Category: Hoboken News

Years after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, victims are still dying – some were emergency responders whose cancer is believed to be related to toxins in the air that day, and others are distraught because their relatives never made it out of the Twin Towers. “They didn’t all die on 9/11,” said Connie Agostini …

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This past Friday, Sept. 11, residents throughout Hudson County congregated at their respective memorials, including the Empty Sky memorial at Liberty State Park and Weehawken’s monument built from steel salvaged from the World Trade Center. But residents of Hoboken, which lost 57 residents during the September 11 terrorist attacks, stood at a grove of gingko …

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Just over a year after the controversial termination of Carmelo Garcia, the Hoboken Housing Authority (HHA) appointed a new executive director during a meeting Thursday. Sept. 10. Marc Recko, the current executive director of the Washington Housing Authority and Mid-East Regional Housing Authority in North Carolina, was assigned to the post with four votes of …

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A 6-acre park with at least 1 million gallons of flood mitigation capacity. Think Pier A in terms of size, except this would be in the northwest sector and address three of the city’s most dire needs, according to Mayor Dawn Zimmer: flooding, parking, and the need for more open space. That was the proposal …

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“One quarter mile,” County Executive Tom DeGise told Marilyn Shazor, the regional administrator the Federal Transit Administration (and a Secaucus resident), during a countywide tour of the Hudson Bergen Light Rail Line on Wednesday, Sept 2. He explained that if the existing light rail tracks were extended just a quarter of a mile in Jersey …

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Hoboken Catholic Academy starts difficult new school year As hundreds of students from Hoboken Catholic Academy embarked on a new school year this past Thursday, Sept. 10, many grieved the loss of classmate and friend Christopher Widjaja. The 10 year-old honor student died suddenly on July 4. Sources said he died overnight. “As we begin …

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With less than 10 weeks until the November elections, candidates for the six seats on the nine-member Hoboken City Council officially turned in their petitions on Monday, Aug. 31 at 4 p.m. In the 3rd Ward, former school board member and Hoboken politico Frank “Pupie” Raia, a wealthy developer who built the ShopRite and surrounding …

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Bari Drishti, AKA “Benny Tudino” of Benny Tudino’s pizza shop on Washington Street, has passed away. Drishti was a familiar face sitting outside his popular, centrally located shop, which is known for serving the largest (and doughiest) slices around. The shop has become legendary, feeding generations of Hobokenites as well as the newer, young residents …

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Hundreds gathered at Pier A Park last Thursday Aug. 27 for the 10th Annual Hoboken Spaghetti Dinner Block Party, which included ziti, rigatoni, meatballs, sausages, garlic bread, and all the pasta you could eat._____________“There’s always a couple hundred people that come out for a great way to end the summer,” – Gerri Fallo____________“The weather is …

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The first day of public school in Hoboken is this Tuesday, Sept. 8, although – much to the chagrin of parents scrambling for child care – public school preschoolers only attend half-day classes for all four days the first week. During the new year, students can expect new Chromebooks, new sports (including lacrosse), and new …

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