Category: Hoboken News

On the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, the city will host its annual 9/11 Interfaith Memorial Service at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11 at Pier A Park. According to Juan Melli, spokesman for the city of Hoboken, “The ceremony will include readings and reflections from clergy from various faiths, along with …

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Students attending the Hoboken public schools go back to class on Wednesday, Sept 7 at 8:15 a.m. Schools Superintendent Dr. Christine Johnson said there are new programs and facility upgrades for this year, and more division between the middle school and the high school although they are still in the same building. Upgraded facilities and …

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City officials, county officials, members of the US Soccer Foundation, and the New York Red Bulls, unveiled two new mini soccer pitches on Tuesday Aug. 30. The soccer play spaces are located under the 14th Street Viaduct between Adams and Jefferson streets. “These soccer pitches are the latest new recreation facilities in our city and …

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The Hoboken Italian Festival, otherwise known as the Feast of the Madonna Dei Martiri (Our Lady of the Martyrs), returns to Sinatra Park Thursday, Sept. 8 through Sunday Sept 11. The religious tradition began over 600 years ago in Molfetta, Italy, according to Danny Altilio, who does public relations for the festival. A number of …

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Hoboken priest suspended by archdiocese Father Warren Hall, a priest at Saints Peter and Paul Church on Fourth and Hudson Streets in Hoboken, announced Wednesday Aug. 31 via twitter that he had been suspended. “Sadly, my differences with my bishop continue,” he wrote. “Today he has suspended me from priestly ministry. @Pontifex’s Reform’s are taking …

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Over the last three years, a local hair salon at 80 Park Ave. has been battling City Hall over a cloth sign on a pole outside – and has racked up $40,000 in fines as a result. The 13-year-old establishment offers professional hair cuts for men and women, coloring, waxes, extensions, and straightening treatments. The …

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After winning a bronze medal in the summer Olympics in Rio DeJaniero, Hoboken resident Dagmara Wozniak returned to a celebration on Tuesday at the W Hotel Living Room. Wozniak, who has lived here for almost three years, won for Women’s Team Sabre fencing. Wozniak arrived to applause by the crowd of roughly 60 people and …

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Because a “creepy” man reportedly entered the playground area of Lincoln Park in Jersey City and took pictures of children there recently, the Hudson County Board of Freeholders has moved to ban adults unaccompanied by children from playgrounds in any of the county parks. These include fenced-in playground areas like those within Columbus Park in …

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Despite the drizzle, roughly 400 Hoboken residents and their friends attended the 11th annual Hoboken Spaghetti Dinner Block Party this past Thursday night. City Cultural Affairs Director Geri Fallo said that the idea began in the 1950s when Hoboken celebrated its centennial. “The event was originally done for the 100th anniversary back in the ’50s …

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Police ask to identify alleged burglar The Hoboken Police Department have issued a release seeking information on the whereabouts of Fernando “Bori” Rosario. The 41 year old male is wanted for alleged burglary and theft by the police in regards to a residential burglary that occurred in Hoboken on Monday, Aug 22. Rosario is described …

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