Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Watch City Council live The Hoboken City Council will continue their budget hearings with directors on Saturday, Feb. 13 beginning at 9:30 a.m. They will conduct their regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. in City Hall, but residents can watch the meeting live on www.hudsonreporter.com and comment on the action. Council …
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Taxpayers trying to rebound from last year’s tax whack have little to look forward to, according to early indicators at City Hall. The City Council met last Saturday to hear directors pitch their departmental budgets, but little in the way of savings was revealed. Other directors will do the same on Saturday, Feb. 13. A …
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The list of troubling issues with regard to suspended SWAT Lt. Angelo Andriani is growing for the city. An administrative hearing that may result in Andriani’s termination from the Hoboken police force due to several allegations of misconduct is wrapping up, and the city is now conducting a secondary investigation into a disturbance in Tampa …
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The Boys and Girls Club of Hoboken was given 36 bikes from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) last week, and the local children who gathered couldn’t wait to get on the two-wheeled gifts. Jay Garcia, director of the B&G Club, at 123 Jefferson St., distributed the bicycles to kids under 11 years old who …
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Already known as an industry leader for creating green, sustainable buildings, developer Larry Bijou has added another honor to his mantle. His creation, the Garden Street Lofts at 14th and Garden streets, which was once an old Hostess coconut processing factory, has been certified by a national non-profit organization as the first “gold” standard residential …
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Roommate banished A woman called police at 4:50 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 29 to report she was being illegally kicked out of an apartment on Park Avenue by her male roommate, according to a police report. Three moving men were hauling her furniture from the building when police arrived. The male roommate, Joseph Fionda, 27, …
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Pit bull attacks; shot dead by cop Police shot and killed a pit bull around midnight on Thursday after it severely injured three victims, including its owner, police said in a statement Friday. The incident happened at a luxury building in uptown Hoboken after the first victim, a 42-year-old male resident, called police and alleged …
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Former Hoboken Housing Authority member Hector Claveria wasn’t the most notable Hoboken politician arrested by police in 2009. That was former Mayor Peter Cammarano, who was snagged by the FBI in July for allegedly taking bribes. But Claveria’s story may be a companion tale to Cammarano and the “Bid Rig” scandal, a chapter rather than …
Continue reading “Arrested official: I was set up!
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A local mother is organizing movie times at Hoboken’s new theatre for children with special needs, including her autistic daughter. Danielle Puro, a lifelong Hoboken resident, said the movies are “sensory-friendly,” meaning the lights are up and the sound is low. The first showtime will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 6 at Clearview …
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Two New Jersey assistant superintendents are vying to become the next head of the Hoboken public schools. Dr. Gayle Griffin, a curriculum specialist from the Newark school district, and Dr. Frank Romano, an operational specialist from the Ft. Lee school district, spoke before a small crowd of parents, educators, and local officials on Tuesday at …
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