Category: Hoboken News

It’s a national movement with a local hook: People want to know how nutritious school lunches are for children. With pictures of blue-stained chicken nuggets and a “mystery meat” cheese steak sandwich, local mom Peta Moran’s blog EatHoboken.blogspot.com has been opening the eyes of nutrition-minded parents in the mile-square. And the digital expose is also …

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Special council meeting for Monday The city announced on Friday a special meeting of the City Council for Monday, May 10 at 7 p.m. to discuss and take action on budget transfers that were brought into question by some members of the council last Wednesday. A closed session for the council will be held regarding …

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In June of 2008, the ire of Trenton crashed down upon the city of Hoboken. The state was frustrated after a five-member City Council majority opposed then-Mayor Dave Roberts’ budget and declined to pass the spending plan. The state ultimately took Hoboken’s finances out of the hands of local officials and into the hands of …

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No senior citizens are working out in the Silver Sneakers program. There are no mommies participating in the “Mommy and Me” classes. After shutting down their public programs in March with little warning to members or staff, the heads of the Hoboken-North Hudson YMCA say the facility is just on hiatus, and is waiting to …

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Hoboken’s Rent Control Ordinance has restricted landlords from hiking rents since 1973, but a group of property owners in town recently has been battling in court to change some aspects of the law. In one corner, tenants say rent control enables a community to be diverse and allows middle-income residents to remain in town as …

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Stray animals of Hoboken, say hello to the Liberty Humane Society, Hoboken’s new animal control vendor. After damning pictures of the Associated Humane Society shelter in Newark circulated last year, the city began seeking another contractor for their animal control needs – including picking up stray or lost animals, or coming out to deal with …

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Sometimes the best sports stories are the ones that never actually happened. Hoboken resident and producer Pierre Weidemann’s new musical comedy “National Pastime” is yet another mile-square script about baseball. But this story has a unique twist: the baseball team the story focuses on doesn’t actually exist. In Weidemann’s story, a fledgling 1930s radio station, …

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