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HOBOKEN, NJ — After Hoboken officials took steps to limit the number of cannabis businesses, as well as where those establishments can set up shop, the city must determine how the revised code will impact existing proposals to open dispensaries.

During its July 7 meeting, the Hoboken Planning Board will consider how to proceed with an application filed by Blue Violets LLC, which hopes to ...

HOBOKEN, NJ — New Jersey’s newly signed $50.6 billion fiscal budget includes $100 million for the state Department of Environment Protection’s ongoing flood resiliency project along the Hudson River.

Rebuild by Design, which broke ground last year, aims to protect flood prone areas, including the entire City of Hoboken, as well as parts of Weehawken and Jersey City, from ...

HOBOKEN, NJ — In a bid to make City Hall services more accessible, Hoboken’s Office of Constituent Services plans to launch a series of open office hours.

According to the city, sessions will be held in each ward on a rotating basis, starting off with open hours on June 27 in the Office of Constituent Services at City Hall (94 Washington Street) from 6 to 8 p.m. with Head of ...

HOBOKEN, NJ — After working under an expired contract for the past four-and-a-half years, the Hoboken Municipal Supervisors Association (HMSA) has come to terms with the city on a new pact.

The agreement was announced Friday morning by Mayor Ravi Bhalla.

Terms of the new contract were not immediately available, but HSMA President Dawn DeLorenzo told TAPInto Hoboken the 52-member union ...

HOBOKEN, NJ — After a judge ruled that Hoboken must release the email distribution list for the city’s Nixle alert service, the city council remains divided over whether to fight the order.

On Wednesday evening, the council voted narrowly on a resolution supporting an appeal of the recent decision, with Councilmembers Phil Cohen, Jim Doyle, Joe Quintero and Emily Jabbour in favor.

HUDSON COUNTY, NJ — The state said it is withholding $4 million in Green Acres funds for ongoing projects at Weehawken’s Waterfront Park and Recreation until “immediate” access is provided to out-of-town residents at the township’s new municipal swimming pool.

Funded in part through the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Green Acres ...

HOBOKEN, NJ — Though Hoboken’s City Hall will be closed Friday in observance of Juneteenth, not every city employee will be off for the new federal holiday.

Members of the Hoboken Municipal Supervisors Association (HMSA) — which remains locked in contract negotiations with the city — are expected to report to work unless the sides come to terms on a new pact before June ...

HOBOKEN, NJ — Hoboken officials are set to consider a measure that would lower the speed limit on city streets from 25 miles per hour to 20 miles per hour.

During its meeting on Wednesday night, the city council is scheduled to introduce an ordinance to amend the city’s code to establish a new speed limit, which is a key aspect of Hoboken’s ongoing effort to make the streets ...

HOBOKEN, NJ — A state appeals court upheld Hoboken’s inclusionary zoning ordinance that requires 10% of units in new residential developments be designated as affordable.

On Thursday, the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey issued its decision, describing the city’s requirement to set aside housing for low- and moderate-income individuals as “an ...

HOBOKEN, NJ — The state has told Weehawken that it must take steps to provide access for out-of-town residents at the township’s new municipal swimming pool.

Funded in part through the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Green Acres Program, Weehawken’s waterfront swimming spot on Port Imperial Boulevard opened in Summer 2021 and has been limited ...