HOBOKEN, NJ - Normally on the Wednesday before Memorial Day, all variety of sea and aircraft would be rolling up the Hudson River to kick off Fleet Week New York. Sadly, you can add the Parade of.
May 27, 2021 at 12:19 PM
HOBOKEN, NJ - 7shifts, an innovative labor management platform for restaurants, has announced that it raised $21.5 million in Series B funding led by Enlightened Hospitality Investments (EHI), the growth equity fund affiliated with Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG).
Founded by restaurateur and industry visionary Danny Meyer in 1985, USHG operates some of New York City’s most beloved restaurants including Gramercy Tavern and Union Square Cafe. EHI was formed in 2016 to make strategic investments in best-in-class companies that have excellent management teams and corporate cultures. EHI’s investment follows a very successful implementation of 7shifts across USHG’s portfolio of cafes, bars and restaurants and will add EHI to 7shifts’ Board of Directors. The round also includes participation from existing investors Ten Coves Capital, Relay Ventures, and Conexus Venture Capital.
May 15, 2021 at 9:09 AM
The latest Rivel Banking Benchmarks online survey identifies Kearny Bank as a leader among New Jersey-based banks in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rivel’s poll of bank customers and prospects is the largest of its kind in the world.
As reported in the March 2021 issue of
Banking Northeast, the Rivel survey ranks Kearny Bank’s overall response fourth among all New Jersey banks. These results are based on responses to 81,342 online interviews conducted by Rivel from July 2020 to January 2021. Residents of eight northeastern states were polled.
“As a banker, I’d certainly prefer to address something other than a global pandemic,” says Kearny Bank President and CEO Craig Montanaro. “Unfortunately, COVID-19 has forced all of us at Kearny Bank to focus on things we’d much rather avoid. That said, I’m tremendously proud of what our company has accomplished on behalf of our business and personal clients. Times were hard – they’re stil
HOBOKEN, NJ - Crews battled a two-alarm fire in Hoboken on Thursday.
Just before 5:00 p.m., Hoboken Fire Department units responded to an active fire at 529 Washington Street, right in the heart of the city s main thoroughfare. HFD have indicated that the fire is now under control, and no victims have been reported.
According to the City of Hoboken, Washington Street is closed to traffic in both directions at 5th Street due to the fire. Buses are currently diverted to Bloomfield Street and Hudson Street.
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May 6, 2021 at 4:49 PM
HOBOKEN, NJ – The crowd gathered on the eastern edge of Pier A Thursday had a beautiful sunny afternoon a stark contrast to the devastating wind, rain and storm surge that pushed through weak spots in Hoboken’s waterfront nearly eight-and-a-half years ago, inundating the Mile Square City with one of the most devastating and costly natural disasters this country has ever seen.
With former Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer opening the ceremony, Governor Phil Murphy and United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Marcia Fudge today officially “broke ground” on the Waterfront portion of Rebuild by Design’s Hudson River Project in Hoboken. Funded by $230 million for Superstorm Sandy recovery from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Rebuild By Design has been in the planning stages for several years and is intended to protect communities along the Hudson River from storm surge flooding and rising sea-level threats posed b