Category: Hoboken News

Artists and musicians from across the area are once again preparing to descend upon Washington Street for the annual Hoboken Arts and Music Festival on May 1, from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m., rain or shine. The city’s Director of Cultural Affairs Geri Fallo has been organizing the event, which is co-sponsored by The Hudson …

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The Hoboken City Council convened on Wednesday evening for another heated meeting and considered three last minute pieces of legislation to cut costs at the highest levels of local government. The local arts scene also received some attention, a local youth cheerleading team was honored, the discussion of campaign finance “wheeling” continued, and a bond …

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It’s no surprise that development is a hot button issue for the four candidates running to represent the 5th Ward in the upcoming City Council election on May 10. The northwestern portion of Hoboken known as the 5th Ward has been referred to as the final frontier of development in the mile square city. With …

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Board of Education elections are on Wednesday, April 27 Incumbents Carmelo Garcia, Jean Marie Mitchell, and Frances Rhodes-Kearns will defend their Board of Education seats on Wednesday, April 27. The challengers are Peter Biancamano, Clifford Godfrey, Steven Feinstein, and Patricia Waiters. The race has transformed into a fight between two slates and one independent. Garcia, …

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Hoboken’s City Council candidates exchanged barbs over everything from internet use to campaign music to rent control when they gathered at the Hudson Reporter’s uptown office last week to answer questions and debate. All six ward council seats are up for election on May 10, and nearly all of those running for the offices took …

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Perhaps it’s only appropriate that the last Hoboken Board of Education meeting before the April 27 school board election was fraught with drama. Students and supporters of longtime popular high school theater director Paula Ohaus filled the usually empty school board room on Tuesday in a meeting that lasted until nearly midnight. Two weeks ago, …

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Not every child has the opportunity to score a goal in a close game, or create a dynamic play, for a variety of different reasons. But having a disability won’t be a reason in Hoboken anymore. The New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer announced a partnership with the city this month to bring …

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Zimmer takes aim at county Democrats over June 7 primary After Hoboken Councilman Ravinder Bhalla announced on Monday that he will independently challenge the Hudson County Democratic Organization’s slate of incumbent Assemblyman Ruben J. Ramos Jr. and Jersey City Detective and School Board Member Sean Connors in the June 7 Democratic Assembly primaries, different politicians …

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