Category: Hoboken News

The Zimmer Administration is accepting applications for the post of city Corporation Counsel. After nine months on the job, Corporation Counsel Michael Kates has resigned. “My concern, and that of my law partners, was that I could not accommodate the demands of the office of Corporation Counsel and the demands of my law firm,” Kates …

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While upgrades to the roadway of the 14th Street Viaduct in early 2011 will be visible to motorists, construction will also be taking place below, where new recreation space will be created after seven years of planning. Money from the federal government will fund the upgrade of the roadway and redesign of the area underneath …

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Hoboken’s “car sharing” program, a collaboration with the Hertz rental company that was introduced in June, placed 42 cars to the parking-strapped city streets to be rented by residents for as low as $5 an hour. The program was touted by Mayor Dawn Zimmer’s administration as a way to encourage hundreds of residents to give …

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Despite request, 9/15 council meeting will remain at City Hall The Hoboken City Council meeting will remain in the council chambers at City Hall despite a request from Hoboken PBA President Vince Lombardi to move the meeting to a location which would accommodate up to 500 people. “We have received a request that our next …

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Judging by Wednesday night’s City Council meeting, the city’s new six month budget, introduced by a narrow 5-4 vote by the majority allied with Mayor Dawn Zimmer, will be the fresh ground on which many familiar political battles will be fought in the next four weeks until its public hearing on Sept. 29. A standing …

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Al Parinello’s career in entertainment evolved with cable TV and eventually landed him in the world of independent films. But first, he sharpened his entrepreneurial skills as a young boy on the streets of Hoboken. In the 1950s, he found an old chest on the street, mounted it on a carriage, and filled it with …

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The administration of Gov. Christopher Christie has begun to grade New Jersey’s municipalities on their management efficiencies and ability to conserve taxpayer dollars, and only municipalities that meet minimum standards set by the administration will receive their full state aid payments for this fiscal year. Cities and towns throughout the state were informed on Aug. …

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Over six hundred years ago, in 1399, a street festival took place in the small Adriatic town of Molfetta, Italy. On Sept. 9, a variation of this Italian tradition will continue for its 84th year on the waterfront of the Hudson River in Sinatra Park in Hoboken. The Annual Hoboken Italian Festival is one of …

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Light Rail service cut, Hoboken responds On the weekend of Aug. 28, N.J. Transit implemented cuts to its Light Rail service. Effective Aug. 28, the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail began operating a new weekend service pattern. Direct service between Tonnelle Avenue and Hoboken Terminal will no longer operate on the weekends and holidays. The new weekend …

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