Category: Hoboken News

When the administration of interim Hoboken Schools Superintendent Dr. Richard Brockel presented its final budget for the 2015-2016 school year two weeks ago, it only needed to convince a majority of the nine members of the Hoboken Board of Education to vote in favor. For the 2016-17 school year budget, however, the voters may get …

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Dana Wefer re-elected as Hoboken Housing Authority board chair Dana Wefer was re-elected as the chairwoman of the Hoboken Housing Authority Board of Commissioners, the seven-member volunteer body that oversees Hoboken’s public housing projects, at the board’s annual reorganization this past Thursday. Wefer received five affirmative votes, and Commissioners David Mello and Judith Burrell were …

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After requesting a 2 percent increase in the municipal property tax levy to fund its proposed $108.4 million budget for 2015, the administration of Mayor Dawn Zimmer last week proposed a raft of budget amendments designed to result in a flat tax rate for this calendar year. The budget was introduced March 18 and will …

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The Hoboken Board of Education approved a $67.62 million budget for the 2015-2016 school year this past Tuesday, a 1.3 percent increase over its 2014-15 budget. With state aid still stagnant and payments to the city’s three charter schools continuing to rise, school administrators described the new fiscal plan as a “maintenance budget” with little …

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Shrek is back, and the lovable ogre is bringing friends. “Shrek The Musical,” the annual spring musical production of the Hoboken Junior Senior High School (HJSHS) Theater Company, will feature 120 children and teens from all three district elementary schools and the high school. For this year’s show, which will be performed in the high …

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Residency has been a hot topic in the current election cycle, with candidates in both North Bergen and West New York having their eligibility questioned due to owning property (and possibly a home) in another town. In West New York, current Commissioner Dr. Count J. Wiley’s eligibility to run was contested when his opponents pointed …

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Federal prosecutors issue ‘clearance letters’ for three state officials accused by Mayor Dawn Zimmer The New York Times confirmed in a story on Saturday, May 2, that the office of U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman had issued three “clearance letters” saying they had closed an investigation into three state officials accused by Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer …

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Under pristine skies, thousands descended on Hoboken for the 2015 Spring Arts & Music Festival this past Sunday, determined to get the most out of the event’s raft of possibilities. Visitors did the cha-cha slide in the children’s play area off of Third Street, got their faces painted, chowed down at a panoply of ethnic …

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