Category: Hoboken News

While water is a blessing to help firefighters fight blazes, water from heavy rains and aging pipes has made life difficult for firefighters in Hoboken. Hoboken’s firemen and women are beginning to see major upgrades to their fire houses, which Fire Chief Anton Peskens says have been riddled with water problems for years. Superstorm Sandy …

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A soft-spoken Frank Augustine, who turned 99 on Jan. 5, can tell his story with a collection of photos. Some populate his mantelpiece and others he keeps stowed away in a folder at his Fifth Street home. There’s one of him with his late siblings Joe, Mary and Anthony, with whom he was very close. …

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Shooter still ‘at large’ after 21 year-old man shot Hoboken Police Chief Kenneth Ferrante told The Hoboken Reporter Thursday afternoon that one shooter is still “at large” after a 21-year-old man was shot on Tuesday night, Feb 2. The victim of the shooting, whose not was not disclosed, was once in each leg following an …

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Hoboken moved quickly last week to clear snow from the main streets after a blizzard raged throughout the day Saturday, dumping a surprising 26 inches of snow. Plows pushed the white stuff onto the corners, clearing Washington Street for emergency vehicles, but it was still hard to navigate the sidewalks on Monday and Tuesday. Hoboken …

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The opening of The Vine at 900 Monroe St. this past week serves as a significant step in realizing Hoboken’s vision for its western edge. The new 11-story, 135-unit rental residence is nestled in a bustling commuter neighborhood adjacent to the city’s Ninth Street Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Station. There was a time in the 1990s …

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Before last Saturday, Jan. 23, Matthew Genovese was just one of the many twentysomething Hoboken residents who could be found heading to catch a bus or meet some friends for dinner. But by the following Monday, the smiling face of the 24-year-old is etched into the minds of mile-square residents. After he went missing the …

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9 year-old Miles Hymes couldn’t quite process that close to 10,000 library cards with his design are now available at the Hoboken Public Library. “I’m happy,” he said, with vanilla cake in hand. “I like to draw animals, cartoons, and sometimes I like to look at stuff and try to draw it.” The library kicked …

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Washington Street redesign plan redesigned Mile-square residents and business owners have less than three weeks to find out whether a $15 million plan to redesign the city’s main corridor on Washington Street is approved. The city’s 2014 plan (with urban design group RBA) to reframe the 17-block-long street was nixed when business owners expressed concerns …

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The road traveled by local students taking the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) exam has been a rocky one thus far. Some parents of children in the public schools have protested the new state test and had their children opt out. For the majority who took it, they will have …

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