Category: Hoboken News

Saint Mary Advocates has undergone many name changes throughout its 50 years as a non-profit organization in Hoboken, but has always stuck to its modest mission of providing aid to those who need it most. Throughout the years this has included the hospital and other charities. Initially incorporated as the Saint Mary Hospital Woman’s Auxiliary …

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Rumors of incident with bag at Hoboken High School field were exaggerated, official says, but one girl was suspended Rumors have swirled in Hoboken in recent weeks concerning an alleged incident in which three adolescent girls in the school system purportedly put a bag over another girl’s head. On Friday, Hoboken Police Captain Charles Campbell …

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It has been nearly two years since the Hoboken Housing Authority (HHA) fired their former paid executive director – who was also a politically savvy assemblyman – and the reasons for the termination are being debated in two different lawsuits. A new lawsuit filed last month by the HHA against former Director Carmelo Garcia alleges …

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Ron Albanese, a 45-year-old school teacher and former Hoboken resident, always makes several zany appearances in the Mile Square City each summer as he continues to perform under his “Kiddie Rock ‘n’ Roll” persona – Polka Dot. Albanese is a technology instructor in an elementary school in Palisades Park, and used to teach in Jersey …

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The Hudson County Board of Freeholders voted on May 25 to approve their $540 million 2016 budget. Jersey City will see the largest increase in how much they have to contribute this year, followed by Hoboken, Weehawken, and Union City. The county budget is made up of two parts: revenues, the income taken in through …

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High school student allegedly fondled 12-year-old girl A Hoboken High School student allegedly fondled a 12-year-old seventh grader in a school elevator on Thursday, May 19, Hoboken Sgt. Edgardo Cruz confirmed on Wednesday. Cruz asserted that the 16-year-old boy was arrested Friday night, May 20 and charged with criminal sexual contact and unlawful imprisonment in …

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One chapter of the long saga to open the city’s first flood resiliency park was accomplished this past week when the City Council awarded a contract to build roughly 1 acre of the Southwest Park near the city’s southern entrance. But acquiring an adjacent parcel to expand the park has run headlong into opposition from …

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When Francis A. Przygoda was told he would lead the 118th annual Hoboken Memorial Day Parade, he thought it was a joke. “I said ‘You’re kidding, right? This is April Fools’?” he said between laughs. Przygoda, a member of the local American Legion Post 107 for roughly seven years, has been living in Hoboken since …

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The City Council approved two pilot programs at its meeting on Wednesday – one to extend the hours of operation for outdoor cafes until midnight on certain June dates, and another to complete a gap in the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway. By state law, each developer and municipality that owns land along the Hudson River …

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