🌱 Patch AM: How Hoboken schools handled Thursday’s lockdown and what happens next

Good morning Hoboken! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Hoboken schools handled Thursday's lockdown and what happens next
• Want to explore Hoboken's industrial past at Stevens this October?

Also on today's calendar: Exit Strategies for Business Owners and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Sun through high clouds, with a high of 69 and low of 58 degrees.
• Sunday: Rain, temps: high: 65, low: 61.
• Monday: A couple of morning showers, with a high of 73 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Schools In Hoboken Reopen After Lockdown, Officials Give Updates (patch.com) — Three Hoboken schools, including Hoboken High, Wallace, and Brandt, briefly went into lockdown Thursday afternoon after a phone threat, prompting street closures from Seventh to Tenth and Willow to Adams. Police searched and cleared the high school, and officials confirmed after-school activities and the homecoming football game would proceed, with classes reopening on schedule Friday while families await further updates.
   

• 45th Symposium on Industrial Archeology October 24th (newyorkalmanack.com) — Hoboken will host the 45th Symposium on Industrial Archeology on October 24 at Stevens Institute of Technology's Babbio Center, bringing experts to discuss regional industrial history from shipyards to railroads. Local residents can register by October 16 to attend talks, a film screening, and networking sessions that explore New York and New Jersey's technological and industrial heritage.
   

📸 Around Hoboken

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hoboken

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday November 4
• Exit Strategies for Business Owners →
  il Tulipano, 1131 Pompton Ave, Cedar Grove
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday October 10
• Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know →
  Webinar - Online Presentation
  11:00 am
• Sky City Social →
  Willie McBrides, 616 Grand St, Hoboken
  10:00 pm
Sunday October 11
• Bike Hoboken Community Ride →
  Hoboken NJ
  11:00 am
• Main Street Pops Artisan Markets →
  770 Jackson Street Plaza, Hoboken
  11:00 am
Monday October 12
• Hoboken middle school fundraiser →
  Hoboken Middle School, 158 4th St, Hoboken
  9:00 am
• Historic Preservation Commission
  1st floor Board Room of the Holloway Building, 4 Jackson Square, Hoboken
  6:30 pm
Thursday October 15
• All Schools Open House 2026 →
  Damon Murray Community Gym, 605 Jackson St, Hoboken
  4:30 pm
Friday October 16
• NJ Family Leave Workshop →
  500 Park Ave, Hoboken
  10:30 am
Saturday October 17
• 40 Years of Ultimate Breaks and Beats: In Conversation with Breakbeat Lou →
  Jersey City Free Public Library: Miller Branch, 489 Bergen Ave, Jersey City
  1:00 pm
Sunday October 18
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show →
  Mile Square Theatre, 1400 Clinton St, Hoboken
  6:27 pm
Sunday October 25
• The HoBOOken 5K & Scary Scurry Kids Run →
  100 Sinatra Dr, Hoboken
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Longtime Hoboken Resident and Community Leader Jen Giattino to be Honored October 16th —John McCann Read on Patch
• Hoboken Boy Has One Wish for His 12th Birthday - Help the Homeless —Melinda Vickerman Read on Patch
• Little Bar Goes "After Dark" with a Spooky Cocktail Class Oct. 27 —John McCann Read on Patch

• Walmart posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Kearny. Apply here.
• TJX posted a job opening for Now Hiring Full-Time Merchandise Coordinator in Lyndhurst. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hoboken here.

🗞 Nearby News

Union City

• Boys Soccer: Scotch Plains-Fanwood Bounces Back with 3-0 Win Over Union City (TAPinto.net)
• 12 Towns in Hudson County: A Guide From Bayonne to Secaucus (hudsonreporter.com)
• The 30 Best Private High Schools in New Jersey for 2027, According to Niche (njfamily.com)

Weehawken

• First Hudson Tunnel Project tunnel boring machine starts work (roi-nj.com)

Jersey City

• Video Of ICE And Children Crying Spurs Response From Mayor In Harrison (patch.com)

Ok Hoboken! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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