Category: Hoboken News

People become homeless for a number of reasons. Sometimes they lose a job, or have a falling out with their family, or are escaping domestic violence, or have family but are too mentally ill to care for themselves. Some are simply down on their luck. And some may not be able to cite a clear …

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Hoboken officials and engineers met with the public on Thursday, Feb. 18 and unveiled three new plans to protect the city from future storm surges, two months after residents criticized earlier plans for floodwalls that might rise as high as 12 feet high and cut into residential neighborhoods. A packed house of over 200 residents …

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Coffee with the cops The Hoboken Police Department will host its first-ever “Coffee with a Cop” event on Wednesday, Feb. 24. “Coffee with a Cop brings police officers and the community members they serve together – over coffee – to discuss issues, learn more about each other, and strengthen community ties,” City Spokesman Juan Melli …

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Walking from Maxwell’s Tavern to Eighth Street Tavern as part of her Saturday night out, 29-year-old Jennifer Lynn Pryor of Hoboken shared a quirky and romantic love story. She has been living with her boyfriend Salvatore Anthony Fusaro, 30, in Hoboken since March 2014. The lovebirds – she originally from Neptune and he from Staten …

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A palpable fervor filled the air of the city council chambers on Monday, Feb. 8 as more than a dozen residents took to the mic to condemn the city’s plan to narrow Washington Street for drivers, making way for bike lanes and ostensibly wiping out the ability to double-park. Each of those speakers received applause …

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At Mayor Dawn Zimmer’s State of the City address on Wednesday night, the mayor declined to address a heated hearing earlier in the week about her proposed Washington Street redesign plan, but did give her own thoughts on the plan and mentioned upcoming park projects as well three anti-flooding measures the city is considering. “I …

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Humans beware: a killer plant will be on the prowl next weekend as Hoboken High School’s Drama Club premieres its musical comedy, “Little Shop of Horrors.” “It’s just like going to a Broadway production,” said Director Danielle Miller. Olive vines dangle from the stage, abridged storefronts protrude from the walls, and a cityscape fills the …

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Freezing temperatures on the way; here’s where to warm up Temperatures this weekend are expected to dip to as low as 3 degrees. The National Weather Service has issued a wind chill advisory. Anybody looking for a warm place in Hoboken can head to the Hoboken Homeless Shelter, located at 300 Bloomfield St., or the …

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Businesses and residents along Washington Street — “the most dangerous corridor” of Hoboken according to city officials – have had a mix of responses to a plan to redesign the 17-block-long thoroughfare. “It will affect business because a lot of customers double park,” Ray Alatiyat said Wednesday afternoon. Alatiyat has owned an electronics store on …

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Which would you rather eat: a replica of Mt. Vesuvius made from hand-tossed mozzarella or something called the “The Grande Cadillac” of macaroni and cheese? You could have tried both – for a good cause — in Hoboken this past Sunday, January 31. At the annual Mutzfest at the Elks Club, hungry patrons lined up …

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