Category: Hoboken News

The legendary 70-year-old flagship location of Biggie’s Clam Bar at 318 Madison St. in Hoboken will close permanently by Oct. 3. The owners will move their operations to their newer Newark Street location. For decades, the family-owned and operated Madison Street shop has served up sandwiches, salads, soups, and seafood. The decision to close the …

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Hoboken Board of Education member Monica Stromwall tearfully announced at Tuesday’s monthly school board meeting that after three years on the board, she had to resign. She said later that her family can’t afford to remain in Hoboken, and is moving to Connecticut by Aug. 30. “It is with a heavy heart tonight that I …

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“It felt like I was having a heart attack. I thought I was dying,” said Hoboken resident Anthony DiFrancesco, 27, remembering the events that led him to dial 911 in May. DiFrancesco is the head coach of Brazen Athletics, a local CrossFit gym located on 13th Street and Willow Avenue. He’s also a professional CrossFit …

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Florence Pape, Hoboken resident and actress and Director of Development of Hoboken’s Hudson Theatre Ensemble and its Silly on Sixth Children’s Series, will star in George Cameron Grant’s one-woman show “Mints” directed by Joy Kelly on Saturday, Sept. 17 at the United Solo Theatre Festival at Theatre Row, in The Studio Theatre, 410 W. 42nd …

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Local business owner helps falcon On Tuesday, Aug 16, Mario Albunia, owner of Mario’s Pizzeria, gave assistance to a rarely seen resident of Hoboken. He found an American Kestrel, a falcon, on the hood of a car outside of his restaurant on the corner of Eighth and Garden streets. American kestrels are the smallest falcon …

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From the signs and construction vehicles around town, many new offices and restaurants are gearing up to open in Hoboken in the second half of the year, including an eatery near the Viaduct serving 60 craft beers, a Greek bakery, a place that delivers fresh cookies, and new real estate offices. The Reporter walked around …

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Note: This is part 8 in an ongoing photo series on handwritten signs around town in Hoboken. For the previous articles and photos, use the search engine at hudsonreporter.com.   They’re signs o’ the times (with apologies to the late, great Prince) — or maybe signs of older times. In the mile-square city, residents don’t …

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Olympic gold medalist Diane Dixon spoke to roughly 30 attendees at an event hosted by the Hoboken Public Library Thursday, Aug 11. Dixon won a gold medal in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles by running the 4 x 400 meter relay.  She won silver in the same event in the 1988 Seoul, Korea Olympics. …

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Marsh & McLennan renews 138,000 square foot lease on waterfront SJP Properties announced Aug 9 that Marsh & McLennan has renewed its long-term lease at Waterfront Corporate Center II, one of three buildings within SJP’s mixed-use office and retail complex on the south waterfront. The global professional services firm, which has been a tenant of …

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The Hoboken City Council unanimously voted at its meeting on Wednesday to approve a $5.25 million bond ordinance to fund water main upgrades, an attempt to combat the water main breaks and flooding that have plagued the city. Business Administrator Quentin Wiest discussed, in a presentation to the council, the city of Hoboken’s “water asset …

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