Category: Hoboken News

The board that makes sure your toilets flush properly is about to look a little different. Frank “Pupie” Raia, a wealthy Hoboken developer and North Hudson Sewerage Authority (NHSA) commissioner, was passed over for reappointment to the all-volunteer board in favor of former freeholder candidate Kurt Gardiner at the City Council meeting on Wednesday Jan. …

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A warrant has been issued for Juan Perez, 58, of Hillcrest Avenue in North Bergen, who faces 68 counts of animal cruelty after authorities found dozens of cats and dogs living in unspeakable conditions, according to North Bergen Police Chief Robert Dowd. Perez apparently left town a few days before officers searched his house, and …

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City braces for potential blizzard By the time you get this edition of the Hudson Reporter, the city of Hoboken may be fully coated in snow. In anticipation of up to a foot of snow and wind gusts upwards of 50 miles per hour from Friday night through Sunday at 6 a.m., according to the …

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The same way New Yorkers call their city The Big Apple, many people refer to Hoboken as the “Mile-Square City” or “Mile Square City”. Despite the fact that the city covers 1.27 square miles on land (close to 2 if you count the water), the nickname has stuck through the years and made it into …

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Being a Hoboken police officer has its unique challenges. While the murder rate has dropped to zero, police are faced with the increasing popularity of a mile-square waterfront town that draws party-goers to fill the bars on every holiday. Each day on the job is different, according to Police Chief Kenneth Ferrante, who just finished …

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The city of Hoboken wore the Redwings black and red proudly as the high school football team paraded down Washington Street on Wednesday, Jan. 13 to celebrate their 10th state championship. Shop owners stood at their doorsteps to wave to the team, passerby snapped photos, and mothers stopped their strollers to cheer the team on. …

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Never mind the recent water main breaks, each one butting up against my new apartment building. I really like Hoboken! I lived in Hoboken 20 years ago, and paid $200 a month for a huge place on 10th and Washington. In the end, it doesn’t quite matter that it was super cheap, because my roof …

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A feud between northern and southern New Jersey legislators came to an end this week with a compromise that will allow voters to choose if they want to expand casino gambling to the northern part of the state. The lawmakers came to an agreement on Jan. 12 after months of wrangling between state Senate President …

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Is battle looming over seat on North Hudson Sewerage Authority? Only in an immensely political county could people fight over a seat on the sewerage authority. But it looks like that may happen at next week’s Hoboken City Council meeting. Sources say that the seat long held by Hoboken developer and former Board of Education …

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