Category: Hoboken News

Only one person spoke at the public hearing on Hoboken’s proposed 2016 $107 million budget this past Wednesday, April 20. The budget itself will likely be voted on at the May 4 council meeting. “I know there’s talk of a tax increase and that’s horrible, since some people are really pushed to their gills [to …

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April 7   Mario’s Pizza get on top of Mas Demo early but can’t hang on in 4-2 loss   Mario’s Pizza jumped out to an early lead, but was unable to hold on and lost 4-2 to MAS DEMO on Thursday. A steal of home by Giulio Petrocelli gave Mas Demo the lead in …

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Woman says she experienced broad daylight ‘punch and run’ A woman said she was simply walking down Washington Street on a sunny Sunday afternoon this past weekend when she suddenly got punched on the side of the head. The woman said she was walking this past Sunday, April 17 around 4 p.m. near the intersection …

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In a town where many working-class residents and artists can no longer afford to live, and with a waiting list 858-people long to get into public housing, even the new director of the publicly funded Hoboken Housing Authority projects said last week that he hasn’t found a reasonably priced residence to move into in town, …

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Sitting in the audience at the new Mile Square Theatre at the north end of Clinton Street in Hoboken, 9-year-old Maria Carla Bettocchi relishes the set before her. She admires the furniture and paintings that make up the backdrop of the stage as the theater’s founders prepare to kick off the first musical in their …

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It’s too easy for some people to walk down the street and toss their trash into a storm drain without remembering that they empty into the Hudson River. But what if that gutter was decorated with some sea critters, or a wave? It’d be harder to ignore. That’s exactly what Hoboken’s Green Team (a five-year-old …

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Modest though he may be, Chef Marcelo Aparicio of Hoboken’s Carpe Diem restaurant is a strong contender to retain his crown in the “Best Wings in Hoboken” at St. Francis’ annual “A Wing & A Prayer” cookoff to be held this weekend. But he’s got some tough competition. The fourth annual event on Sunday, April …

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While he can’t remember how to tie some of the knots he could as a kid, and doesn’t camp out the way he used to when he was a young Boy Scout, Richard Mason of Hoboken still retains some of the basic lessons of life being a scout brought him, like leadership skills and how …

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Hoboken among towns that will likely see county tax increase A new county budget introduced on April 12 will probably increase the county tax portion of the property taxes paid by residents in Union City, Weehawken, Jersey City, and Hoboken. Explaining that cuts in aid and salary increases are to blame, County Executive Tom DeGise …

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This past week, Stevens Institute of Technology received unanimous approval from the City Council for a new glass sky bridge – a structure not exactly typical for Hoboken. The sky bridge is part of the college’s recently approved two-building $63.5 million Academic Gateway Complex on Hudson Street near Sixth Street. Back in November, when the …

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