Category: Hoboken News

Spend any amount of time talking urban design with Craig Whitaker, and he will tell you that the numbers people think matter don’t really matter. “A lot of the arguments [about future development] focus on the numbers,” the New York-based architect and former professor in the NYU Graduate Planning Program said, “the acres of, the …

Continue reading “Waterfront wishes

“

At the turn of the nineteenth century, Weehawken’s wooded bluffs were home to a secluded ledge accessible only via the Hudson River, where gentlemanly duels continued long after they had become illegal. In 1804, Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton engaged in a famed conflict there that resulted in Hamilton’s untimely death. Now, the quiet residential …

Continue reading “$6.2M house sells in Weehawken

“

Peek at the wish list of any Hudson County small business owner this holiday season, and you’ll invariably find one item at the top: more customers. For the fifth straight year, American Express is organizing a Small Business Saturday on Nov. 29 in hopes of providing an extra push. On the Saturday after Thanksgiving, customers …

Continue reading “Big day for small business

“

Hoboken named a Top City to Shop Local for the Holidays New York City may have Fifth Avenue and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, but when it comes to small local businesses with great holiday gifts, it has nothing on Hoboken. The mile-square city is 10th on Yelp’s ranking of the Top 20 Cities to …

Continue reading “HOBOKEN BRIEFS”

With little in the way of controversial agenda items, the first meeting of the Hoboken Board of Education following the 2014 election was colored by battles won, battles lost, and battles still being fought. With the notable absence of Frances Rhodes-Kearns, the 12-year trustee who was defeated on Nov. 4, every candidate in the school …

Continue reading “Candidates still carping

“

In a new lawsuit against Mayor Dawn Zimmer, the city of Hoboken, the Hoboken Housing Authority (HHA), and members of its oversight board, state Assemblyman Carmelo Garcia (D-33) alleges that his firing as Executive Director of the HHA this past August was illegal and discriminatory. His lawsuit was filed Oct. 27. Garcia was the paid …

Continue reading “State assemblyman files new suit against Zimmer, Hoboken

“

The Hudson Reporter newspapers, Cucharamama, HOPES Community Action Partnership, and a handful of other Hoboken businesses and agencies won honors Thursday night at the Hoboken Chamber of Commerce’s third annual Business Awards at the Hoboken Elks Lodge. The annual awards are given in 13 categories and recognize the effort it takes to run a local …

Continue reading “Big night for Hoboken’s small businesses

“

At a community meeting held Wednesday to provide information on Hoboken’s upcoming “rolling reassessment” of property values, city officials and the company hired to conduct the program faced a largely hostile response from residents in attendance. Just last year, Hoboken undertook its first revaluation in 25 years, bringing all properties up to their full assessed …

Continue reading “Reval rejection

“

News reports: ‘Cake Boss’ Buddy Valastro arrested for drunk driving in NYC One of Hoboken’s biggest success stories, local bakery shop owner Buddy Valastro—whose reality show, “Cake Boss,” catapulted him to fame and fortune—was reportedly arrested early Thursday morning for allegedly driving while intoxicated in New York City. According to a New York Times report, …

Continue reading “HOBOKEN BRIEFS”

For the first time since 2007, Hoboken voters this past Tuesday selected a split ticket of candidates for three contested seats on the Board of Education. Education for all Children candidate Peter Biancamano, an incumbent, was the highest individual vote-getter, followed by incumbent Monica Stromwall and political newcomer Sharyn Angley of the Parents for Progress …

Continue reading “School board split

“