Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: The front page feature–Candid Camera–from the December 19 issue of The Jersey City Reporter overlooked a critical detail. Though the feature mentioned the Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ) it failed to recognize those responsible for conducting the state sponsored program. In case you were not informed, the Jersey City Economic Development Corporation (EDC) administers …
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More than 400 new police officers have been hired by eight North Hudson cities since 1995 under federal law enforcement grants, but there is now a question as to what will happen to the forces – and the taxpayers – when a quarter of the grants run out. Some officials believe tax hikes or layoffs …
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There’s a wide variety of interpretations of a 10-page rent control measure up for a final vote before the City Council Wednesday night, and activists say they hope the council removes it from the agenda so that the affected parties can have more time to understand it. The ordinance pertains to several aspects of rent …
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In what organizers called the largest tenants’ meeting ever at the Hoboken Housing Authority (HHA), more than 250 people packed into a basement community room on Marshall Drive Tuesday night to protest changes in their lease agreements and call for the removal of the HHA’s Executive Director, E. Troy Washington. The meeting was arranged informally …
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Sandwiched among the 250 tenants who attended a tenant’s meeting at the Hoboken Housing Authority Tuesday night were a handful of city council people who have come down on opposite sides of a lot of city issues recently, but appear to be united in their feeling that the HHA needs a new executive director. City …
Although it has been almost 15 years since he stepped down as mayor, Steven Cappiello has never really left City Hall. It’s true in a literal sense, as the 76-year-old spends 20 hours a week in the venerable old Washington Street building serving as president of the city’s Credit Union, but it is true in …
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Although it has been almost 15 years since he stepped down as mayor, Steven Cappiello has never really left City Hall. It’s true in a literal sense, as the 76-year-old spends 20 hours a week in the venerable old Washington Street building serving as president of the city’s Credit Union, but it is true in …
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Even though the Lipton Tea Factory’s furnace is no longer stoked, the passion for brewing the perfect cup of tea is alive and well in Hoboken. For evidence, look no further than the public library, where more than a dozen people gathered Monday night to listen to tips from Elizabeth Knight, a Hoboken resident and …
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You won’t be able to get out of bed to get out the vote on the morning of April 18. After a brief discussion Tuesday evening, the Board of Education decided not to expand the polling hours for its upcoming election for three seats. The nine-member board decided it would keep the polls open from …
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