Celebrate Life’s Possibilities this Memorial Day

May 27, 13 Celebrate Life’s Possibilities this Memorial Day

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Millions of Americans are firing up the grill. The kids are lounging around in their pajamas excitedly anticipating marshmallow roasts and a trip to the beach. Holiday weekends are a pause in everyday life, a chance to sleep in, catch up on TV and just catch our breaths from the frantic pace of our everyday lives. They are also a...

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Hoboken Six Months After Sandy: Belt Tightening Time

May 01, 13 Hoboken Six Months After Sandy: Belt Tightening Time

Posted by in General, Real Estate, Sandy

Last week, my Hoboken, NJ condo association held its annual meeting. The good news? Our building is completely repaired from Hurricane Sandy and has made improvements so we are prepared for a storm of the same magnitude. With hurricane season starting in a few weeks, those fortifications could not have happened a moment too...

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Hoboken Schools – Spring Decision Time

Mar 11, 13 Hoboken Schools – Spring Decision Time

Posted by in Parenting

All over Hoboken, NJ, parents are agonizing over where to send their kids next year. Public school parents mull a move to private while private school parents facing tuition hikes register for public school to have a slot just in case they need it. Anyone who “won” the charter school lottery snatches up the spot like it...

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What are Jersey City schools like?

I have been talking to parents about Jersey City schools, and my sense is that while there are many options (a quick search shows 10 charter schools and a total of 141 schools in JC) it is difficult to get into the good K-8 programs. Demand far exceeds supply, even more so than in Hoboken. On the high school level, there are a...

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Hoboken Family Snapshot: Real Estate Thumbs Up, School Thumbs Down

In the last three days, I have had two people call me asking if I know about any three-bedroom condos for sale in Hoboken. Their upper price limit? $750k-$800k. I reached out to local realtor Lori Turoff to find out what is going on, and learned there are only 22 three-bedroom units currently offered for sale in Hoboken. Six are...

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