Competing for dough
Hoboken mayor, JC resident appear on โ€˜Cake Bossโ€™ spinoff show

A Hoboken-based reality show that has gained national popularity is about to have a new Hudson County angle. While the job market isnโ€™t favorable, pastry chef Buddy Valastro of the TLC show โ€œCake Bossโ€ is about to award a new job as an assistant at Carloโ€™s Bake Shop, located at 95 Washington St. (Parking not …

Hoboken mayor, JC resident appear on โ€˜Cake Bossโ€™ spinoff show

Back to basics
Legendary Clam Broth House draws from past while looking to the future

Perhaps itโ€™s true that the more things change, the more they stay the same. The Clam Broth House โ€“ the legendary Hoboken watering hole renowned for its roots catering to the food and libation needs of the cityโ€™s dock workers in the early 1900s โ€“ has come full circle. After closing and leaving Hobokenโ€™s restaurant …

Legendary Clam Broth House draws from past while looking to the future

When it rains cats and dogs, it pours
Controversial animal shelter board and critics trade lawsuits

The Liberty Humane Society animal shelter in Jersey City, which takes in strays from that city and Hoboken, was hit with a lawsuit two weeks ago from a group of volunteers who are questioning the shelterโ€™s policies related to euthanizing and adopting out animals. Around the same time, one of those volunteers was arrested for …

Controversial animal shelter board and critics trade lawsuits

HOBOKEN BRIEFS

Corner Cars: How did you vote? Last week, we asked the readers to vote in our online poll which asked the question, โ€œIs Corner Cars a good program for Hoboken?โ€ The issue was addressed at the City Council meeting, and the results swung heavily in one direction in our poll. To see the results of …

POLL BELOWCould Corner Cars get the boot?
Last weekโ€™s City Council vote may scuttle program

Now that the City Council has voted against reserving permanent parking spaces in Hoboken for the โ€œCorner Carsโ€ car rental program, the city could eventually see the cars removed from the cityโ€™s streets. Another vote on the program is slated for this Wednesdayโ€™s council meeting. Supporters of Mayor Dawn Zimmer and Parking and Transportation Director …

Last weekโ€™s City Council vote may scuttle program

School board stymied
Expects to file lawsuit to hire superintendent

The Hoboken Board of Education has found the man they want to be superintendent of schools, but they havenโ€™t received the necessary approval of his contract from the county superintendent or the state. The board voted 8-1 on Tuesday to take legal action against the county superintendent and the state Department of Education to expedite …

Expects to file lawsuit to hire superintendent

Nutrition in the classroom
Wall Street guy starts Hoboken non-profit for kids

Robert Oliver was sitting at his desk in a comfortable office on Wall Street one day when he decided he wanted out. Maybe it was the satisfaction he got from his experience as a semi-professional soccer player nagging at him as he worked in the corporate world, but he decided that he wanted to do …

Wall Street guy starts Hoboken non-profit for kids

HOBOKEN BRIEFS

Blogger crosses the line? How did you vote? Last week, we asked you the readers in an online poll whether or not Zoning Board member Nancy Pincus crossed the line with a Nazi parody post on her blog. The poll elicited a strong response early in the week then quickly swung in the other direction. …