Category: Hoboken News

Rating things can be overrated. Imitation is the sincerest form of laziness. Accept compliments the same way you do insults – lightly. Inertia is the mother of all sins. Chances are that one of the above phrases made you smile, or at the very least, think. As modest as it may sound, that is Hoboken …

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If you have suggestions about how to stem the number of ambulance calls and crimes that occur around holiday-themed bar crawls and house parties in Hoboken, the city is all ears. Despite having 200 Hoboken police officers on duty and outer city backup last Saturday, the St. Patrick’s Day-related festivities resulted in 432 calls for …

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Former Hoboken City Council President Christopher Campos was among four charged this past week with allegedly committing bank and wire fraud in order to perpetuate a $7 million car loan scheme in New York City, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara announced late on Wednesday. Campos – who is currently …

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The high hopes associated with the start of the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) or “ObamaCare” have yet to fully pan out the way many local health care operators had expected. Over the last year, Hudson County’s three major health organizations, which run the hospitals, have been expanding services in order to appeal to a …

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Prepare to scavenge! Egg Hunts on the way Spring is upon us and that means it’s time to scavenge for eggs. Two free egg hunts are on their way to Hoboken on the same Saturday: the Hoboken Family Alliance’s Spring Fling Egg Hunt, and Hoboken Grace Community Church’s Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 19. …

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Parking on Washington Street in Hoboken could look a lot different if the city implements a few changes that have been discussed over the last two years – shifting all meters to a system of inputting a license plate number; possibly increasing current meter rates, and adding meters to the upper section of Washington Street …

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The welcome sign at the northern entrance to Hoboken reminds visitors that the first organized modern baseball game took place at Elysian Field in June, 1846. Now, Mike Podhorzer – a Hoboken resident, baseball prognosticator and self-proclaimed “numbers guy” – is providing baseball-lovers a new perspective on the sport. In late February, Podhorzer made his …

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