Category: Hoboken News

A US Airways jet crash landed in the Hudson River along the Weehawken waterfront after striking a flock of birds shortly after takeoff, reports said. All 148 passengers and five crew members were rescued and the injured were taken to area hospitals, including approximately 60 passengers to Hudson County, after surviving the “Miracle on the …

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An old soap and perfume factory that can be seen on the hills above Hoboken and Weehawken may be demolished and replaced by towers of up to 29 stories as part of a redevelopment plan. The Yardley building, constructed in 1916 on Palisade Avenue in Union City, may have to make way for two new …

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Maurice Fitzgibbons sits in the back of the Elysian Café in Hoboken as if he owns the place. He has come here so often for so long that everybody knows him, particularly the management, which greets him like a family member each time he comes in. Fitzgibbons often frequents establishments he considers the core of …

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The election for Hoboken mayor and three council-at-large seats is exactly four months from tomorrow, but none of the rumored mayoral candidates have publicly declared they will run – likely because of the continually shifting alliances behind the scenes. But several of the rumored candidates talked about their alliances and plans last week. And others …

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The City Council showed up to a meeting Wednesday night to find that more than 35 firefighters had gathered to speak their minds. The firefighters and their union representatives were upset about misinformation that they said had been bandied about by residents looking for areas to cut the budget. Right now, both the police and …

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The city’s financial firm of the past three years is out, as is controversial Tax Collector Louis Picardo. Due partly to the mile-square city’s precarious financial situation and to scheduled retirements, several top Hoboken officials and consultants retired or were replaced in the past few weeks. The city’s state-appointed fiscal monitor, Judy Tripodi, has hired …

Continue reading “Shakeup at City HallNew year brings director changes, rumors about botched waterfront contract”