Category: Hoboken News

Dana Wefer, a newcomer to the board that oversees Hoboken’s public housing, was elected by a 5-2 vote on Thursday to a one-year term as the chairwoman. The change took place at the annual reorganization meeting of the Housing Authority’s (HHA) Board of Commissioners. Board member David Mello, who also serves as a city councilman, …

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The Stevens Institute of Technology held two open houses last week for Hudson Street residents and the greater Hoboken community to see plans for a five-story, 95,000 square foot academic facility to be built on the corner of Hudson and Sixth Streets beginning next fall. The buildings, if approved by the city Planning Board, would …

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It’s important to note that the Hoboken public school district’s performance of “The Little Mermaid,” which premiers at the Junior-Senior High School this Friday, is technically called “The Little Mermaid Jr.” The rights to the regular show aren’t available because it’s currently in the middle of a run on Broadway, and though Hoboken’s production is …

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New job search support group announced Hoboken residents Eileen Budd and Brian Wagner announced this week a weekly support group for unemployed Hudson County residents currently seeking jobs. The group meets Wednesdays, 1:30 to 3 p.m. in the basement of Peter & Paul Church in Hoboken, 404 Hudson St., between Fourth and Fifth streets. Attendees …

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A long battle for control of the city’s public housing board, the last of the city’s power bases not controlled by allies of Mayor Dawn Zimmer, may reach fever pitch on Thursday when the mayor’s allies will likely elect one of their own to chair the board at its annual reorganization meeting. The Hoboken Housing …

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Mayor Dawn Zimmer met with the city’s Chamber of Commerce on Thursday morning to discuss her plans for development and storm resiliency in post-Hurricane Sandy Hoboken. Before an audience that included several builders with lucrative construction deals currently in the works, Zimmer reiterated her stance that approval of any new projects must be contingent on …

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Nearly one month after 27-year-old Hoboken resident Andrew Jarzyk disappeared while jogging on a rainy night along the waterfront, his family confirmed that a body recovered from the Hudson River on Monday evening was his. Jarzyk, 27, disappeared a month ago, shortly after 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 30, after he went for a jog …

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Lenny Luizzi says that he and his wife Marie remember the moment when, after forming a new Boy Scout troop in Hoboken 32 years ago, they thought to themselves, “Hey, wouldn’t it be great if we had an Eagle Scout one day?” Well, 30 years later (the troop is officially recognized as forming in 1984, …

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Hoboken is a town with a sense of humor. After all, with the national attention it has drawn throughout the years, how could its citizens not be able to have a laugh at their own expense? It’s that sense of humor could be paving the way for the mile-square city to be a hub of …

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