Category: Hoboken News

When Hudson County-based alternative rockers Wyland got their start two and a half years ago, they first sought to establish themselves in the clubs and cafes of Manhattan. As they have matured, the group has gravitated more and more toward the burgeoning music community in New Jersey, particularly in Asbury Park and Hoboken. On Saturday, …

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He’s Hudson County’s Pied Piper of chess, drawing young children out of their shells and then inspiring them to learn one of the world’s most challenging games. It’s a second calling for semi-retired Union City native Peter Croce. For the last 15 years, he’s taught kids from Union City, Weehawken, Hoboken, Jersey City, Secaucus, and …

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Menendez, Booker announce $3M in aid for North Hudson Sewage Authority plant U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today announced the awarding of a $2,990,908.35 Sandy relief grant through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to the North Hudson Sewage Authority to replace electrical feeder cables at the Hoboken waste water plant that was …

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If you’re going on vacation or just hanging out locally, take a photo with any Reporter newspaper, including the Bayonne Community News, and send it to us! We’d love to print it and show your neighbors where you went. Visiting relatives in the next town? Hanging out down the Shore? Riding a camel in the …

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A year and a half after Hoboken announced that it would launch a joint bike share program with Weehawken and Jersey City, the project remains stuck in limbo, waiting on enough funding from private sponsorships to begin. Since the beginning of 2014, the projected start date for the bike share has slid from June 2014 …

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The dusty trophies are piled in boxes in a breezy garage on Monroe Street, next to a lone bag of seed. On the roof, a lattice of cages lies empty and partially deconstructed, silent for perhaps the first time in 60 years. Only a pair of stone owls on the front porch still holds a …

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Let your voice be heard on chronic flooding in Hoboken Hoboken officials propose to use nature-based “green infrastructure” solutions to relieve chronic flooding in the city. A Rutgers led-project asks Hoboken residents to complete a Hoboken Resident Community Health and Resilience Survey. The survey is an effort to gather input about the effects of chronic …

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