Hoboken’s Hilton is back
The Hoboken City Council has cleared the way for the city’s second waterfront hotel. Under a new redevelopment agreement and amended redevelopment plan, KMS Development Partners will build a Hilton Hotel on the parking...
Jersey City could gut short-term rentals
A political insider says it's another example of Jersey City killing the goose that lays the golden egg. A City Council vote that could decide the fate of short-term rentals such as Airbnb in...
Hoboken will spend more than $90 million on latest park
Hoboken has awarded a nearly $50 million contract for construction of a five-acre Northwest Resiliency Park that will be the city’s largest.
It’s bounded by Madison Street to the west, Adams Street to the east, 13th...
Battle of the audits
The ongoing battle between James McGreevey, former director of the job placement agency Jersey City Employment and Training Program, and the board that oversees the JCETP, has devolved into accusations of financial mismanagement.
A forensic...
TASTY TIDBITS
It’s been 12 years since she last graced local tracks as one of the most dominant athletes Hudson County ever produced.
But in her heart of hearts, Leslie Njoku has never abandoned her roots.
“You know,...
NJ Transit moving forward with natural gas power plant
NJ Transit is rolling out a resilience program which aims to provide reliable power to portions of Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor, NJ Transit’s Morris and Essex Line, and the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail. The program will...
Union City man arrested for multiple counts of alleged child sexual assault
Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced that a 71-year-old Union City man, Mario Buitrago-Sanchez, was arrested after an investigation on reported alleged sexual assault of a child.
On June 14, the Secaucus Police Department contacted...
Hoboken police make first scooter-related arrest
The Hoboken Police Department made its first arrest in relation to illegal use of the city's new e-scooter pilot program, according to a press release from the Hoboken Police Department.
On Wednesday, June 19, at...
Galaxy Towers workers demand better wages and benefits
The Galaxy Towers Condominium on Boulevard East could be viewed as a distinct community within the five-block stretch that is Guttenberg. Fifty workers who maintain the 1,075 apartments, housing about a fifth of Guttenberg’s...
North Bergen Police release annual report
The North Bergen Police Department has released its annual report, a summary of the department’s activity in 2018. “This is the most impressive report we’ve ever put out,” Chief Robert Dowd said. “We’ve really...