Category: Hoboken News

For Connors School students wondering where they will go to classes next year, Superintendent Peter Carter said a final decision will be announced on Monday, June 14. Last month, Gov. Christopher Christie put an indefinite hold on funding for all new school renovations for the coming year, including Connors School, 201 Monroe St., until his …

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Adding to the newspaper group’s honors won earlier this year, a reporter from the Hudson Reporter chain won a slew of writing and photography awards in two recent statewide journalism contests. Al Sullivan, the Bayonne beat reporter and political columnist for the chain, won awards in both the annual New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists …

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During a visit to Hoboken on Monday, Rep. Albio Sires (D-13th Dist.) touted a number of Democratic economic initiatives to local business leaders and elected officials, including health care reform, job creation, and reducing the national debt. Recalling his past as a small businessman, Sires said, “When you’re talking about health insurance costs, trouble paying …

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Garage vote on Sunday night A special meeting of the City Council is scheduled for Sunday, June 13 at 7 p.m. to decide whether to bond for $13 million to buy back the city’s public works garage that the city has been leasing. In actuality, the city is hoping to sell the garage – not …

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The city has found itself in several precarious situations regarding its municipal garage on Observer Highway. They are entering into a standoff with a developer, prolonging a faceoff with residents, and preparing to possibly pay off a debt for a building that – while causing so much chaos for Hoboken – isn’t even owned by …

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In another marathon meeting of the city’s nine-person governing body, the City Council hashed out various controversial issues Wednesday night. They talked about the future of Hoboken’s hospital, cutting pay for municipal court judges, and Councilwoman Beth Mason’s measure calling for board members to disclose their political contributions. The meeting ran from 7 p.m. to …

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Since the 1960s, Annette’s Beauty Salon in Hoboken had been a place for conversation, curlers, and a haircut. But last week it became a place for rent. After 47 years of lifting locks, Annette’s has closed for business. “It’s a place where [customers] receive a lot of attention and love,” Patricia Donnelly Martinez, a decade-long …

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Every year, the All Saints Episcopal Day School fourth graders submit a kid-centric report to the mayor and City Council on Hoboken’s progress. This year they also looked at challenges to the city and ways they can get involved. To sum up: Parks are great, litter is not, and the children of Hoboken want an …

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Max Tamarkin, 13, who has attended the Elysian Charter School in Hoboken since kindergarten, is about to graduate from eighth grade without ever having missed a day of school. But has he even been late to class? “They said once,” said his father, music writer Jeff Tamarkin, last month. “He leaves the house on time …

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