Category: Hoboken News

The North Hudson Sewerage Authority, along with its operating partners, CH2MHill and Operations Management International (OMI), have been awarded the Governor’s Award for Safety issued by the State of New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The Authority garnered the award for compiling 120,482 hours without a loss to injury in their Adams Street, …

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Vote on Tuesday Elections this coming Tuesday On Tuesday, Hoboken residents can vote for candidates for various countywide and regional offices who are seeking the Democratic and Republican nominations to run in November. The polls are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. In the sheriff’s race, running unchallenged on the Democratic side is Secaucus …

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It is almost unavoidable at this point; county taxes are going up. But for Hoboken, it’s worse. Because of a state formula used to calculate how county taxes are charged to municipalities, Hoboken would be hit very hard whether the county raised taxes or not. The county’s Board of Chosen Freeholders will vote on the …

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The most decorated World War II servicemen of Hudson County were honored at Hoboken’s 113th annual Memorial Day parade on Wednesday, the oldest such parade in New Jersey. Parade Grand Marshal Tom Hickey, who served in the U.S.’s D-Day attack on France, was one of the men honored, as was Nicholas Oresko, the only living …

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Free parking? This isn’t Monopoly. The city has cancelled access to its parking garages for several people using no-fee parking passes, after discovering that 160 electronic transponders owned by the city were not registered with the Parking Authority. The city has thousands of transponders, an in-car plastic device similar to an “E-ZPass” issued to private …

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Put these on your to-do list for the summer: a sing-along tribute concert and a competition for the best likeness of Ol’ Blue Eyes. The city is hosting a slew of free events this summer, and they kick off their free concert series on Thursday, June 3 with a Pete Seeger Tribute Concert sing-along featuring …

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Gov. Chris Christie kicked off his statewide campaign for his controversial property tax reform proposal on Monday in Hoboken. Billed by the governor as the “mayor’s tool kit,” Christie expects towns to keep their property tax increases to 2.5 percent each year by changing how they can negotiate contracts with their workers and teachers. Since …

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The city’s municipal garage – which is more like an automotive repair shop, supply depot, equipment shed, and junk storage complex for the city – will soon be moving from Observer Highway, although no one knows where it will go. The city sold the property to a developer in 2008, and must now find a …

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