Category: Hoboken News

This is one of two articles on Hoboken’s upcoming Nov. 3 City Council races. The Nov. 3 municipal elections are a little over two weeks away. Thirteen candidates are running for six City Council seats representing various areas of town. The jobs are part-time. The council also has three at-large seats that will be up …

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While canvassing the outside of 1101 Garden St., where a massive spider scales a rope web, one passerby couldn’t help chime in. “He’s not done by a mile…come back in a week. Steven [Vizena’s] installations are incredible.” Last year, Vizena exhibited “cloud zombies” which are exactly like they sound – undead dummies dangling from puffy …

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Working parents in the mile-square city often rely upon elementary afterschool programs during the evening to care for their children, as well as offer fun and educational activities. This past week’s Hoboken Board of Education meeting on Tuesday Oct. 13 addressed these programs and how they can work better in the future. “Our intent as …

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A hotel behind Hoboken post office? After designating the River Street Post Office an area in need of rehabilitation in Oct. 2012, the city wants residents to voice their opinions on the future plans for the area on Tuesday, Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held at the conference room of the …

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Five residents helped make $1 million in grant money available to Hoboken for public agencies and non-profit organizations this year. But nobody knows their names. The city got more federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for the public agencies because it exceeded a population benchmark of 50,000 residents by five people (a figure that …

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Oct. 29 will mark three years since Hurricane Sandy hit Hoboken, and residents recently experienced déjà vu when Hurricane Joaquin threatened to slither up the coast. Stevens Institute of Technology professor Dr. Alan Blumberg, an ocean engineer well known for predicting the massive extent of Sandy before other forecasters back in October 2012, said last …

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Strap on those helmets! Mayor Dawn Zimmer took an inaugural first ride as part of Hoboken’s Hudson Bike Share program this past Friday, underneath the 14th Street Viaduct. Seventeen stations and 120 bikes are active throughout the city with all 29 stations and 250 bikes coming online in the coming days and weeks. The program, …

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Hoboken High School teacher Doug MacAulay has always had a collective approach to his projects. He plans to shoot “In My Own Mind,” a film that has been in the works since 2010, with current and former students. MacAulay said during one of the group’s weekly Monday meetings that he is not an expert, and …

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‘All that Jazz’ at the Hudson School Award-winning pianist, actress and writer Pamela Ross, along with some friends, will present “All that Jazz” at the Hudson School on Sunday, Oct. 11 at 3 p.m. The show will feature an afternoon of jazz, tangos and other styles of dance to Broadway classics as well as music …

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