Category: Hoboken News

Many travelers feel culture shock when visiting another country for the first time, but few have an experience like Michelle Zube’s. On a recent trip to Indonesia, the most striking thing for Zube wasn’t strange food or a new kind of toilet but the climate of fear and denial surrounding autism. The 35-year-old special education …

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Hoboken mayor named to national EPA advisory committee The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced the addition of Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer to its Local Government Advisory Committee, a 30-member board which gives the agency recommendations on key environmental policies. The LGAC was formed in 1993 to foster stronger cooperation between the EPA and local …

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Even among ongoing construction in Hoboken, the little house on Frank Sinatra Drive stands out like a sore thumb. For one thing, the structure sits in an empty lot at the tip of Castle Point, its only neighbors a low office building and the mighty Hudson River. Then there’s the layout—single story, raised on pilings, …

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Hoboken has changed a lot since Maritza Figueroa left in 2001, but so has she. As a teenage mother living in the Andrew Jackson Gardens public housing project, Figueroa looked out at an uncertain future. Despite the odds, she rose to earn a GED, associate’s degree, and bachelor’s degree, pursue a master’s degree, raise three …

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In the line of duty, the ultimate test of an officer’s abilities can arise at a moment’s notice. For Hoboken Police Officer Keith Rotondi, it took less than five minutes on a spring evening to go from filing a report at headquarters to facing down a man with his hand in his jacket pocket begging …

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Hoboken Housing Authority Chief Financial Officer Emil Kotherithara will serve as the agency’s acting executive director until the search for a permanent replacement is complete. At its monthly meeting this past Thursday, the HHA Board of Commissioners elected to tap Kotherithara rather than extend the expiring contract of current interim director Robert DiVincent on a …

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Hoboken seeks volunteers to grow Community Emergency Response Team The City of Hoboken invites members of the community to join its 100-strong and growing Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). State-certified trainers will hold a series of free CERT classes this fall for up to 60 participants. Those interested in joining CERT can submit an online …

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The Fund for a Better Waterfront (FBW) recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of the narrow legal victory that led to the group’s birth. After a July 1990 city referendum halted a Port Authority plan to build a 33-story office tower on Pier A, the vote’s organizers sat down to create an alternative vision for the …

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