Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Fired Hoboken cop loses appeal before Civil Service Commission The New Jersey Civil Service Commission upheld Hoboken’s termination of Police Lt. Angelo Andriani in a ruling issued February 4. Andriani gained infamy as the central figure in a series of photographs of Hoboken police officers carousing with the female employees of a Hooters restaurant and …
When she spearheaded the introduction of a citywide car sharing service by Hertz in 2010, Mayor Dawn Zimmer promised a brave new world of decongested streets and freed up parking spots. The effect of the “Corner Cars” program, she predicted in a New Jersey Municipalities magazine essay, would be “equivalent to building a 700 car …
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At its two most recent meetings, the Hoboken Housing Authority Board of Commissioners moved to address some of the largest and most chronic infrastructure issues in Hoboken’s public housing projects. In addition to awarding a contract to replace the elevator at 501 Marshall Drive, the board made significant steps toward fixing the electronic door locking …
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On Feb. 28, Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer posted a photograph of her son scrambling up an indoor rock wall on Twitter and Facebook. “Packed house at Brooklyn Boulders,” read the caption. “A place like this would be fantastic in Hoboken! Let’s do it!” “We almost did!” responded Hoboken Zoning Board of Adjustment member Phil Cohen …
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Smoke signals A Lodi man aroused the suspicion of Hoboken police when he allegedly cruised down Newark Street with his emergency brake engaged, issuing screeches and plumes of white smoke from his vehicle, according to a report provided by the Hoboken Police Department. After a traffic stop, Andres Hernandez, 43, was arrested and charged with …
“We’re having a 1965 theme. I want people to dig out their bell bottoms and love beads,” said Joan Quigley, president and CEO of the North Hudson Community Action Corporation (NHCAC), last week. She was talking about an upcoming fundraising event to mark the golden anniversary of NHCAC, founded 50 years ago in a storefront …
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Court: Hoboken unable to justify firing of city employee The 2012 firing of Hoboken IT Office employee Jonathan Cummins in relation to a city email hacking scandal was not justified with credible evidence, according to a state appellate court ruling. On April 7, the New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division upheld a 2013 ruling by …
How and why has race come to dominate the dialogue over charter schools in Hoboken? In the eyes of their critics, the charters’ original sin was not segregation but strangulation of the Hoboken school district’s budget through ever-increasing state-mandated payments. Hoboken’s two founding charter schools have drawn a whiter and richer student body than the …
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Just over a year ago, 27-year-old Hoboken resident Andrew Jarzyk disappeared while jogging on the Hoboken waterfront, stunning his family and friends and drawing the attention of the local community. The discovery of his body floating in an abandoned ferry slip south of the Hoboken train terminal approximately a month later brought a tragic conclusion …
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U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez vowed this week to vigorously defend himself against public corruption charges made in an indictment handed down by a federal grand jury on Wednesday. Federal investigators allege the New Jersey Democrat improperly helped a Florida-based eye surgeon, Salomon Melgen, a campaign contributor to Menendez, in a number of ways. Menendez has …
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