Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Clerk: no violations for candidates Four objections were filed with the Hudson County following the deadline for Hoboken mayoral candidates to submit petitions to run for office, but the clerk’s office said last week that all of the objections were unfounded. Candidates Kimberly Glatt and Patricia Waiters filed objections regarding Acting Mayor Dawn Zimmer’s allegedly …
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Because catcalls and heckling had drowned out public speakers two weeks ago, Acting Mayor Dawn Zimmer started out last week’s City Council meeting by demanding respect and decorum. But when another politically-charged appointment to the Housing Authority came up for a vote, control of the meeting started to slip away. Like a teacher losing control …
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Eight candidates filed to run for mayor of Hoboken in the special election to be held Nov. 3, the third mayoral election in the mile-square city in six months. The deadline was Wednesday at 4 p.m. for candidates to file petitions at the County Clerk’s Office in Jersey City, but mishaps on deadline day by …
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At Tuesday’s Hoboken Board of Education meeting, a few parents accused district schools of mishandling bullying situations. Interim Superintendent Peter Carter said that unresponsive principals would be “in trouble,” and promised that remedies would be forthcoming. But on Wednesday, Carter said that two of the three situations in question predated his tenure, and they will …
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The long-awaited walkway between Hoboken’s train station and Jersey City’s Newport section opened on Sept. 7 and is getting more and more foot traffic every day. But the walkway across the Long Slip Canal closes each night at 9 p.m., and residents are crying foul. N.J. Transit announced on Friday that a ribbon-cutting event will …
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Investigation, lawsuit at Stevens Attorney General Anne Milgram filed a 16-count civil complaint against Stevens Institute of Technology, President Harold Raveche, and Board Chairman Lawrence Babbio on Thursday. The institute had earlier attempted to file a restraining order to head off the complaint. The AG’s lawsuit alleges “financial mismanagement, excessive spending of endowment investment gains, …
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Guarding the doors of the numerous watering holes in Hoboken are a group of savvy and usually stout doormen: the bouncers. They are asked to protect the bar, the crowd, the bartenders, and themselves. They carry no weapons, although they defend themselves against them from time to time: knives, bats, guns. But unfortunately, when things …
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At Thursday night’s meeting of the Hoboken Housing Authority Board of Commissioners, the seven unpaid members who help oversee the 1,353 federally subsidized housing projects welcomed their newest member, Jake Stuiver. Stuiver had been appointed to the seat at a council meeting a week earlier that saw much wrangling over the slot. Even though positions …
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The blunt truth Two separate groups of juveniles were caught with marijuana cigars, or blunts, by police last week within minutes and a city block of each other. Police received a call from a resident who has observed the same group of juveniles standing by the corner of Second Street and Willow Avenue around the …
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Another year of state takeover City officials appeared before the state’s Local Finance Board on Wednesday to argue that the state financial takeover of city government is no longer necessary after one year of monitoring. However, the board decided to continue the financial monitoring. They have set out certain milestones for the city to achieve …
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