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Stealing a page from Hillary Clinton’s playbook, Michele Russo, the wife of outspoken Mayor Anthony Russo, filed for the April 18 school board election Monday. In doing so, she is seeking her first publicly-elected office in town. Even though Russo, who is a real estate agent, has never held and elected office in the city, …
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Over the vehement objections of dozens of red-in-the-face tenant’s-rights activists, the City Council passed a complex rent control reform ordinance at Wednesday night’s council meeting by a vote of 5-3-1. The majority of the council voted for the resolution after city lawyers warned that if they did not take action, the tenants in moderate- and …
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The city’s Housing Inspection Office got a shot in the arm this week from an unlikely source, providing new hope for the future of the five-man department that city officials have threatened to cut recently to save money. The City Council voted 5-1-3 Wednesday night to urge city administrators to continue to fund the office …
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City residents who just can’t get enough of the waterfront view of Manhattan will soon have another vantage point to consider thanks to the generosity of the Stevens Institute of Technology. Under the terms of an agreement signed last week between the university and the city, Stevens will lease a narrow two-block spit of waterfront …
Hoboken High School commemorated Black History Month and said thank you to a long time primary and middle school teacher in style at a special assembly in the school’s auditorium Monday. The 90 minute assembly was a foot-stomping and hand-clapping affair that kept the more than 500 students that packed the auditorium entertained as they …
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Although he has spent the better part of his life living in Shelter Island, N.Y., Sam Curko fondly recalls his days as a youngster growing up in Hoboken. Curko arrived in the mile square city as an 11-year-old from his native Croatia, but it didn’t take him long to become a fan of the town. …
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Thursday, March 2, would have been the 96th birthday of author Theodor Geisel. Who, you might ask? Horton the Elephant would definitely know. The floppy-eared pachyderm who hears Whos from time to time, was created by the author. As was the Cat in the Hat. And Sam I Am. By now, you must have figured …
It was built in 1883 as part of the old reservoir that provided water for Hoboken and neighboring municipalities, and at the time it was one of only a few facilities in the world that brought water above ground. It has remained in the same spot since then, standing tall and proud over Park Avenue …
Edward Nasti had a summer that most 12-year-olds merely dream of. He was the best pitcher on his Weehawken Bambino League team, Walden’s Raiders, putting up pitching numbers that would make Ramon Martinez and Greg Maddux blush. Nasti led the Raiders to the league championship, pitched for the Weehawken Bambino 12-year-old All-Stars and made a …
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His press releases have targeted unusual topics ranging from the use of Legos in a college admissions test to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala’s status as an “ignorant socialist.” His controversial letters-to-the-editor over the past decade have graced The New York Times, the Post, the Daily News, The Star-Ledger, the Bergen …
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