Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
City announces third community meeting for SW park The city of Hoboken announced last week that the third community meeting for the new Southwest Park will be held on Wednesday, June 4 at 7 p.m. in the conference room on the first floor of the Multi Service Center, 124 Grant St. Based on community feedback …
The Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders includes nine members who make decisions about the county budget, personnel, the roads, parks, and the county jail. In the June 3 Democratic primary race for the district covering Hoboken and Jersey City Heights, two Hoboken men – including the incumbent – and a Jersey City woman are …
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At least 63 employees of the Hoboken Board of Education will be laid off due to cuts in the board’s 2014 budget, Superintendent of Schools Mark Toback said on Thursday. Additionally, six of the district’s early childhood classrooms are being transferred to a contracted preschool provider, costing at least three teachers their jobs. Toback said …
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One year ago, Hudson Theatre Works introduced itself to Hudson County and the surrounding area with a resounding production of John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men,” and, in doing so set a high standard for future shows. Now, the company returns with a new production of Ken Kesey’s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” The …
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Fifty eighth graders from Hoboken Junior-Senior High School visited Stevens Institute of Technology on Monday to take part in programs aimed at recruiting local kids to the university and teaching them math and science disciplines at an early age. Meeting with staffers at the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE), the students …
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It was 1985, and Mark Bogdanos was driving overnight from France to Livorno, Italy. He arrived at his hotel late, and he was hungry. The valet directed him to the local trattoria around the corner, but the kitchen was closing as he arrived. He was kindly invited to eat with the staff, however, and enjoyed …
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Last month the College Board announced a complete overhaul of the SAT test. In reading through the specific changes, it has become clear to me that what is being valued and emphasized correlates directly with the 21st century skills and progressive model of teaching and learning that are essential to today’s students: teaching independent thinking, …
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Annual Memorial Day Parade scheduled for Wednesday Hoboken’s Annual Memorial Day Parade will take place on Wednesday, May 21. The parade will assemble at 6 p.m. and step off at 6:30 p.m. from City Hall, First and Washington streets, and proceed north on Washington Street to the reviewing stand on 10th and Washington streets in …
As local parents wait to find out whether the state Dept. of Education will allow a local charter school to expand by two grades, complaints from the local school board that the city’s charter schools are creating segregation may call attention to a similar situation in the district’s own public schools. Last November, the superintendent …
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The city of Hoboken on Monday unveiled its first vision for the upcoming Washington Street redesign project at a community meeting, briefing residents on a plan that would seek to make biking and crossing streets safer, parking easier, and strolling more pleasant. The project, which could begin as early as the fall if Mayor Dawn …
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