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Authorities release sketch of Hoboken sexual assault suspect The Hoboken Police Department and Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office are searching for a man whom they say sexually assaulted a woman in the hallway of an apartment building near First and Monroe Streets early last Saturday morning. The woman, who is in her thirties, was walking home …
A scientist at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken has applied for federal funding to build a series of islands off the coast of New York and New Jersey in an effort to head off, and lessen the intensity of, future Hurricane Sandy-like storms, which he believes will only get worse with each strike. …
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As Hoboken turns the clocks ahead an hour and looks forward to the solace of spring, residents have been complaining en masse on Facebook, in letters to the editor, and at Wednesday’s City Council meeting about struggles they faced this winter – struggles that they said were exacerbated by the city’s underwhelming approach to snow …
Continue reading “Zimmer: We’ll rethink snow removal strategy
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Historically one of Hoboken’s most raucous days, the city’s annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration resulted in fewer arrests and ambulance calls than in recent years, according to data released by the city on Monday. But revelers from around the Tri-State area still managed to have their fun and ruin it too, as one man ended …
Continue reading “Police Beat: Special Lepre-con edition
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Representatives from the Dutch urban design firm OMA, the New York-based green architecture firm Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn (EEK), and the North Hudson Sewerage Authority all made presentations to the City Council on Wednesday night, briefing the city’s governing body on the ongoing efforts to protect the city from future Hurricane Sandy-type events. OMA and …
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On the day City Discount Clothing opened on Washington Street in November 1969, Hoboken was pounded with one of the worst blizzards in recent memory. The store’s present owner, Theresa Castellano, was in college at the time, but was on hand to watch her parents cut the ribbon on the store for the first time. …
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Zimmer announces upcoming State of the City address Mayor Dawn Zimmer will give her fourth State of the City address on Tuesday, March 18 at 7 p.m. at DeBaun Auditorium on the campus of Stevens Cooperative School, the city announced last week. The event is open to the public. Hoboken Dual-Language Charter School to expand …
The ongoing debate over how to redevelop one of Hoboken’s iconic industrial structures has apparently resulted in the removal of its most outspoken tenant by the building manager for “killing the marketability of the property,” even as the city moves forward with a rehabilitation plan that could protect the small businesses and artists who currently …
Continue reading “Battle over future of Neumann Leathers building sees first casualty
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Stephen Marks, the city’s former assistant business administrator, was named by Mayor Dawn Zimmer last week as Hoboken’s first deputy municipal manager, a position that will allow him to continue certain duties in the business office while also heading the mayor’s newly-created Office of Resiliency. The creation of that office, Zimmer said, will consolidate and …
Continue reading “Top Zimmer official to head new anti-storm Office of Resiliency
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A community of entrepreneurs, investors, designers and computer scientists from around the Tri-State area converged on Stevens Institute of Technology on Tuesday for the second annual New Jersey Spark Summit, a day-long networking event meant to bring awareness to the Garden State’s growing tech community. The event, run by Hoboken entrepreneur Aaron Price, was inspired …
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