Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
An undetermined tax break Fiscal Monitor Judy Tripodi announced last week that property taxes for Hoboken residents will be reduced this year, after they were drastically increased last year. The city is finalizing some portions of the budget and Tripodi expects introduction to the City Council and a public hearing in late November or early …
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We are now accepting “Reporter on Vacation” photos year round. So if you get a photo of yourself or your friends and family with one of the Reporter newspapers or the Bayonne Community News, send it to us at editorial@hudsonreporter.com and we’ll print it! Put “Reporter on Vacation” in the subject head. Or send it …
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The Hoboken City Council debated at length on Wednesday Night whether they should remove resident and business parking on five uptown blocks near the new movie theater on 14th Street between Adams and Grand streets and install parking meters there. The five-screen theater was approved years ago without any parking on the basis that residents …
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It’s true that Hoboken mayoral candidate Kimberly Glatt had supporters from Union City attending her recent debate, she admits, but it isn’t true that she used to babysit for the kids of convicted former Mayor Anthony Russo. With a mayoral election coming up in Hoboken on Nov. 3, many rumors are floating around regarding the …
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Alleged Squeegee attack A taxi driver was arrested after he allegedly wielded a squeegee as a weapon during a confrontation with another driver. On Sunday, Oct. 18, police responded to the taxi stand at the foot of Hudson Street on report of a fight between two drivers. Officers arrived at 9:15 a.m. and placed Manuel …
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Debate videos now online Debates the Hudson Reporter held with candidates from Secaucus, Hoboken, and Bayonne have been posted to www.HudsonReporter.com and can now be viewed by the public. Technical difficulties the site had last Monday have been resolved. In Secaucus, all six Town Council candidates answered questions regarding Recreation Center, overdevelopment, cooperation on the …
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The state recently released its sixth annual New Jersey 2009 Hospital Performance Report, and Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen had the highest scores in Hudson County. Jersey City Medical Center got the next highest scores, while Bayonne Medical Center, Hoboken University Medical Center, and Christ Hospital in Jersey City all ranked in the bottom …
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The Hoboken Reporter mayoral debate featuring six of the seven candidates uncovered at least one thing they all agree on: The next mayor’s favorite Frank Sinatra tune is “My Way.” Acting Mayor Dawn Zimmer, Councilwoman Beth Mason, candidates Frank Raia, Kimberly Glatt, Nathan Brinkman, and Everton Wilson attended the debate on Wednesday, while the seventh …
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Saying goodbye to a model teacher is hard to do. The Board of Education announced last week the pending retirement of one of Hoboken’s finest by many accounts: Josephine DeGennaro, a fourth grade teacher at Connors Elementary School. DeGenarro has served the children of Hoboken for 35 years. She will retire on Jan. 1 to …
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Cop arrested for drunk driving Hoboken Police Det. Kris Wehrhan, 31, Hoboken, was arrested on Wednesday, Sept. 30 just after midnight for driving while intoxicated and refusing to submit to a Breathalyzer test. Police said Wehrhan was observed allegedly traveling at a high rate of speed and crossing over the yellow lines by 10th and …
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