The Hoboken Girl Team 
The weather this week has been our reward for Canadian wildfires, flash floods, and even a tornado or two. The timing couldn’t have been better to enjoy St. Ann’s Feast, which wraps up today in Hoboken. It’s been another busy week in Hudson County and we’ve got all the headlines to keep you up to date. Among the highlights: the Hoboken Library will temporarily close for repairs; two new businesses open in Hoboken; and Bayonne takes on AI data centers.
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–The Hoboken Public Library’s Main Library will close on August 13th for historic restoration and accessibility upgrades (The Hoboken Girl).
–Jersey City is moving to prohibit new standalone data centers and cyber hotels from being developed on industrial land (The Hoboken Girl).
– New Jersey enacted the FAIR Act, banning landlords from using algorithmic rent-setting software that relies on competitors’ nonpublic rental data (The New Jersey Girl).
– Hoboken will host free pick-up soccer for children up to age 18 on Fridays through August 14th (The Hoboken Girl).
– The Five Corners branch of the Jersey City Library will permanently close (The Hoboken Girl).
– Yala Halal has opened at 520 Jefferson Street in Hoboken (The Hoboken Girl).
– Atomic Wings has opened at 410 Washington Street in Hoboken (The Hoboken Girl).
– Hoboken’s La Bohème transformed into a late-night dance venue for its first Saint-Tropez Night on July 23rd (The Hoboken Girl).
– Casablanca, a new Mediterranean restaurant, is coming to the former Union Hall space in Hoboken (The Hoboken Girl).
– Buddy’s JC will close its current Jersey City restaurant and reopen as a new Italian concept at another location in the city (The Hoboken Girl).
– A Hoboken woman helped a family of local geese cool down during the heat wave (ABC7NY via Instagram).
– The Jersey City Historic Preservation Commission unanimously rejected a proposal to subdivide the property at 577 Bergen Avenue and construct another building beside its 1915 Colonial Revival home (Jersey Digs).
– A Jersey City elementary school security guard was charged after a YouTuber-led predator sting allegedly captured him attempting to meet someone he believed was a 13-year-old girl (NJ.com).
– Jersey City’s Legal Grounds, run by father-son duo Christian and Chris Escudero, reopened after a 2025 fire forced the business to close for nearly a year (Slice of Culture).
– Bike Hoboken and the Hoboken Public Education Foundation will host a family-friendly community bike ride on July 26th (TAPinto Hoboken).
– Jersey City public-sector unions are pushing city leaders to protect workers and negotiate new contracts after 31 provisional employees were laid off amid the city’s $255 million budget crisis (Gothamist).
– Oda Omakase has opened in Jersey City, serving a chef-led Japanese tasting menu in an intimate setting (Jersey Digs).
– The historic former Jersey City Woman’s Club headquarters has been listed for sale for $2.25 million (Jersey Digs).
– Hudson Pride Center will host a Jersey City bar crawl on August 8th as part of its Pride celebrations (TAPinto Jersey City).
– Hudson County commissioners approved a $140 million bond to support infrastructure work connected to Jersey City’s long-planned Canal Crossing redevelopment area (Hudson County View).
– Hudson County commissioners are seeking to recover approximately $250,000 allegedly stolen by former Superintendent of Weights and Measures Frank Alonso (Hudson County View).
– Hoboken awarded a $200,000 engineering contract to advance the long-delayed restoration of historic Castle Point Terrace and its distinctive yellow-brick roadway (Jersey Digs).
– Jersey City approved a 27-story mixed-use development at 417-427 Hoboken Avenue with 584 apartments, retail and office space, and no required affordable units (Jersey Digs).
– Lincoln High School history teacher Hector Oseguera announced a campaign to challenge U.S. Representative Rob Menendez in New Jersey’s 8th Congressional District (Jersey City Times).
– Gotham FC will leave Sports Illustrated Stadium in Harrison and begin playing at Etihad Park in Queens in 2028 (HudPost).
– NJ Transit praised its performance transporting fans during the World Cup tournament after implementing expanded rail and bus service around MetLife Stadium (NorthJersey.com).
– A New Jersey lawmaker called on Governor Mikie Sherrill to block FIFA’s sale of preserved pieces of the World Cup Final turf used at MetLife Stadium (Politico).
– The owner of Cortaditos said no one was injured in a fire at the North Bergen restaurant and vowed that the business would reopen (HudPost).
– A federal appeals court rejected New Jersey’s last-minute effort to pause New York City’s congestion-pricing toll (Courthouse News Service).
– A Hoboken tax accountant was indicted for allegedly preparing and filing false federal income-tax returns for clients (Patch).
– Jersey City approved a residential development at 723 Grand Street that will replace the existing structures on the property (New York YIMBY).
– Jersey City preservation officials blocked the proposed demolition of a Bergen Avenue house amid renewed efforts to protect the neighborhood’s historic buildings (Jersey Digs).
– Greystar, which manages more than 50 New Jersey properties, is facing fair-housing complaints alleging that its employees unlawfully rejected prospective tenants using housing vouchers (The New Jersey Digest).
– Jersey City approved a residential and office development in the Five Corners neighborhood, while the Hindu temple currently occupying the site plans to relocate nearby (Jersey City Times).
– A Jersey City pharmacy owner was convicted in a multimillion-dollar health care fraud scheme that prosecutors said used proceeds connected to his strip club (NJ.com).
– Repairs at Our Lady of Grace Church in Hoboken are nearing completion after being damaged in a storm (NJ.com).
– A seven-ton, 60-foot steel whale sculpture by artist Mathias Gmachl will be permanently installed at Newport’s Marina Park in Jersey City this fall to mark the development’s 40th anniversary (via a press release).
– The Bayonne City Council unanimously introduced an ordinance that would prohibit data centers as permitted uses in every zoning district, with a public hearing and final vote expected in August (Hudson County View).
– Jersey City renamed the intersection of Baldwin and Magnolia avenues “Richard Boggiano Junction” in honor of the former Ward C councilman’s 50 years of public service (Hudson County View).
– The Jersey City Board of Education renewed Superintendent Norma Fernandez’s contract through 2031 despite opposition (NJ.com).
– Jersey City approved a four-story mixed-use development at 167-169 Newark Avenue that would replace the 99¢ Dream store with 15 apartments and more than 4,600 square feet of retail space (Jersey Digs).
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