic sleeve full of dog shit in the other, timing is perfect for the struggling newspaper".
Calls to the newspaper for an interview were not returned.
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