Category: Hoboken News

The room was already crackling with excitement when the scribe dipped his quill in the ink for the final time. Fathers and sons toasted shots of whiskey, women embraced, and children ran up to touch the ornate engraved case. But only when the last letter was written did the celebration truly begin. This past Sunday, …

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Darlene Love knew she was a star long before the world knew her name. A minister’s daughter from San Antonio, Texas, Love sang backup in dozens of classic songs as part of Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound hit factory —“Be My Baby,” “The Tracks of My Tears,” “Da Doo Ron Ron.” Spector even released her …

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Hoboken Library hosts Grand Opening for its high tech Creation Space 124 years after it opened, the Hoboken Public Library is finally starting to think outside the book. This past Thursday, the library held a Grand Opening for its Creation Space, a suite of high tech tools that is open to the public on the …

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  The planning firm hired by Hoboken to prepare solutions to the city’s parking shortage presented a draft version of their Master Parking Plan to the public at a meeting on Tuesday. The potential changes, which range from repainting curbs to building new garages, are intended to be executed over a five-year period. Last year, …

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An attorney from the state Attorney General’s Office will defend the state Department of Education’s decision to allow a charter school in Hoboken to expand to seventh and eighth grade. The Hoboken Board of Education has been fighting the decision, saying the city’s charter schools take away resources from the other public schools. Last year, …

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When David Calamoneri yelled from the stage, “Hey, Hoboken!” the crowd erupted, several dozen fans screaming back at the top of their lungs. If not for the small blue sign on the back of the stage that said, “The Saint, Asbury Park,” you would have thought you were in the heart of the Mile Square …

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Most people know if they are a dog person or a cat person, but what about a bee person? A new documentary directed by Hoboken resident David Knappe explores the extraordinary characters who are drawn to man’s other best friend, the honey bee, including a well-known New York City detective known as “Tony Bees.” At …

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The city of Hoboken and Mayor Dawn Zimmer have been accused of discriminating against two former employees on the basis of race and sexual orientation in two separate civil suits recently filed in Hudson County Superior Court. In one case, a police officer who was fired over misconduct related to his relationship with an ex-lover …

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Stevens ranked 76th best national university by U.S. News & World Report   Stevens Institute of Technology was named the 76th best national university in America in U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking. Stevens was the third highest ranked national university in New Jersey after Princeton University at number 1 and Rutgers University at …

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