Category: Hoboken News

“When I first walked by the school, there was a huge pile of dead people. I saw the clothes my older sister had been wearing, so I immediately knew it was her,” Masaharu Otake told Hoboken filmmaker Joshua Tanzer in August 2006 when recounting the bombing of Tokyo in March 1945, the last year of …

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Redwings football team postpones parade due to forecast Due to a rainy forecast, the Hoboken High School Redwings Football team has rescheduled their parade, originally planned for Wednesday, Dec. 23, to Wednesday, Jan. 13 at 3 p.m. The team won their 10th NJSIAA State Championship victory on Dec. 5 after beating out the undefeated Brearley …

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“Hope you get rest. From Andrew. P.S: Can you bring my sister, Jill, a 6-foot tall Funshine bear and a regular sized Funshine bear?” wrote one child in a letter to Santa that was received at the Hoboken Post Office recently. “How’s your summer? I’ve been thinking about what I want for Christmas,” he continued …

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Mike Baldassari’s family has been in Hoboken for over100 years. While speaking with his mother, Claire, about the possibility of the city erecting anti-flooding seawalls that might block views of the Manhattan skyline, she told him about being barred from the waterfront as a child because of the warehouses along the harbor. “You guys have …

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It’s a miracle. Not that Suellen Newman, the director of the Hudson School, was nominated for a Life Changer of the Year Award for the 2015-2016 school year. Or that the independent private school she founded in 1978 has grown from 18 students at its humble beginnings to today’s 187. It’s a miracle instead that …

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With roots in Hoboken that trace back to the 1980s, the Holiday Banding Concert will continue this year with a myriad of local acts. The city began the traditional concert as a way to raise funds for Projected Images of Hudson County. Projected Images was a non-profit organization that used to screen independent films in …

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A tense dialogue took up the bulk of the City Council meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 16 before the Neumann Leathers Redevelopment Plan was passed 8-0-1. Councilman David Mello, who phoned in, abstained on the plan, which outlines proposed redevelopment of an old factory complex near the city’s southern border. Mello did not say why he …

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Traffic bureau to conduct DWI checkpoint in Hoboken In efforts to reduce safety hazards connected to DWI-related accidents, the Hoboken Police Department’s Traffic Bureau will conduct a checkpoint on the south end of town on Saturday, Dec. 19. The checkpoint will run from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. and pamphlets will be provided to drivers …

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The Hoboken High School Redwings Football Team won their 10th NJSIAA State Championship on Saturday, Dec. 5. The Redwings defeated Brearley 34-12 to win the Group I North II Championship. The team, led by Coach Lou Taglieri and his staff, will be honored in a parade down Washington Street on Wednesday, Dec. 23. The parade …

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One woman looked visibly flustered at a presentation this week of various ways Hoboken can handle storm surges and flooding. “I’m concerned because every concept seems to block the view…everything beautiful about Hoboken comes from the openness,” Laura Edelman told the Hoboken Reporter later. Edelman, who has lived at the Hudson Tea Building for the …

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