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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

New Indian Restaurant Coming to Washington Street

The new restaurant has signs up in the former Hummus Bar location.

The spark of falafel and hummus restaurants in Hoboken seems to be winding down. Hummus Bar, which was located at Seventh and Washington Streets, has closed its doors. According to signage in the store front, an Indian restaurant by the name of Hoboken Dhaba will move in soon. Hummus Bar isn't the only falafel place that has closed down in the past year. Maoz Falafel as well as Ibby's Falafel both closed their doors. (Mamoun's at Fifth and washington Streets is still open.)

Monday, May 20, 2013

New, Internationally-Inspired Coffeeshop Opens in Hoboken

Bwe Kafe is now open on Washington Street.

Although it has barely been two weeks, Bwe Kafe already has regular customers. Bwe Kafe, which is being managed by brother-sister team Dale and Evan Ryan, opened two weeks ago at Tenth and Washington Streets. With most of Hoboken's coffeeshops located downtown, Bwe Kafe is looking to fill the uptown need for caffeine between 5:30 a.m. and 10 p.m. Part of the proceeds from Bwe Kafe — which means "to drink coffee" in Haitian Creole — will go toward non profits involved in re-building Haiti since the earthquake. For example, said Dale, 26, the coffeeshop buys coffee from La Colombe, a company that uses coffeebeans from Haiti. Dale and Evan's mother — who is also the landlord of the space — started the non profit Love for Haiti The proceeds …

John Bredin

10:18 am on Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Good luck to BWE, a true breath of fresh air in Hoboken!   more ›

Friday, May 17, 2013

Sinatra Park Cafe Will Not Become Tech Hub

A proposal to turn the available into a tech incubator failed on first reading on Wednesday night.

A new law that would turn the vacant Sinatra Cafe into a tech hub failed on first reading on Wednesday night. The proposal first came up in the Fall of 2012, when the city allowed NJ Tech, Inc. to leaset he space for at least three months, in an effort of making the space a technological center in Hoboken. A permanent law to do that failed on first reading, which means that it has to go back to the drawing board and won't be heard for second reading at the next city council meeting. The space at Frank Sinatra Park has traditionally been a cafe. Most recently it was occupied by The Crepe Grill, which shuttered its doors last year. Councilwoman Theresa Castellano previously said she prefers the space to be utilized as a cafe or concession …

KenOn10

3:45 pm on Tuesday, May 21, 2013

I'm not hopeful for any long-lived business there, until the soccer field and Pier C are fixed. Plus, the city might have to lower the rent (at least in the off season) to attract a tenant. And maybe spruce up the facility, which seems to have been constructed about as well as the soccer field....   more ›

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Deadlocked Council Unable to Approve Temporary Budget

A resolution on Wednesday night's agenda failed in a 4-4 vote.

Multiple votes about the city's finances failed in a 4-4 stalemate on Wednesday night, with the two sides of the City Council hurling insults at each other for multiple hours. Temporary appropriations to cover the cost of the city failed, to pay for the city's costs through the month of June. The council minority — mayoral opponents Theresa Castellano, Beth Mason, Michael Russo and Tim Occhipinti — voted against the appropriations, saying they want the city council to pass the full budget instead. A vote to amend the 2013 budget also failed, because the minority said it meant a tax increase for the city of Hoboken. The majority council members, however — David Mello, Ravi Bhalla, Jennifer Giattino and Council President Peter Cunningham — …

FAP

12:28 pm on Thursday, May 16, 2013

To be clear the Old Guard faction even voted against paying for sample ballots to be printed for the upcoming primary election. . When did sample ballots become controversial?   more ›

Monday, May 13, 2013

Want to Know What's Happening In Hoboken? There's an App for That.

Hoboken resident Jason Scherr is one of the three masterminds behind Echo, an app that detects where you are and tells you more about what's going on.

