Students from All Saints Episcopal Day School and Hoboken Charter School are learning about and striving to address hunger and homelessness, and on Saturday, April 28th, will ask the community to join their crusade. As part of the international Empty Bowls project, the schools will each host simple meals, with the events intended to raise awareness and collect funds, food, toiletries and other necessities for a range of local charities that help those in need.
HOBOKEN’S UPTOWN BRANCH OF THE CHASE BANK IS ROBBED BY WOMAN
On Tuesday evening April 24th  around 6pm a  Chase bank was held up on Fourteenth Street according to Hoboken Police.
Police say that a 5-foot-5   woman—of medium built—came into the bank allegedly showed the teller a note, and demanded  money. Police said she didn’t use a gun  on teller  but the woman did keep her hand on her purse acting like she had a gun.
The woman left the bank with $1000 and fled eastbound on Fourteenth Street according to the Police report.
At this time she is still at large but seen on the banks surveillance cameras (See Photos)
Biggies Restaurant in Hoboken -Just Got Bigger
HOBOKEN CHEESE STEAK KING IN NEW DIGS AT OLD CLAMBROTH HOUSE
By Sally Deering
Back in the day when I was a cub reporter at a local Hoboken weekly, the publisher would woo the crew to work on Saturday’s with one promise: Free takeout from Biggie’s. And it worked. Work would come to a screeching halt when our takeout orders arrived in a cardboard box packed with Biggie’s Cheese Steak subs, tender strips of beef under a thick slab of gooey melted provolone cheese smothered in smoky, fried onions encased in a long sub roll.
Biggie’s has been a Hoboken tradition since 1946 when Joseph “Biggie†Yaccarino sold clams from a pushcart to the longshoremen who imbibed in the bars along the waterfront. He eventually opened Biggie’s on Madison Street and the business has been family-owned and operated ever since. In 2010, Biggie’s opened another location in Carlstadt on Rt. 17 and in 2011, just a few months before taking over the Clam Broth House; the family opened a Biggie’s in Tennessee.
Continue reading Biggies Restaurant in Hoboken -Just Got Bigger
It’s the Final Week of Autism Awareness Month! You can make a difference by Dining out at Buon Appetito Restaurant in Bayonne
Please Join Us at… Buon Appetito Italian Restaurant Tuesday, April 24th 906 Broadway, Bayonne On this day, a percentage of all proceeds from dine-in lunch and dinner will be donated to Enjoy a wonderful meal and help support this important charity committed to making a difference in the lives of those affected by Autism.
For additional information, please call 201.858.9933 www.simpson-baber.org
BRUSH FIRES IN THE HUDSON COUNTY AREA DUE TO SLIGHT DROUGHT WE ARE EXPERIENCING
Movie Review: Street Corner Harmony
Source Acappella Blog -By Mike Chin on April 16, 2012 in CD Reviews
- Abraham Santiago
From The Sing-Off, to The Barbershop Harmony Society’s International Contests, to the International Championships of High School and Collegiate A Cappella, there may no greater organizing force, and no greater platform for today’s a cappella musician’s than the competition stage.
Perhaps the greatest contradiction in all of a cappella rests in the fact that, despite so much of the genre revolving around competition, it still maintains one of the tightest-knit communities you’re likely to find in all of music.
The idea of community may be what’s most attractive about Abraham Santiago’s Street Corner Harmony, a documentary centered on the cadre of 1950s- and 1960s-era a cappella groups carved a unique niche New York City, Philadelphia and Jersey City. Continue reading Movie Review: Street Corner Harmony
THE CAMERAS ARE HERE: Jersey City Activates Additional Red Light Camera at Kennedy Boulevard and Rte. 139/Hoboken Avenue
 Warning Phase Activated at 12:01 a.m. on 4/14/2012 and Ticketing Period to Commence on May 13, 2012
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JERSEY CITY – Police Department officials announced today that an additional red light camera began its trial phase at 12:01 a.m. (midnight) on Saturday, April 14, 2012 at the intersection of Kennedy Boulevard and Route 139/Hoboken Avenue. The camera, which is part of a New Jersey Department of Transportation program, will take video and photos of red-light violators.
The trial phase or “warning period†will last until 12:01 a.m. on May 13, 2012 during which violators will receive a written warning in the mail. After that, motorists cited for running the red light will receive an $85 citation. Continue reading THE CAMERAS ARE HERE: Jersey City Activates Additional Red Light Camera at Kennedy Boulevard and Rte. 139/Hoboken Avenue
Meadowlands Racetrack Job Fair to Accept Resumes for Off-Track Wagering Jobs in Bayonne
Bayonne Mayor Mark A. Smith announced that New Meadowlands Racetrack LLC will hold a job fair on Saturday, April 21, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at the Meadowlands Racetrack, Clubhouse Level, 50 State Route 120, in East Rutherford. Smith said, “At that time, New Meadowlands Racetrack LLC will be collecting resumes to meet its future staffing needs at the Winners off-track wagering (OTW) facility that will open Bayonne this summer. I would like to urge any Bayonne residents interested in working at Winners to present a resume at the racetrack next Saturday.†Smith continued, “The OTW is expected to provide more than 100 jobs. This is a great opportunity to get in on the beginning of a new business in Bayonne. I would like to thank New Meadowlands Racetrack LLC for offering these new employment opportunities in Bayonne.â€
Bayonne Community Museum Opening Night April 13th, 2012
 Photos by Steveamack.com
Pictured at the first annual Citywide Art Show at the Bayonne Community Museum at 229 Broadway, at the corner of 9th Street is (far left ) Bayonne Mayor Mark Smith, and  Joe Waks ( far right with blue shirt)Bayonne Municipal Services Director and the many Bayonne artists whose works were on display.
The opening reception which ran from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. drew many Bayonne dignitaries, residents, and family and friends of the  artists who participated.
Light refreshments were served. Continue reading Bayonne Community Museum Opening Night April 13th, 2012
GEORGE AND MARTHA WASHINGTON, AL CAPONE, BUBBA WATSON -Toptenrealestatedeals.com
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This week’s Top 10 homes spotlight at www.toptenrealestatedeals.com/ includes the home where George and Martha Washington spent part of their honeymoon. It is the oldest home in Prince George County, Virginia and was owned by Washington’s first bibliographer – the guy who came up with the “I cannot tell a lie†story about Washington cutting down the infamous cherry tree at age six. The estate was on the market at $1.1 million, but is now going to auction on April 18th. Thomas Jefferson also stayed there.
In other home news:
The Miami Beach home that sent Al Capone to jail for tax evasion and was his alibi for the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre is for sale. Al purchased the home on Palm Island in 1928 and he was there on February 14, 1929 when seven members of a rival gang were gunned down on Chicago’s Northside. Continue reading GEORGE AND MARTHA WASHINGTON, AL CAPONE, BUBBA WATSON -Toptenrealestatedeals.com
