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Raslowsky looks back
Outgoing superintendent leaves behind a ‘complicated district’

As Superintendent Jack Raslowsky looked back on a “productive” few years as Hoboken’s head of schools, before he takes over as the full-time president of Xavier High School in Manhattan, he judged his time in Hoboken as challenging, but rewarding. “The problems we have don’t have easy answers,” Raslowsky said. Raslowsky understands there is an …

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At the scene of the crash
Zimmer, OEM on handling an international tragedy

When a tourist helicopter and single-engine plane collided in mid-air over the Hudson River last Saturday, all of Hoboken stopped and looked skyward. A soccer coach on the field at Sinatra Park was startled by the overhead blast. Seconds later and close by, wreckage from the collision landed on Sinatra Drive and the Stevens Institute …

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Memories of Woodstock
Forty years later, the concert is still an icon

“Private Sullivan!” my sergeant roared, his voice filling the Fort Dix barracks like a bullhorn. “You have a phone call.” Privates – especially ones just finished with basic training – didn’t get phone calls like this unless to convey bad news, usually a family member telling us about some tragedy. But the voice on the …

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Buddy’s kind of town
‘Cake Boss’ calls out Ace of Cakes, talks season 2

In a town getting national recognition for all the wrong reasons, Bartolo “Buddy” Valastro is bringing millions of eyes onto Hoboken for the right ones. The 32-year-old baker’s critically-acclaimed reality show Cake Boss airs on The Learning Channel (TLC) on Mondays at 10 p.m., including a stunning season finale Aug. 17. The show features Valastro …

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Zimmer’s ‘different style’ surprises City Hall
Says what she’ll do about city directorships, Parking Utility

New Acting Mayor Dawn Zimmer said last week that some of her decisions have caught City Hall employees off guard. “It’s going take a while for people to get used to me,” she said. “I have a different style, a more down-to-earth style.” One employee asked Zimmer if she wanted a parking placard for City …

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Who decides development?
Council takes back Zoning Board appointment power , cuts some salaries

In the case of United States of America v. Peter Cammarano III and Michael Schaffer, the FBI alleges that former Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano believed in trading Zoning Board help for campaign cash. Schaffer, a former councilman and Cammarano’s alleged go-between, is quoted as telling a prospective developer who was also an FBI informant, “[W]e …

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The sting of summer
Local mosquito population up 300 percent due to rainfall

If it seems like you’re scratching more mosquito bites than usual this summer, it’s not your imagination. Ten inches of rain fell on Hudson County in the month of June, according to the American Association of State Climatologists, and the abnormally wet conditions are causing mosquitoes to multiply many times faster. That has put the …

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The meteoric fall of Peter Cammarano
Mayor cites city, family concerns in resignation letter

Peter Cammarano had already chosen the color for the new paint in his corner office in City Hall: a shade of blue called “Shakespeare.” He didn’t realize then that tragedy was in the cards. Just four weeks after Gov. Jon Corzine had called him the new, young face of the Democratic Party, Cammarano resigned his …

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The unexpected rise of Dawn Zimmer
A heartbreaking loss turns into a corner office

Council President Dawn Zimmer came within 161 votes of becoming Hoboken’s chief executive in June, but was narrowly beaten out by Councilman Peter Cammarano’s absentee ballots. Little did she know that before August, she would become the 38th mayor of Hoboken and the mile-square city’s first female mayor. After her tough election loss, Councilwoman Zimmer …

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