MICHAEL JOSEPH COLEMAN

Thinking of Mike today and missing him.

I'm thinking of Mike today and missing him here in Hoboken.

Thinking again today of Mike and all he did for us here in Hoboken. He was giant in our little part of the world. Best wishes to all the Colemans.

On behalf of the Newman family--Tom, Suellen, Philip, Enid, Cassandra, Jake and Olivia-I -extend my sincerest condolences to Rae an the Coleman children. It was a privilege to have known and worked with Mike over the years and for our families to have been able to share the experience of raising and educating the next generation together. Tom has written a special letter about Mike and sent it to The Hoboken Reporter, which I hope will bring you some comfort at this difficult time. I wish...

I was saddened to read in last week's Reporter that Mike Coleman had passed away. Old time Hoboken residents will remember him as the City's Model Cities director in the late 60s and 70s. Those were the days when it wasn't clear if the country's urban areas, racked with crime and decay, were going to survive as livable places.

Mike was one those idealistic young people who answered JFK's call to ask what you could do for your country, not what it could do for you. It was 1968, Martin...