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On Tap Tonight: Wednesday, Jan. 7

by Carly

Wednesday January 07, 2009, 5:03 PM

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• There are $3 well drinks and domestic drafts at The Cage from 5-9

• It's half-price wine night at Gaslight

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The future of parks in Hoboken: SW6 and Block 11 on the City Council agenda tonight

by Carly

Wednesday January 07, 2009, 4:19 PM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken NowThe owner of Block 11, Nat Salvemini, is now suing the city of Hoboken to buy the land from him and pay him damages.

The future of Block 11 and the rest of SW6 (six acres of contested park land in Southwest Hoboken) will be discussed at tonight's Hoboken City Council meeting:

There are two resolutions tonight on the agenda regarding SW6:

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Hoboken City Council preview

by Carly

Wednesday January 07, 2009, 3:39 PM

Carly Baldwin/Hoboken NowA resolution concerning Church Towers' PILOT payments has been taken off the agenda tonight.

The first Hoboken City Council meeting of 2009 will be at 7 tonight in City Council chambers. You can see the agenda for tonight's meeting and here's a preview of what'll be on (and what's been taken off) that agenda for tonight:

• We heard representatives from the Hoboken police and fire unions will be at the meeting tonight. In the midst of Hoboken's budget mess, many in town are calling for reductions in the police and fire departments as a means to save money. Not surprisingly, this has upset union leaders and we're told they'll be there tonight to publicly defend the Hoboken police and fire units.

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Can't make it to DC? Watch Obama's inauguration speech in Hoboken

by Carly

Wednesday January 07, 2009, 2:05 PM

AP Photo/Lawrence JacksonPresident-elect Barack Obama at a news conference yesterday where he introduced Nancy Killefer to the newly created position of chief performance officer.

Obama fans in Hoboken: Don't fret if you can't make it down to Washington, D.C. for the inauguration (or if you didn't want to shell out $500 a night for a hotel room).

The Hoboken for Obama folks have arranged an Inauguration Open Bar at the upstairs of Carpe Diem for Tuesday, January 20 from 7:00 to 10 p.m. $30 at the door pays for open bar for three hours. There will also be light refreshments and full coverage of Barack's swearing in and speech.

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Wine tasting at Hoboken's Melting Pot

by Carly

Wednesday January 07, 2009, 1:01 PM

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The wine tasting will be next Thursday, Jan. 15 at 7 p.m. The wines selected will be Robert Mondavi Riesling, Robert Mondavi Muscato, Sabazio Rosso di Montepulciano and Tormaresca Torcicoda Primitivo.

A representative from the distributor of Robert Mondavi, Kim Dewolff, will be on hand to explain the history of each of the wines.

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Mid-day Rush: DiDomenico elected chair of freeholders

by Tom

Wednesday January 07, 2009, 12:15 PM

Byron Smith/THE JERSEY JOURNALBayonne's Doreen DiDomenico was elected chairwoman of the Board of Freeholders

In local political news, yesterday saw the shuffling of duties on Hudson County's Board of Freeholders.

Doreen DiDomenico of Bayonne was elected chair of the board.

The Political Insider points out that Hoboken's new freeholder, Anthony Romano, cast his vote for her thanks to powertician Union City Mayor Brian Stack.

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Murders in Hudson County -- Interactive map

by Carly

Wednesday January 07, 2009, 11:52 AM

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Today's Jersey Journal takes a look at the 36 murders that occurred in Hudson County in 2008. That's up from 28 in 2007 and one of those murders last year was in Hoboken -- 20-year-old Carlos Torres was killed after a robbery at 4th and Harrison streets in November.

Click on the points in the interactive Hudson County crime map to read about the murders and subsequent arrests.

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Mother of baby discarded as trash at Jersey City hospital speaks out

by Michaelangelo Conte/The Jersey Journal

Tuesday January 06, 2009, 9:48 PM

Reena Rose Sibyan/The Jersey JournalKalynn Moore, 26, center, at a press conference about her baby, Bashere Davon Moyd Jr., whose body was discarded in the trash, at the Anise & Anise law office in Jersey City earlier today. With her are her lawyer, Michael Anise, left, and her cousin, Nicia Royster.

The mother of the baby discarded in the trash at Christ Hospital said today her hurt runs deep.

"It's like they treated my son like he wasn't anything and it hurts so bad because I waited eight months for my son and then to just turn around and you lose him," said Kalynn Moore whose son Bashere Davon Moyd, Jr went missing from the hospital morgue.

The mother said that on Dec. 21. doctors noticed the baby had a shallow heart beat and called for an emergency Cesarean. She was anesthetized and fading in and out of consciousness during delivery. Afterward, a nurse told her the baby was dead.

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