Category: Hoboken News

The day after the city’s Veterans Day ceremony on Wednesday — which drew a turnout of 200 people — five war veterans gathered at their headquarters at American Legion Post 107 on Third Street. Waiting outside, bantering and suddenly laughing, they sounded like a group of twentysomethings. But once inside, a group of elderly men …

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While some kindergarteners aspire to become astronauts or firefighters when they grow up, Madeline Klatt, one of six Hoboken Students of the Month for last month, wants to be the principal of Joseph F. Brandt Primary School on Ninth Street. “Her teacher shared with me that Madeline is a joy to have in class,” said …

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Even though winter is still more than seven weeks away, it’s not too soon to start readying for the harshest of all seasons, according to Hudson County home improvement experts. Plumbing and heating specialists, roofing contractors, and hardware store owners agree that homeowners should check their systems, equipment, and structures now before the cold weather …

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Final hearing for Stevens Academic Gateway complex to be held next week The public will have a chance to speak at the sixth and final hearing of Stevens Institute of Technology’s long awaited Academic Gateway Complex project next week on Tuesday, Nov. 17. When the school initially presented their Gateway Complex proposal, the Hudson Street …

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The crowd at the 10th Street and Willow Avenue bar spilled out the door on Tuesday night, Nov. 3, as Mayor Dawn Zimmer’s allies celebrated the victory of four candidates in six open seats in the City Council ward races, and one of three school board candidates. The City Council is made up of nine …

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Local theatre lovers may have caught a production by the Mile Square Theatre during one of their free performances along the waterfront. Or at a reading hosted by the Hoboken Historical Museum. Or at Frank Sinatra Park. Or the high school. Or the court house. The Mile Square Theatre, which was founded in 2003 by …

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A local institution for almost 30 years, Bar/None Records was founded in Hoboken by Tom Prendergast in early 1986 and is now based in Weehawken. The company has released multiple titles that have sold in the hundreds of thousands, making Bar/None an important New Jersey-based record label and one of the most important indie labels …

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A perfect storm descended upon Hoboken on Halloween weekend, pushing the crime statistics to Lepre-con Day levels. Some of the factors that came into play: Halloween took place on a weekend with pleasant weather, the New York Mets were in the World Series, and the change back to Standard Time kept the local bars open …

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Halloween fell on a Saturday this year, so more families than ever had the chance to participate in Hoboken’s traditional Ragamuffin Parade. After that, goblins, ghouls, and minions swarmed nearby businesses and homes to trick-or-treat. Especially popular were some displays on upper Bloomfield and Garden streets, like the one pictured. For more photos like these, …

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Veterans Day The city will host a Veterans Day ceremony on Wednesday, November 11 at 11 a.m. at Elysian Park near 11th Street and Frank Sinatra Drive. The brief service honors Hoboken’s veterans and those currently serving in the armed forces. Resident calls out council president for ejecting two mayoral opponents from meeting During the …

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