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FOUNDATION IN FONDANT – Mayor Dawn Zimmer prepares to scale down a development cake. It was created by Hoboken’s famous Cake Boss. Left to right: Peter Palandjian, chairman and CEO of Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation; Zimmer, and Larry Bijou, managing partner of Bijou Properties.
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One of the remaining patches of vacant land in the city is about to become the home of an environmentally-friendly residential tower. Two developers held a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday to kic...
PERFORMING – Ron (or ‘Polka Dot’) performs recently in Hoboken.
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One of the most popular local children’s entertainers ended up in his career nearly by happenstance. “Polka Dot,” otherwise known as Ron Albanese, can be seen donning outrageous costumes and polka-...
POETRY AT THE MUSEUM – Local Hoboken poet Danny Shot at a poetry reading celebrating New Jersey’s 350th birthday on Sunday.
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One doesn’t think “New Jersey” and immediately conjure images of poets hunched over typewriters feverishly pecking away. But they do think of rock n’ roll and the iconically poetic Springsteen lyri...
Joshua E. Higgins
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After a weekend in which two men were shot to death in separate incidents in Jersey City, Mayor Steven Fulop issued a quarterly report on crime in the city, showing a downward trend. But some resid...
ART AND LEARNING – A number of local artists donated their work to a silent auction to benefit the Learning Community Charter School.
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When the Learning Community Charter School kicked off its sixth annual Art-Infused Spring Gala on April 4, which is hosted by the Rialto-Capital Board of Trustees each year, it followed a noble tra...
HOW IT ALL WORKS – Students at Explore 2000 Middle School explained the functions of the human body at a recent science presentation.
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Dorota Haragova of Hoboken and her classmates from Jersey City – Kyra Turner, Laiba Khan, and Malaika Syed – gave a collective shudder during their presentation on lymphatic system during the one-d...
OPEN FOR BUSINESS – Cutting the ribbon on the new Weehawken dog park on April 1 is Mayor Richard Turner, joined by (from left) Hartz Mountain Industries President and COO Emanuel Stern, Council Member Robert Sosa, Mr. Sosa’s mother, Council Members Rosemary Lavagnino, Carmela Silvestri Ehret, and Robert Zucconi.
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The newest real estate amenity in the neighborhood is so upscale it practically needs a doorman. Or would that be a doordog? Just north of The Estuary, the new three-building luxury rental complex ...
Photos courtesy of Robert de Zeeuw.
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The Annual School Musical Theater Production this year, Cole Porter’s classic musical “Anything Goes,” was performed April 4 and 5 in the Weehawken High School Auditorium. Students produced the sho...
A NEW IDEA – Tony Conza and his friends from Hoboken believed people would buy a new kind of sandwich. They were quickly proven right.
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Fifty years ago, Tony Conza, living in Jersey City at the time, and two buddies from Hoboken High School got the idea to go into business. Like many urban kids from North Jersey, they liked going t...
Joseph Lewis
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The Secaucus Board of Education has nine members in total, each serving a three-year term. Every year three of those terms expire. This year the terms are ending for board members Joseph Lewis, Dor...
MEET THE BOARD – The high school students of the JSA sat down for an hour-and-a-half session with the mayor, town council, and school board representatives on April 3.
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In the second of what promises to be a biannual series of informal “town hall” meetings, a group of student participants in the Secaucus High School Junior State of America (JSA) sat with the Town ...
‘AND THE ANSWER IS?’ – Trivia AD hosts ask the questions at a recent contest at the Bayonne Houlihan’s on Lefante Way.
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1) Do you know what summer the movie “Dirty Dancing” took place? 2) Which one-hit group sang “Brandy”? 3) Who won the 1963 National League Rookie of the Year Award? (The answers are at the end of t...
THE CHOICES – The 2014 Bayonne mayoral candidates posed for a photograph during a break in the Hudson Reporter debate. From left are Mayor Mark Smith, Police Capt. James Davis, and businessman Anthony Zanowic.
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The man who is mayor—and the two who want to be—gathered at the Hoboken offices of the Hudson Reporter on Thursday, April 10, for the first of only two debates scheduled for the Bayonne mayoral can...
NEW PROPOSAL – A proposed redevelopment project by the Rendina Healthcare Real Estate company of Jupiter, Fla., could breathe new life into the block of 23rd to 24th streets on Broadway in the form of a medical services center.
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A dilapidated city block in the heart of the city’s central business district could become ground zero in Bayonne’s effort to turn around the once-thriving Broadway shopping area. City officials an...
Luis Diaz
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Three seats are in contention in this year’s Board of Education election. The board has nine members in total, each serving a three-year term. Every year, three of those terms expire. This year the...
BIG HEART – Netta Meltzer (right) dedicated years to special kids and adults.
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“She had a tremendous heart,” said Jackie Elwood of her friend and mentor Netta Meltzer. “She never wanted to see a family or a kid hurt by anything. She would go out of her way to make sure a chil...
A REAL HONOR – Strong and dedicated women received their due at a ceremony held by the council in March.
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Hundreds of people filled the Conrad Rotunda of the historic Brennan Court House in Jersey City on March 25 to pay tribute to nearly a score of women from every corner of Hudson County in recogniti...
A NEW IDEA – Tony Conza and his friends from Hoboken believed people would buy a new kind of sandwich. They were quickly proven right.
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Fifty years ago, Tony Conza, living in Jersey City at the time, and two buddies from Hoboken High School got the idea to go into business. Like many urban kids from North Jersey, they liked going t...
BEHIND THE SCENES – Eight students from North Bergen High School were selected to tour the state house in Trenton and shoot a short documentary video.
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Instead of working in the classroom one day last month, eight students from Memorial High School in West New York headed to the State House in Trenton to witness a voting session, discuss legislati...
BEHIND THE SCENES – Eight students from North Bergen High School were selected to tour the state house in Trenton and shoot a short documentary video.
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Instead of working in the classroom one day last month, eight students from Memorial High School in West New York headed to the State House in Trenton to witness a voting session, discuss legislati...
A NEW IDEA – Tony Conza and his friends from Hoboken believed people would buy a new kind of sandwich. They were quickly proven right.
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Fifty years ago, Tony Conza, living in Jersey City at the time, and two buddies from Hoboken High School got the idea to go into business. Like many urban kids from North Jersey, they liked going t...
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Saturday, April 19, 2014
Hudson Artists of NJ Board Meeting
2:00 PM - 2:00 AM
GFWC Peninsula Women's Club Monthly Meeting
11:00 PM - 10:59 PM
Mangia Hoboken! The Hoboken Food & Culture Tour
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Hoboken High School Class of 1964 Reunion
11:00 PM - 10:59 PM
Mangia Hoboken! The Hoboken Food & Culture Tour
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
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