Category: Hoboken News

Strange charges against Hoboken millionaire dropped The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office dropped kidnapping and harassment charges against Hoboken businessman Jerry Carter last week. The charges, initially filed by Hoboken police, included odd allegations that he harassed an employee and forced her to do strange things. In a bizarre twist, the assistant previously had written many …

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Damn the teredos! Taxpayers could be hit in the pocketbook over the next 15 years because shipworms – actually a mollusk of the family Teredidae –are eating away at the wooden piers along the Hoboken waterfront. The City Council approved a $12 million bond ordinance at a special meeting on Wednesday. The money will be …

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Now that the Board of Education’s choice for the next schools superintendent abruptly pulled his name out of consideration two weeks ago, they will continue their search – but not until after four seats on the board are decided during the April 20 school board election. It would be impossible to start a new search …

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Omar Giner, the co-owner of La Isla Cuban restaurant near City Hall in Hoboken, has been making stuffed French toast since he needed to scrape together a fancy breakfast for friends while in culinary school. At the time, he used the ingredients he had around the house, including Captain Crunch cereal for breading. These days, …

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There were flags waving, bands playing, beers clinking, and fists flying during Saturday’s St. Patrick’s Day parade, Hoboken’s annual weekend of pomp, circumstance, and a little frat house debauchery. _____________ The city will evaluate the costs of the parade. ________ Police nearly doubled their coverage from 2009, and there was an increase in arrests and …

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City budget: Taxes down half a percent; some unhappy The Hoboken City Council introduced their amendment to the administration’s municipal budget last week and scheduled the public hearing for Wednesday, March 17. If you cannot attend the meeting, watch it live at www.hudsonreporter.com, and comment along with your neighbors. The budget is $98.9 million, according …

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Councilwoman Beth Mason has demanded City Council action on her criticism that Councilman Ravi Bhalla and Council President Peter Cunningham voted to approve a contract for a city attorney while having relationships with the attorney that posed conflicts of interest. The council voted two weeks ago on a $29,000 contract for Hoboken-based attorney Paul Condon, …

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After months of searching, the Hoboken Board of Education had found their guy – or so they thought. A young assistant superintendent in Fort Lee, Dr. Frank Romano had agreed to lead the district for the next three years, pending final contract negotiations. But last week he pulled the plug on the Hoboken job. A …

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