Category: Hoboken News

The Hoboken Zoning Board of Adjustment is in the process of reviewing an 80,000 square foot, $110 million project that would bring a bowling alley and rock climbing gym to the city’s rapidly-expanding northwest neighborhood. The mixed-use project is being proposed by the same developers who in 2012 renovated the building which now holds Pilsener …

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The board that oversees Hoboken’s public housing voted at a meeting on Wednesday to retain a lawyer for $30,000 to look at the agency’s own financial practices, likely targeting $3.5 million awarded to contractors through no-bid contracts since 2010, some of whom recently made campaign donations to the agency’s paid director. However, the director called …

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As Hoboken’s real estate industry gets busier and busier, just like its neighbor across the river, it may be hard to find personalized service. This need is something that the agents at Hudson Place Realty, 132 Washington St., take to heart. One of their top sales associates says that by committing to relationships with clients …

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A local homeless shelter and a local dance school have been partnering in several ways. The church housing the shelter allows the private dance company to use one of its rooms for lessons. In return, the dance company allows children who live at the shelter to attend the school, and performs two charity concerts per …

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“Steroids for your gas burner.” That’s how popular foodie website seriouseats.com describes the WokMon, an innovative new product invented by North Bergen resident Glen Lee. “This is what’s been missing in American cooking,” said Lee. “Look at the bottom of American pots. You’ll see a dead spot in the center.” He’s talking about the fact …

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Primary Election Day is this Tuesday; vote for Democratic freeholder nominees Two Hobokenites and a Jersey City woman are fighting to be the Democratic nominee to District 5 of the Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders. Election Day is Tuesday. You can vote for incumbent Anthony Romano, Phil Cohen, or Adela Rohena Santiago. Polls are …

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Carmelo Garcia, who last November was elected to represent the 33rd Legislative District in the state Assembly, also serves as the paid executive director of the federally funded Hoboken Housing Authority, which oversees the city’s low-income housing projects. Recently, a new chairwoman of the board that oversees Garcia said that she was troubled by a …

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Washington Street was fittingly adorned in red, white, and blue on Wednesday night when residents crowded Washington Street sidewalks for the city’s 116th Annual Memorial Day Parade. Hoboken’s is the longest continuously-running parade of any kind in all of New Jersey. As is tradition, an enormous American flag was hung across the parade route at …

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