Category: Hoboken News

Mark McNamara, a Hoboken resident and parent, was sworn in to fill Monica Stromwall’s empty seat on the Hoboken Board of Education on Sept. 13. McNamara was one of four possible replacements interviewed after Stromwall resigned last month, saying that her family was moving to Connecticut because it was too expensive to buy a house …

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Hoboken’s Fall Arts & Music Festival will take place Sept. 25 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Washington Street between Observer Highway and Seventh Street. The festival offers fun for people of all ages and will have over 300 vendors, including artists, restaurants, children’s entertainers, and live performances. City spokesman Juan Melli said, “The …

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In recognition of Liberty Realty’s 1st company softball game, President Joseph Covello and Regional Director Michael Berney presented The Hoboken Little League and the Hoboken Homeless Shelter with donation checks of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) each. The donation is being made through Liberty Realty Gives, a program where a percentage of every single Liberty Realty closing to donated to charity.  The donations were presented to Joan Colegrove, Benny Rotundi and Leo Pellegrini of the Hoboken Little League, and Jaclyn Cherubini from the Hoboken Shelter.  “We …

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Hoboken man arrested for attempted murder Hoboken Police arrested Derrick DellaCruz, 23, on Tuesday, Sept. 13 and charged him with criminal attempt murder, hindering, possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose and, failure to appear on warrants from Hoboken, according to a report from the department.   According to the report, …

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The Hoboken City Council, at their first meeting of the month on Wednesday, discussed several issues that will impact residents directly, including changes to traffic flow for the southwestern part of town and a proposal to change a rule prohibiting new liquor-serving establishments from opening within 500 feet of each other. The council also introduced …

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Commuters headed toward the Hoboken train station often stop to admire the collection of industrial artifacts in the window of Terminal Printing, the 92-year-old business on River Street two blocks from the terminal. The window displays a collection of stamps and block letters from the print jobs of yesteryear, done at the request of everyone …

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In a presentation Thursday night, Sept. 8, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the city of Hoboken announced Rebuild by Design “Alternative 3” as the preferred approach to making the city more flood resistant.   The recommended alternative, also known as the “Alleyway Alignment,” calls for construction of a “flood resistance structure” beginning at …

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In July of 2010, Natasha McNight-Henderson of Jersey City was 38 years old and finalizing her first adoption — a child whose mother had died and later ended up in a cousin’s custody, a frequent occurrence due to courts’ preference to place children with family members. Two years later, at an adoption party for her …

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9/11 Interfaith Memorial Service The Hoboken community will come together on Sunday, Sept. 11 at 2 p.m. on the southeast corner of Hoboken’s Pier A Park to share in its annual September 11th Interfaith Memorial Service for the victims, their families, the City of Hoboken, and the entire nation. All are invited to attend. “Fifty-six Hoboken residents were lost …

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