If you're ever at Mulligans on a Friday night and want to communicate with other patrons — on your cell phone, of course — there's a new Hoboken-centric app that will help you do just that. Echo, which zeroes in on a specific location and offers more information about it, was developed in Hoboken by three young entrepreneurs. "It's a simple way to communicate with people who are in the same place," Jason Scherr, one of the three members of the Echo team, said late last week.  Echo, which is free in the app store, is based on "geofencing," Scherr explained, which means that it automatically detects where you are and creates a digital fence around that. So, rather than pulling in information from other nearby places like Jersey City and New …

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Brian Donohue

9:28 pm on Wednesday, May 15, 2013

@drvass we do include Hoboken Patch articles and tweets, so for Patch we're really just another channel to drive referral traffic.   more ›

Sunday, May 12, 2013

$550 Million in Local Spending Expected from Super Bowl

Estimated 400,000 people expected in region; team practices to be held in Florham Park and Media Day in Newark

The 2014 Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium is expected to have a $550 million economic impact on New Jersey and New York, with an estimated 400,000 people in the region, according to a report on dailyrecord.com. Businesses should start preparing for the flood of visitors now, according to speakers at The Big Game Huddle, an informational and networking event held Wednesday at Raritan Valley Country Club. “Start the celebration now,” said Wayne Hasenbalg, president and chief executive officer of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority. “You don’t have to wait until the week before the game," he told the dailyrecord.com. That impact will be felt in North and Central Jersey, as one of the competing teams will practice at the Atlantic …

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Residents Ask Planning Board to Keep Pier 13 Open

Residents hope to keep the uptown summer hang out open to the public.

A group of residents is petitioning the Hoboken Planning Board to keep Pier 13 open in uptown Hoboken this summer. The matter was expected to be heard at the monhtly planning board meeting on Tuesday night. Residents are invited to fill out an online petition. "Pier 13 is a unique space that appeals to Hoboken families and young professionals looking to relax, grab lunch/dinner/drinks and enjoy the waterfront and city skyline," the petition states. "There just isn’t any place like it in Hoboken to meet old friends and make new ones." Pier 13 opened last year as the uptown answer to Pier A Park, including outdoor drinking and space for food trucks. Local blog HobokenGirl called Pier 13 "basically the best thing in Hoboken." More than 900 …

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Ojo Rojo

4:53 pm on Thursday, May 9, 2013

You are the first person who went political on this thread. The Barry brothers are the owners of that pier and that is a fact. They put a bar/nightclub on that pier 3 nights a week on a seasonal basis. That too is a fact just like it is a fact that the city believes they did so in violation of city ordinances. It is also a fact they have a desire to put condos on another pier they originally …   more ›

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Vote on Noise Waiver for Waterfront Construction Delayed

The city council is still expected to vote on the matter, but on May 15.

Hobokenites who live by the downtown waterfront can sleep tight. For at least two more weeks. While the city council was planning to consider a noise waiver on Wednesday night for construction of a new waterfront development, the vote has been postponed until May 15. The public is invited to attend the council meeting on May 15, to hear the developer's — SJP Properties — reasons for the need of a waiver. If granted, construction work would be allowed to continue on Saturdays, something that is not allowed under the city's noise ordinance.

Outofcontrol

12:15 pm on Thursday, May 2, 2013

So from now on will every resident who feels a need to break the law be invited by Zimmer to appear before the City Council? Sounds fair.   more ›

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

500 Tickets for Bob Dylan Summer Concert On Sale Saturday at Tunes

The tickets will go on sale at Tunes on Saturday morning.

On top of regular ticket sales, 500 tickets have been made available for Hobokenites. On Saturday morning at 10 a.m. — the same time that tickets become available online — tickets will be available for purchase at Tunes for this summer's Bob Dylan concert on Pier A Park. Dylan, together with Wilco and My Morning Jacket, will be performing on July 26. Each person can buy a maximum of two tickets, which are $75.50 each, cash only. Last year, Tunes sold 500 tickets for the Mumford & Sons concert on Pier A Park, which was the largest event ever held on the pier to date. Hundreds stood in line then, and a similar crowd is expected this year. Tunes is located at 225 Washington St.

Rory Chadwick

2:11 pm on Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Claire Tickets were made available to anyone from anywhere, not Hobokenites and this year the city hasn't made it clear if it will be for Hobokenites only.   more ›

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