Category: Hoboken News

Hoboken’s upper echelon was out in force to honor four service-minded locals and raise money for the Catholic Community of Saints Peter and Paul at the church’s annual Gratitude Gala this past Thursday. Between surf and turf and silent auctions, the guests hailed Bishop Thomas Donato, the Auxiliary Bishop of the Newark Archdiocese, former Hoboken …

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CNN: Menendez may face charges A report issued by CNN Friday afternoon, as the Reporter was finishing production, said that the U.S. Justice Department is allegedly preparing corruption charges against U.S. Senator Robert Menendez. Menendez, one of the most powerful Democrats in the country, is a former mayor of Union City and Hoboken resident. According …

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From the moment Mayor Dawn Zimmer called a special meeting to vote on a resolution issuing bonds for a wet weather pump station in northeast Hoboken this past Monday, the event appeared destined to become the earliest showdown of the 2015 election cycle, as six City Council ward seats are up for grabs in November. …

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Both Hoboken and the former owner of the property slated to become a new southwest park have appealed an assessment of the property value by a panel of county commissioners, setting the stage for a full trial to determine its final price in September, according to Mayor Dawn Zimmer. The trial could bring an end …

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Louis LaRusso II was a struggling playwright living in his mother’s old townhouse on Willow Avenue when he realized the secret to his success was right beneath his nose. “My problem as a writer was that I wanted to write from my imagination, from what I considered was an incredible hipness,” recalled LaRusso in an …

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This past Thursday, over 150 Hobokenites came out to the Elks Club to watch six local bands perform, eat food catered by Dark Side of the Moo, and support the eight families and one business who remain displaced after a January fire at 918 Willow Ave. The event raised over $10,000, which will be split …

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Two Chabad parties coming up this week in Hoboken Chabad of Hoboken’s annual grand international Purim Party will be held Thursday, March 5, at The Multi-Service Center, 124 Grand St., in Hoboken. This year’s theme, “Celebrating Purim a Paris,” will feature a Parisian dinner and Parisian décor, and great entertainment for all ages, including a …

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For months, those pushing for a wet weather pump for northwest Hoboken have jumped through hoop after bureaucratic hoop. The pump, along with a water-retaining park in the southwest part of town, are cornerstones of Mayor Dawn Zimmer’s “expeditious” strategy to address chronic flooding caused by heavy rain. For at least a week and possibly …

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The writers, graphic artists, and advertising account executives for the Hudson Reporter newspapers recently won 14 awards in the prestigious Better Newspaper Contest run annually by the New Jersey Press Association. Members of the graphics and sales staffs won eight awards for work that appeared in the Bayonne Community News and the various Reporter papers. …

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Stevens Institute of Technology is scheduled to present its proposal for a two building, 90,000-square-foot academic complex to the Hoboken Zoning Board of Adjustment this Tuesday. The project’s first major hurdle has already been cleared, as the Hudson Street Alliance, a coalition of concerned residents living in the posh brownstones that line Stevens’ western edge, …

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