It isn’t every day that we get a real mover and shaker on the national stage to sit down for an interview with 07030. But that’s just what happened when Henk Ovink travelled to Hoboken to talk with our writer, Amanda Staab.
Ovink is the Dutch idea-guy, hired as senior advisor to U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan. In charge of the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force, Donovan brought Ovink in to “talk water.”
This in-depth cover story will enlighten you on how the U.S. can learn from the Dutch and what we can do right here in Hoboken to avoid the disastrous flooding that was Hurricane Sandy’s grim legacy.
On a lighter note, we examine a day in the life of a Hoboken soccer Mom, and writer Mario A. Martinez Works Out With kick-boxer Heidi Conlin. Conlin, lawyer, advocate, and mother of four, is a force to be reckoned with.
In the capture-it-while-you-can department, we profile two time-honored establishments that are still making their products on the premises—Dom’s Bakery, and Fiore’s Deli, which makes its famous mozzarella right in the shop.
Sportswriter Jim Hague discovered a little-known fact about Hoboken: Many of its firefighters were star athletes in their high school and college days. He sought them out, heard their stories, and discovered how fighting fires and scoring touchdowns have a lot in common.
We take a fun look at what’s swimming in the Hudson. Check out this fish story and learn what you might catch if you drop your line in the river next spring.
But this is the time of year to look ahead to winter, not always a welcome prospect for the many Hudson County residents who do not have the comfort and safety of a warm home and a hot meal. Enter the Hoboken Shelter. Find out how it serves this important population and how you can help.
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