Category: Hoboken News

The entire inside deck of the vessel The Spirit of New Jersey was filled with merry makers on July 23 as senior citizens from Hudson County took a summer cruise around lower Manhattan. The outing, which departed from 1500 Harbor Boulevard in Weehawken, was filled with residents of Hoboken and Weehawken, who dined on a …

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Hoboken awarded $11.7M loan for second flood pump Hoboken will receive an $11.7 million state loan to build a second wet weather pump station, the city announced Tuesday. The station will be built beneath the roadbed near 11th and Hudson Streets and will house two 40 million gallon per day pumps. The loan was part …

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After three young teenagers from Jersey City were implicated in the death of a 46-year-old homeless man in Hoboken a year ago, two of them are serving probation and a third is serving six years in juvenile prison for murder, said Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office spokesman Gene Rubino last week. The case made national news …

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The Hoboken Housing Authority (HHA) Board of Commissioners—the volunteer commission that oversees the city’s low-income public housing—voted Monday night to terminate its contract with the agency’s paid executive director, Carmelo Garcia. The 5-2 vote was taken during a charged and contentious special meeting at City Hall. Several people were ejected from the meeting, both supporters …

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The City Council authorized Mayor Dawn Zimmer on Wednesday to pay an undisclosed amount of money to settle a suit brought by the city’s former Environmental Services Director Jennifer Maier, who alleged that she was wrongfully terminated in 2011. The resolution passed with five affirmative votes and one abstention from Councilwoman Theresa Castellano. Council members …

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Hoboken will always have room for music—no town that so prominently celebrates Frank Sinatra could ever resist the draw of a strong voice raised in song. But with the end of the legendary tenure of Maxwell’s as a music venue last year, a vacuum has settled over the mile-square city. Into that breach steps the …

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Plans are underway for major repairs on the 495 approach to the Lincoln Tunnel, an approach that lies between Union City and Weehawken. The viaduct over Route 1 and 9 will be resurfaced and additional structural work will be done, according to the New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT). Also in the works are changes …

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New Jersey officials call for ban on tourist helicopters over Hudson Sen. Robert Menendez gathered with a united front of New Jersey public officials in Hoboken’s Pier A Park Friday to call for a ban on tourist helicopters over the Hudson River. Mayor Dawn Zimmer said, “New York doesn’t want these helicopters, and New Jersey …

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The long fight between Hoboken’s public housing board and its executive director could come to a head on Monday, Aug. 4 when the board votes on a resolution to terminate the contract of director Carmelo Garcia. The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall. The HHA board, made up …

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Antonio Quinlan didn’t get into it for the honey. He got started raising bees because of his allergies. “Honey helps with the allergies, he said. “It’s homeopathic medicine but you have to take it every day. And it has to be local honey.” To Quinlan, who lives in North Bergen, you couldn’t get more local …

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