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Support Surges For Hoboken's 'Doorman Dave' After Fire Support Surges For Hoboken's 'Doorman Dave' After Fire
Support Surges For Hoboken's 'Doorman Dave' After Fire David Hernandez is a familiar face in Hoboken. Some know him from Northern Soul on First Street, where he works security. Others know him from CVS, where he works when he's not at NoSo. It seems like everywhere he goes, Dave Hernandez — affectionately known as "Doorman Dave" — brings cheer. But now, Hernandez's Hoboken community is bringing cheer to him, after he and his family lost everything in a Jackson Street apartment fire Sunday, Sept. 4. "He's married and has the most adorable daughter called Janyvah," a colleague said on a newly-launched GoFundMe campaign. "All the man does i…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Man Pretending He Had Gun Threatened To Shoot Group In Hoboken Lot, Police: Authorities Man Pretending He Had Gun Threatened To Shoot Group In Hoboken Lot, Police: Authorities
Man Pretending He Had Gun Threatened To Shoot Group In Hoboken Lot, Police: Authorities A 31-year-old West New York man was arrested after threatening to shoot a group of people walking through a Hoboken parking deck and then police — even though he didn't have a gun, police said. The group of men told police they were walking to a lot on 700 1st St., when a man later identified as Harrison Vargas approached them and began yelling around 7:45 p.m. on Friday, March 4, Hoboken Police Detective Lt. Danilo Cabrera said. Vargas then threatened to shoot them and pretended he had a gun, using his hands to imitate one, authorities said. He then fled north on Harrison Street, wher…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Flammable Material In Glass & Vapor House Started Deadly Hoboken Fire: Prosecutor Flammable Material In Glass & Vapor House Started Deadly Hoboken Fire: Prosecutor
Flammable Material In Glass & Vapor House Started Deadly Hoboken Fire: Prosecutor The cause of a fire that destroyed several businesses and left two people dead in Hoboken has been identified, authorities announced. The Dec. 20 Jackson Street fire began in the back of the building at Glass & Vapor House LLC and the Cause has been ruled an accident, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Investigators believe the presence of flammable material within that business likely contributed to the fire. An on-duty Hoboken police officer heard a loud explosion in the area around 12:20 a.m. that day, Suarez said. First responders arriving at the scene found an activ…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Food Deliveryman, 65, On Electric Bike Hospitalized In Hit-Run Hoboken Crash Food Deliveryman, 65, On Electric Bike Hospitalized In Hit-Run Hoboken Crash
Food Deliveryman, 65, On Electric Bike Hospitalized In Hit-Run Hoboken Crash A 65-year-old food deliveryman was struck by a vehicle while riding a bicycle Friday afternoon in Hoboken, authorities said. The New York man was on an electric bike when he was struck by the vehicle -- possibly a blue Acura with partial registration number 20070 -- at the intersection of Observer Highway and Jackson Street around 3:15 p.m., Hoboken Police Dt. Lt. Danilo Cabrera said. The striking vehicle fled the scene of the accident and it was reported leaving southbound out of Hoboken, Cabrera said.  The victim was transported to Jersey City Medical Center by McCabe Ambulance…

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by Cecilia Levine