Category: Hoboken News

A community meeting held Wednesday changed direction after a development firm crashed the party and displayed their own large, bright colored plans, even after the city asked them not to do so. The incident on Wednesday was just another example of how development can become heated in this densely populated waterfront city with so much …

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With six council elections coming up next spring, seemingly every issue could become a political battle for Mayor Dawn Zimmer, but all sides will probably agree on one thing: The city needs more parks. On Dec. 6, Zimmer held a community meeting at the Rue School about plans for new parks. The meeting was attended …

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Some people are afraid to drive into Hoboken – at least, that’s what one business owner said at the first of a series of meetings held between Mayor Dawn Zimmer and members of the Hoboken Chamber of Commerce two weeks ago. While taxpaying residents crowd council meetings to demand services, business owners do not often …

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If award-winning actor Joey “Pants” Pantoliano had grown up in modern day Hoboken, he might not have been so convincing as the low-down villainous characters he has portrayed on screen, like Ralphie Cifaretto on “The Sopranos” or Cypher from “The Matrix.” Last week, the Hoboken native spoke about his hometown and about battling depression when …

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Laura Cieckiewcz, 49, once owned a home on Lake Street in Jersey City, but she later became homeless. Two weeks ago, her body was discovered behind a basketball court and playground in Jersey City’s Leonard Gordon Park. The fact that she may have spent her last days alone on the streets in near-freezing weather was …

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Hoboken school board to file lawsuit vs. county, state Board of Education Vice President Theresa Minutillo said Tuesday night she expects a lawsuit against the county superintendent and the state to be filed soon. The board hopes the legal action will force the hand of the county superintendent and state to make a decision either …

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All of the past year’s political battles were on display again at a marathon City Council meeting Wednesday night. Among the biggest issues was a plan to demote 12 police officers – a number that was reduced to nine by the end of the week. The council is often split 5-4 on controversial votes right …

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Mayor Dawn Zimmer says it is “extremely unlikely” the city of Hoboken will complete a permanent 9/11 memorial in Pier A Park by the 10-year anniversary of the attacks next year. Zimmer made the comment at the public hearing on Tuesday for the proposed design of the memorial. Zimmer said the city will soon offer …

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The street parking spaces reserved for Hoboken’s experimental “Corner Cars” rental program will remain until at least mid-June, but the City Council’s concerns still linger, and the program’s long-term survival is by no means assured. Mayor Dawn Zimmer’s administration had hoped the council would pass an ordinance at the Wednesday, Dec. 1 meeting making the …

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