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Vince Vaughn Snaps Selfie With Realtor In Hoboken Vince Vaughn Snaps Selfie With Realtor In Hoboken
Vince Vaughn Snaps Selfie With Realtor In Hoboken While out and about in Hoboken, Vince Vaughn stopped to snap a selfie with a local. Meghan Bowman, a realtor, spotted the actor Tuesday afternoon, May 16, at Basile's on Washington Street, and managed to grab a quick pic. "It was very random," Bowman said. It wasn't immediately clear why the "Dodgeball" star was in town.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Jersey City Man Sexually Assaults Woman He Met At Hoboken Bar: Prosecutor Jersey City Man Sexually Assaults Woman He Met At Hoboken Bar: Prosecutor
Jersey City Man Sexually Assaults Woman He Met At Hoboken Bar: Prosecutor A 23-year-old Jersey City man was arrested for sexually assaulting a woman he met at a Hoboken bar, authorities said. Kenny Arceda assaulted the woman in the vestibule of a building on the 100 block of Washington Street on Aug. 4, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Arceda, of Jersey City, was charged with one count of sexual assault, and arrested in West Orange. He was taken to the Hudson County Correctional Facility pending his first court appearance.  The State has filed a detention motion, which is tentatively scheduled to be heard on Thursday, Nov. 10. Suarez …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Six Firefighters Hospitalized In Hoboken Blaze Amid Scorching Temps (PHOTOS) Six Firefighters Hospitalized In Hoboken Blaze Amid Scorching Temps (PHOTOS)
Six Firefighters Hospitalized In Hoboken Blaze Amid Scorching Temps (Photos) Six firefighters were hospitalized while knocking down a Hoboken fire as temperatures neared 100 degrees this weekend. The blaze at 219 Washington St. broke out just before 3:15 p.m. Saturday, July 23. Jersey City firefighters assisted in ventilating the building. Four firefighters were hospitalized for heat exhaustion while two suffered minor injuries, fire officials said. All were released by 1 a.m. Sunday, July 24. Washington Street was closed from 2nd to 4th streets. The @HobokenFire Dept, under command of BC Fini worked fast to knock down a working fire at 219 Washington St in @C…

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Hoboken Chef Wins Food Network's 'Chopped' Taco Brawl Hoboken Chef Wins Food Network's 'Chopped' Taco Brawl
Hoboken Chef Wins Food Network's 'Chopped' Taco Brawl A Hoboken eatery is sharing the secret sauce they've been holding on to for weeks. Kiersten Gormeley, founding owner and executive chef of SHAKA, won the Taco Brawl episode of "Chopped" on Food Network, taking home the $10,000 grand prize. The episode aired May 18. Gormeley felt confident going into the competition.  As an all-state swimmer in high school, she learned how to manage pre-match nerves, and the variety of tacos she’s served since SHAKA’s opening in 2016 gave her a solid foundation to work from, the restaurant said in a press release. Her rivals were talen…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Hoboken PD: Man Wanted In Apparent Pepper Spray Incident Was Passenger In DWI Hit-Run Hoboken PD: Man Wanted In Apparent Pepper Spray Incident Was Passenger In DWI Hit-Run
Hoboken PD: Man Wanted In Apparent Pepper Spray Incident Was Passenger In DWI Hit-Run A man wanted for apparently pepper spraying a woman during an argument was in the passenger's seat of a DWI driver's car during a Hoboken hit-and-run crash, authorities said.  Police responding to reports of a hit-and-run around 9:55 Thursday evening on 3rd Street and Willow Avenue spotted a gold minivan on Washington Street with heavy front end damage and no headlights on, Hoboken police Det. Lt. Danilo Cabrera said. An officer pulled a U-turn and stopped the car on Washington Street, where the driver, Timothy Bracero, 46, of Union City, was arrested for DWI, police said. Bracero's p…

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by Cecilia Levine