Category: Hoboken News

Zelda, a 7-year-old Scottish terrier, was trotting along Washington Street near 1st Street last Sunday with owner Gary Holtzman in tow when she was shocked by stray voltage on a light post. Stories about pets being electrocuted on the street have made headlines in New York City, but no incidents of this happening in Hoboken …

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The Rockefeller Group, a global development firm that owns Rockefeller Center in New York City, is coming to Hoboken. In fact, they’re already here, some say. According to sources, their offshoot company, Park Willow, LLC, has purchased several buildings uptown – between 14th and 17th streets from Grand Street to Park Avenue – where the …

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The city has approved tax bills to be sent out, and residents should not expect any relief. Tax rates for the third quarter are the same as the last two quarters: a 47 percent increase from last year, including an 84 percent jump in the municipal portion. The next three quarters – the fourth quarter …

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Assemblyman Ruben Ramos Jr. has three public jobs – Hoboken city councilman, teacher in the Paterson schools, and 33rd District Assemblyman – but he is planning to eliminate one. He has said he won’t run for council again this May, but will run for another Assembly term in the Democratic primary in June. He said …

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In the late 1960s, I worked for my dad as his switchboard operator at his paint factory at 15th and Adams Streets in Hoboken, filling in for Berdie, who was vacationing in the Catskills for two weeks. With no training, I was expected to treat every caller politely and make sure that I took down …

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Reporter deadlines for Presidents’ Day, Feb. 16 A week from this coming Monday, the Hudson Reporter office will be closed on Monday, Feb. 16, for Presidents’ Day. Therefore, some of the editorial, sales, and classified deadlines will change. For the Wednesday, Feb. 18 issue of the Bayonne Community News and the Thursday, Feb. 19 issue …

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An extensive investigation into several current and former city employees who were incorrectly receiving city health benefits has turned up some interesting names and little explanation from the administration. _____________ “One division didn’t know what the other division was doing.” – David Roberts________ State-appointed fiscal monitor Judy Tripodi confirmed the names of five individuals – …

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