Hoboken Irish: the True Nature of Our City’s Irish-American Community
(Originally published — March 17, 2015) There’s a misconception perpetuated by some living in Ireland that the Irish-Americans have no claim to Irish heritage. Given…
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MUTZ IS ALL YOU KNEAD — Hoboken Italian Delis Always Please With the Cheese
THIS STORY IS FROM 2016. For updated information on HFA's annual MutzFest, CLICK HERE. ******************************************************************** (ABOVE: Peter Biancamano — M&P Biancamano Deli) by Christopher M.…
THIS TOWN: Sinatra Biographer James Kaplan Discusses Frank’s Relationship with Hoboken
There's a lot to be said about Frank Sinatra—just ask author James Kaplan. His tandem biographies on "Hoboken's gift to the world"—Frank: The Voice and…
READ ALL ABOUT IT: The Hoboken Public Library Celebrates 125 Years of Greatness and Community Leadership
by Darren Paltrowitz (ABOVE: Hoboken Public Library photo) A library has always been far more than just the old building in your town with endless…
FRIDAYS ARE FOR FRANK: “New York, New York”
We tend to focus a lot on Sinatra's Hoboken connection here at hMAG—but like the rest of us, Frank always had his eyes set on…
FRIDAYS ARE FOR FRANK: “The September of My Years”
"One day you turn around and it's summer Next day you turn around and it's fall And the springs and the winters of a lifetime…
Ray Guzman: Signs of the Times—Vintage, But Never Dated
by Melissa Abernathy photos courtesy of Ray Guzman There’s a local artist whose work you probably know by heart, even if you don’t know him…
FRIDAYS ARE FOR FRANK: “The House I Live In (That’s America to Me)”
In the immediate aftermath of World War II, tensions were high domestically over who might be the next great threat to our way of life.…
John Stevens, Avid Gardener | Hoboken’s Horticultural History
by Melissa Abernathy Photos courtesy of the Hoboken Historical Museum Let’s be honest—Hoboken’s densely built, mostly paved urban landscape is not the first place most…
“ANGEL EYES”: Frank Sinatra Passes — May 14, 1998
(ABOVE: Jack Silbert photo) When Sinatra died, Hoboken became the focal point of the world's mourning. Nowhere else in the world was so intimately tied…