HOBOKEN BRIEFS

Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Dec. 14 The Hoboken Annual Christmas Tree Lighting will take place Wednesday Dec. 14, at 5 p.m. The Hoboken tradition, which was supposed to take place Tuesday Dec. 6, was postponed due to rain. It will feature MC Elvis the Elf aka PolkaDot and local chorus’s performing Christmas songs. The tree …

HOBOKEN BRIEFS

Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Dec. 14 The Hoboken Annual Christmas Tree Lighting will take place Wednesday Dec. 14, at 5 p.m. The Hoboken tradition, which was supposed to take place Tuesday Dec. 6, was postponed due to rain. It will feature MC Elvis the Elf aka PolkaDot and local chorus’s performing Christmas songs. The tree …

Hoboken housing commissioner says controversial Facebook post was not an endorsement of meme

HOBOKEN — At Wednesday’s Hoboken City Council meeting, Councilman Ruben Ramos questioned a Facebook post made last month by Hoboken Housing Authority Commissioner Hovie Forman. Howie Forman is one of seven unpaid commissioners on the board that oversees the city’s 1,353 federally funded units of low-income housing. The meme in question, posted by Forman to …

Hoboken housing commissioner says controversial Facebook post was not an endorsement of meme

HOBOKEN — At Wednesday’s Hoboken City Council meeting, Councilman Ruben Ramos questioned a Facebook post made last month by Hoboken Housing Authority Commissioner Hovie Forman. Howie Forman is one of seven unpaid commissioners on the board that oversees the city’s 1,353 federally funded units of low-income housing. The meme in question, posted by Forman to …

Jersey City Medical Center celebrates World AIDS Day

JERSEY CITY — World AIDS Day was observed at City Hall in Jersey City last week. Participants marched from Jersey City Medical Center, a Barnabas Health facility, to City Hall to show their support of the continued fight against AIDS/HIV and to commemorate those who have died.

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The Bayonne Board of Education’s 2015-2016 operating budget may include a $2.2 million deficit, according to a statement from Mayor James Davis. The statement cited “preliminary information” deriving from a mandatory annual audit of the BBOED by the NJ Department of Education. In the statement, the mayor attributed the potential structural deficit to the “mismanagement …