Category: Hoboken News

In a report released last week by the State of New Jersey Commission of Investigation, several municipalities were flagged for giving their municipal employees benefits that they said were examples of “waste and abuse” during harsh economic times. The nearly 50-page report identified Union City, Hoboken, and West New York for having excessive employee perks …

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Check out our website every day for breaking news, and reader comments! Yes, it’s true! In January, the Reporter will celebrate the first anniversary of its new website, www.hudsonreporter.com, which constantly has breaking news at the top, with comments from readers. We’ve broken several local and even statewide stories on the site! Check it out …

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The Hoboken school district recently announced that renovations to Connors Primary School will begin August 2010, forcing its students to move east to the Demarest School building for two years. In addition, a K-12 charter school that was in Demarest will have to find new space by next fall. Hoboken has been planning renovations to …

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The Hoboken Rotary and a handful of fourth graders proved that spelling is not a lost skill in Hoboken. Last year, Rotarians donated dictionaries to local third graders, and this year they came back to see if the books had been put to use. The Rotary invited top fourth-grade spellers from seven schools in Hoboken …

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Once upon a time, Hoboken had an art scene. These days, artists in town are struggling to pay high rents, but a select few are throwing up their arms and proclaiming that art will live. For some, the palette is bleak, mostly gray. Along the southern edge of town, the former Neumann Leathers factory complex, …

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Train tunnel meeting N J Transit is building a train tunnel through several Hudson County towns under the river to New York. Mayor Dawn Zimmer announced last week a community meeting to discuss the Hoboken-area impact of the project. The meeting will take place at the Elks Club, 1005 Washington St., Tuesday, Dec. 8 at …

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Only six months after Dawn Zimmer lost her first mayoral race in Hoboken, she is now about to be inaugurated as the first female mayor of Hoboken – and the first female mayor in Hudson County history. This past Tuesday, Zimmer won a special election that was held after the winner of the June mayoral …

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If you want to enjoy mountainside cocktails in Aspen, hit the fresh powder in Jackson Hole, or experiment with ice climbing in Val Thorens, France, your neighbors just might want to join you. “Think snow” is the motto of the Hoboken Ski Club, a 500-plus member non-profit club that organizes activities around the country all …

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