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HUDSON COUNTY -- Thousands of cars, trucks, and mini-buses towed at the direction of the Hudson County Sheriff’s Department may leave the county open to lawsuits after the Hudson County freeholders...
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West New York Mayor Dr. Felix Roque (file photo)
WNY Mayor Felix Roque endorses Republican candidate for state senator -- rather than Menendez
WEST NEW YORK AND BEYOND -- West New York Mayor and democrat Felix Roque has chosen to endorse state Senator Joe Kyrillos (R-13) over Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) for re-eleciton this year. M...
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Walter Barry, founder of Hoboken's Applied Housing, passes away
HOBOKEN AND BEYOND – Walter Barry, who founded the Applied Housing development company in 1970 with his son Joseph and built thousands of units of affordable housing in Hoboken and elsewhere in ...
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‘Cake Boss’ team bakes Giant cakes for Super Bowl celebration in Meadowlands on Tuesday
HOBOKEN AND BEYOND -- Carlo’s Bakery, home of the famous Cake Boss show on TLC, was scheduled to present a “victory cake” for the Giants when they returned to MetLife Stadium following a parad...
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THREE’S COMPANY – Hoboken Batman, Robin, and Flash are roaming the streets of the mile-square city.
'Hoboken Batman' challenges Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning to arm wrestling contest ... to help the homeless
HOBOKEN AND BEYOND – New York Giants Quarterback Eli Manning may have thought his biggest task of 2012 was defeating the New England Patriots on Sunday night to capture his second Super Bowl title....
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THE BABY CHASE
An ongoing series
Putting baby-making on hold for later
In Hoboken and beyond, women are freezing their eggs

Editor’s Note: This story is part of an ongoing series. For prior Baby Chase stories, see hudsonreporter.com. Originally a technology created for cancer patients who hoped to preserve their fam...
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ALL ALONE – Only four City Council members showed up for a meeting on Wednesday night.
Political games over school election move
Council members walk out of meeting

A resolution about the timing of school board elections caused two council members to walk out of a City Council meeting on Wednesday night, meaning the meeting could not be held, since not enoug...
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GROUNDED – New York Jets starting quarterback Mark Sanchez will have to wait a little longer for his moment in the Super Bowl sun. Photo credit: DebbyWong/Shutterstock.com.
Being Jets-green in a Giants-blue town
Fans of the area’s other football team commiserate during Super Bowl weekend

According to the Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl XLII, Hoboken resident and New York Giants Quarterback Eli Manning, “losing hurts.” If there’s any doubt, just ask the New York Jets, who lost...
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RUNNING FOR A CAUSE – David Dougherty Jr. (right) will run up the Empire State Building on Wednesday for a fundraiser.
What’s your why?
Resident will climb Empire State Building on Wednesday to raise money

David Dougherty Jr., like many Hoboken residents, likes to run. He’s completed marathons, half marathons, 10K races, and would even sprint to work when he lived in New York City. On Wednesday, he’...
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Rep. Albio Sires (D-NJ, left) and Rep. and Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security Peter King (R-NY) toured four of the country’s most vulnerable sites for terrorist attacks.
Two most dangerous miles in U.S.
Congressmen tour 4 terrorist targets in Hudson County, as $$ cuts loom

Congressman Albio Sires (D-NJ) took Congressman and Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security Peter King (R-NY) on a tour Friday morning of four of the nation's most high-risk terrorist...
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SEN. LAUTENBERG VISITS HOBOKEN – Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D – NJ) stopped by Hoboken City Hall on Friday afternoon to hold a press conference discussing the decision by the Susan G. Komen Foundation to fund Planned Parenthood. Lautenberg was joined by Mayor Dawn Zimmer and Michele Jaker, the executive director of New Jersey Planned Parenthood.
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THE GATEWAY – Seventeen acres near the southwest entrance to the city of Hoboken will eventually get a new look.
City’s southern entrance will change
City to hold hearing on redevelopment of 17 acres this week

Southwestern Hoboken will someday get a new look. The Planning Board has released the long awaited Southwest Redevelopment Study, a 128-page document completed by Clarke Caton Hintz that makes r...
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DO YOU RECYCLE? – Single stream recycling has eased the process for Hoboken residents.
Where your trash goes
Residents’ recycling spikes by 50 percent with single stream method

Residents in Hoboken are recycling much more than they were 10 months ago – because now, it’s easier. Ever since the city decided to switch to “single stream” recycling in April 2011, which means...
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PROTECTED? Tenants in rent-controlled apartments are supposed to be receiving disclosure statements, but no enforcement methods are in place.
Are new tenants getting info about their rights?
Hoboken referendum made it law, but there’s seemingly no enforcement in place

When Hoboken residents voted in November to approve changes to the city’s controversial 1973 rent control law, many of the changes were seen as benefiting property owners, but there was a provisi...
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MORE PARKS ARE COMING – Mayor Dawn Zimmer made parks a top priority during her State of the City address on Wednesday night.
Mayor: Parks will open in 2012
In State of City address, Zimmer also addresses St. Pat’s Parade, various accomplishments

Mayor Dawn Zimmer proclaimed 2012 “The Year of Parks” in her second annual State of the City address on Wednesday night. Zimmer gave a 30-minute speech in front of approximately 175 residents an...
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PEACE AT LAST – Weehawkenite Christine Cornell (pictured with her Conyer, Bubba), who is no stranger to the sounds of birds, was driven nearly nuts by a looping anti-pigeon tape played at the Pathmark that seemed to project straight into her yard.
Bird brains
Supermarket’s tape of hawk noises drives local residents crazy

Christine Cornell is no bird-hater. In fact, she keeps 11 fine feathered friends as pets. But she isn’t so happy about the fake bird noises that have been heard repeatedly by her and her neighbors...
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MARKETING MAVEN – Elizabeth Barry of Elizabeth Barry and Associates has helped propel the work of the Women in Business Council.
Where enterprising women meet
New business council offers support, connections, resources

Female Hoboken entrepreneurs and business leaders have found opportunities to connect with their like-minded peers with the emergence of the Women in Business Council, launched last year as part ...
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