Irish Amateur Hour(s)

Hoboken St. Patrick’s Day is easily the town’s social event of the year, but has it become too big for a small town? Realhoboken’s Joe Concha looks back on green day in the Mile Square, and wonders if the day has somehow become too popular to enjoy. March 4, 2006 …

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EZ-PATH

The days of fumbling though a wallet or purse to find a PATH or MetroCard when traveling underground to and from the city may be a thing of the past. Thanks to a nearly $75 million technology upgrade, the Port Authority has begun allotting an all-purpose card to senior citizens …

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The Hoboken Catch 22: MTA Strike

Living in Hoboken has its advantages. A bar, deli, restaurant, cleaners and 30 nail salons almost on every block. And being that this is the West West Village…the unofficial sixth borough…Mile Square residents have the easiest commute to the Big Apple in the state. On days like this, therein lies …

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Parking and Driving Rules: Re-clarified

ONE major complaint of Hoboken residents and those visiting the city is the Parking Authority who seemingly makes up rules at their convenience. A prime example of this ambiguity is the act of ticketing cars near crosswalks on some days but not on most others. The feeling among those who …

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