Category: Hoboken News

It was billed as the Fall Arts & Music Festival, but the grand celebration on Washington Street this past Sunday felt more like the last hurrah of summer. Under brilliant blue skies, brigades of strollers marched with panting pooches, mischievous teens, and jive-stepping geriatics, fueled by fresh-squeezed lemonade and the strum of guitars. Festival organizer …

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Dave Carney may not have grown up rich, but he always had something to eat. As a “latch key” kid with two working-class parents in 1970s Hoboken, Carney recalls coming home from school to grab a bite to eat before heading back out to play. Now that Carney is the owner of two successful local …

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Council moves forward on wet weather pump The Hoboken City Council agreed Wednesday to allow the North Hudson Sewerage Authority (NHSA) to design, build, maintain, and operate a pump on city property beneath 11th Street between Hudson Street and Sinatra Drive. NHSA will receive a 99 year lease for the property around the pump at …

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It’s unusually quiet for election season in Hoboken. In merely five weeks, three of the nine seats on the Hoboken Board of Education will be contested during the Nov. 4 general election. The three incumbents are running again, and their challengers have recently stepped up their critiques at school board meetings. One reason for the …

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When restaurateur Joyce Flinn decided to host a dinner at Schnackenberg’s Luncheonette for the upcoming fifth addition of the Hoboken Public Library’s Novel Night, she wanted to pick a 1930s-era novel in honor of the restaurant, which first opened in 1931. She went with “Murder on the Orient Express” by Agatha Christie, and says the …

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When Maxwell’s still hosted live music, the nightclub was a nucleus of Hoboken’s punk rock iconoclasm and small town bravado. When it closed in 2013, Maxwell’s became a symbol of a different sort – a casualty of the city’s resident-first parking mindset. A month before closing, owner Todd Abramson said in The Hoboken Reporter that …

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On Sept. 15, the Hoboken Rotary Club held its 19th annual Golf Outing at the Essex County Country Club to raise money for its charitable activities. An estimated 80 people showed up to play 18 holes, followed by a cocktail reception and dinner. The event also featured a silent auction for a number of collector’s …

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21st Annual Fall Arts Music Festival Sunday will feature Darlene Love Legendary singer Darlene Love will headline the 21st Annual Hoboken Fall Arts & Music Festival, which takes place from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. this Sunday, Sept. 28. The city of Hoboken-organized event will stretch along Washington Street from Observer Highway to Seventh Street. …

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The Hoboken Housing Authority (HHA) Board of Commissioners held its first full meeting under interim Executive Director Robert DiVincent on Thursday. DiVincent, who also serves as the director of the West New York and Weehawken housing authorities, was hired last month to reprise the role he filled from 2004 until 2009. He replaces Richard Fox, …

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After a two year hiatus, the Hoboken City Council voted unanimously to appoint a new planner for the Southwest Rehabilitation Area this past Wednesday. The area is one of several singled out by the city as in need of revitalization through zoning changes and property condemnation. The city will pay Red Bank-based Maser Consulting up …

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