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RECOGNIZE ANYONE? Hoboken PD Seeks Help Following Pistol-Whip Knifepoint Carjacking RECOGNIZE ANYONE? Hoboken PD Seeks Help Following Pistol-Whip Knifepoint Carjacking
Recognize Anyone? Hoboken PD Seeks Help Following Pistol-Whip Knifepoint Carjacking Hoboken police turned to the public for help investigating a carjacking in which the victim was pistol-whipped and threatened with a knife. Multiple masked robbers pulled the victim from his 2008 Honda Accord on Sinatra Drive near Stevens Tech and demanded his cell phone shortly after 11:30 p.m. Jan. 15, city police said. One of them then hit him in the head with a gun while another threatened him with a large combat-style knife, the victim told police. The trio fled with the vehicle, the phone and valuables that included power tools and recording equipment worth a combined $2,300, he…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Real Estate
Hoboken Hilton One Step Closer To Reality Hoboken Hilton One Step Closer To Reality
Hoboken Hilton One Step Closer To Reality The Hoboken Hilton is one step closer to becoming a reality. KMS Development Partners, the company behind the plan to build the 20-story hotel on the south end of Hoboken’s waterfront, closed on a subdivided US Postal Service (USPS) lot located on Sinatra Drive between Newark Street and First Street on Aug. 3. After 10 years of working with the USPS and pursuing local permitting approvals, the purchase of the property marks the latest in a long list of project development milestones and brings the project one step closer to becoming a reality. The hotel will be located on the subdivided lot…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Here's When Hoboken's $230 Million Waterfront Project Will Begin Here's When Hoboken's $230 Million Waterfront Project Will Begin
Here's When Hoboken's $230 Million Waterfront Project Will Begin A 2.5-acre waterfront park project totaling $230 will soon get underway in Hoboken’s north end. The project marks Hoboken’s first large-scale riverfront park addition since the 2007 establishment of Maxwell Place Park. Design plans include the construction of a concealed flood wall built into the park at Weehawken Cove, as well as additional work on the Sinatra Drive Project and its acquisition of the Union Dry Dock site, according to FBW.org. The park will also entail a protected bicycle pathway to be built during the reconstruction of Sinatra Drive from Fourth Street up to Hudson, near E…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Body Pulled From Hudson River After Good Samaritan Jumped In To Help: Police Body Pulled From Hudson River After Good Samaritan Jumped In To Help: Police
Body Pulled From Hudson River After Good Samaritan Jumped In To Help: Police A man's body was pulled from the Hudson River in Hoboken after a Good Samaritan tried rescuing him, authorities said. Officers responding to the scene around 8 p.m. saw the 52-year-old man floating face-down, and a 63-year-old man who had been trying to help him climbing out, city police said in a tweet. Firefighters pulled the victim, a Jersey City resident, from the water at 7th street and Sinatra drive, and he was pronounced dead. The incident was not considered suspicious in nature, police said.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Body Found In Hudson Is Missing Md. Man, Second Body Also Recovered UPDATE: Body Found In Hudson Is Missing Md. Man, Second Body Also Recovered
Update: Body Found In Hudson Is Missing Md. Man, Second Body Also Recovered UPDATE: The man retrieved from the Hudson River Wednesday afternoon was identified Thursday as a Baltimore man who has been missing since May 4.  The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office has confirmed that a body was retrieved from the Hudson River in Hoboken Wednesday afternoon.  The person was identified only as a male and was found at Pier A near Sinatra Drive.  On Monday, police in Jersey City retrieved another body from the river, at Exchange Place.  Investigations into both incidents were continuing Thursday morning. 

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by Paul Milo