Category: Hoboken News

Without any prior warning, Principal Dr. Lorraine Cella came into Hoboken High School on Friday, Feb. 12 to find her flash drive taken from her computer. Within hours, she was asked to vacate her office. Over the two previous days, during which school was closed for a blizzard, someone from the district had removed the …

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Another long City Council meeting kept officials and dedicated residents in City Hall up until after midnight Wednesday. The council discussed several budgetary issues, including large bond ordinances (see story), but they had other important decisions to make. The impending construction of a large pumping station to alleviate flooding in southern Hoboken has forced the …

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Following years of flat taxes, the city budget ballooned in 2008 and almost doubled taxes for residents. Since then, the council has been trying to figure out whether the budget is bloated or honestly represents the costs of the city that should have been accounted for in past years. After being presented with an 8 …

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More than 80 kids and parents gathered in the Edge Wrestling club in Hoboken on Friday, Feb. 12 to see Olympic champion Henry Cejudo show off his moves. At 21, Cejudo was America’s youngest Olympic wrestling champion ever at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. At 23, Cejudo is travelling the country with his new autobiography …

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Police chief forum about St. Pat’s Parade On Monday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m., Hoboken Police Chief Anthony Falco, the Community Policing Unit, and Sixth Ward Councilman Nino Giacchi will be co-hosting a meet and greet and answering questions on topics such as the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The seventh in a series of such …

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In an incident that got national media attention, Giant, a male pit bull who lived in a luxury apartment in uptown Hoboken, mauled three people just before midnight on Thursday, Feb. 4, sending them to Jersey City Hospital and bloodying the apartment. The dog was then shot and killed by police. Some residents are wondering …

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In a curious twist of allegiance, the Hoboken school board has appointed a new, young superintendent, Dr. Frank Romano, who will take over the district on July 1. The minority faction of board members Carmelo Garcia, Jim Farina, and Frances Rhodes-Kearns surprisingly sided with Board President Rose Markle and some of her allies – Theresa …

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Cascades of white swirled through Hoboken last week and left more than 12 inches of snow. The blizzard kept kids out of school for two days, shut down City Hall for a day, and sent many employees home early as the storm picked up intensity Wednesday afternoon. City plows started canvassing the city in the …

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A pair of Hoboken women with no prior training in disaster relief headed into the rubble of Haiti last month. Spurred by Anderson Cooper’s reporting on CNN and assisted by Facebook, they gathered a crew of medical professionals from across the nation and supplies from local donors and flew to the Caribbean determined to help …

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