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  • Nancy Sinatra And Hometown Of Hoboken Set To Celebrate Frank Sinatra’s 100th Birthday

    Nancy Sinatra, daughter of legendary singer Frank Sinatra, and Frank’s hometown of Hoboken are gearing up for a city-wide celebration on what would have been his 100th birthday, December 12th.

    Nancy Sinatra does a radio show in Hoboken and will be joining in the festivities, but the focus will be on the life and times of Old Blue Eyes himself.

    All year long, Frank and Nancy Sinatra’s hometown has been awash in special events to commemorate Sinatra’s centennial birthday.

    For example, screenings of his movies in the outdoors and a sort of “Sinatra Idol” singing competition have helped the town remember Sinatra. There have also been special concerts that will end on a grand note with a centennial birthday party on December 12th.

    That party will take place at the Stevens Institute of Technology, which gave Sinatra an honorary degree in 1985. Sinatra was a high school dropout.

    The Hoboken Historical Museum opened a Sinatra exhibit in August and has seen a 300 percent jump in visitors.

    Museum Director Robert Foster said, “Whenever we do something on Sinatra, people come out of the woodwork. We enjoy the fans because they are so loyal and he means so much to them.”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJimkJIPqhQ

    Frank Sinatra died in 1998 at the age of 82.

    Back in October, one of his closest friends, Tony Oppedisano, told in an interview about the day Sinatra died.

    “He wasn’t panicked,” Tony recalled, “He was just resigned to the fact that he had given it his best but he wasn’t going to come through.”

    He added, “I told him I loved him but those were the last words I ever heard him say before he passed away.”

    Oppedisano also told of Frank’s great love for his first wife, Nancy Barbato, and the love he had for their children, despite being somewhat of an estranged father after the divorce.

    Oppedisano said, “He used to beat himself up about Nancy Senior (Sinatra’s first wife).”

    He added, “He remained dedicated to her throughout the years and had a great ongoing affection for her, despite being very much in love with Barbara (his fourth wife).”

    Frank and Nancy Sinatra divorced after 12 years of marriage due to his ongoing affair with actress Ava Gardner. He married Gardner shortly after, but that marriage only lasted two years. He then wed actress Mia Farrow and then Barbara Marx, who was still married to him at his death.

    Nancy Sinatra (Barbato) never remarried.

    What do you think of the upcoming festivities put on by his and his daughter, Nancy Sinatra’s, hometown of Hoboken, New Jersey? Will you be attending?

  • Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno Denies Mayor’s Claims

    After accusations by Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer alleging that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie “withheld” relief funds for hurricane Sandy unless she approved a project that the Gov. had slated is still unfounded. Zimmer also stated that the “imposed” threat came directly from Lt. Gov. Guardagno.

    Guadagno denied “whole-heartedly” allegations on Monday that she gave Hoboken’s Mayor an ultimatum to support a redevelopment plan backed by Gov. Chris Christie in order to receive Hurricane Sandy recovery aid.

    “Mayor Zimmer’s version of our conversation in May of 2013 is not only false but is illogical and does not withstand scrutiny when all of the facts are examined. Any suggestion that Sandy funds were tied to the approval of any project in New Jersey is completely false,” Guadagno said at a Martin Luther King Jr. holiday service project in Union Beach.

    Guadagno’s remarks were the first time a senior Christie official addressed the charges Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer first made Saturday on MSNBC and detailed to CNN on Sunday.

    On CNN’s “State of the Union,” Zimmer said Guadagno told her that Sandy relief funds hinged on her support for a real estate development project by the Rockefeller Group. Which she commented came directly from Christie.

    “She said that to me, that this is a direct message from the governor,” Zimmer said.

    Although Guadagno doesn’t deny the conversation with Zimmer back in May when the Lt. Gov. was touring a grocery store in Hoboken. But says she remembers Zimmer arguing that Sandy recovery aid and redevelopment were the same issue, according to the source close to Guadagno, who was not authorized to speak publicly.

    “Kim remembers in their conversation that she was talking about redevelopment and making investments in Hoboken. She remembers Zimmer pressing Kim for money for Sandy. Kim remembers saying you can’t tie the two together,” the source said. “And she remembers Zimmer continuing to press and showing her a map of the city and pressing for aid for Sandy.”

    Guadagno remembers it as a “friendly conversation,” the source said. “Zimmer was laser-focused on getting Hoboken money for Sandy recovery and that is not the role Kim Guadagno plays in the administration,” the source said.

    Lt. Gov. Guadagno cannot talk about Sandy – because apparently she was personally affected by the hurricane.

    “Kim can’t talk about Sandy,” the source said. “She can’t do it.”

    And Guadagno returned to Hoboken twice after that May conversation, spending hours with Zimmer, but she never brought up the conversation then, nor did she indicate that she was upset about the implications, the source said.

    Guadagno’s source also revealed that Zimmer’s comments Saturday and Sunday are a change from what she told CNN on January 11. She said then that while she wondered whether Sandy aid funds were being withheld because she didn’t endorse the governor’s re-election, she concluded, “I don’t think that’s the case.”

    “I don’t think it was retaliation and I don’t have any reason to think it’s retaliation, but I’m not satisfied with the amount of money I’ve gotten so far,” Zimmer told CNN then. She did not mention her concerns about the redevelopment project.

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  • New Jersey Rock Venue Maxwell’s Closing at the End of July

    Famous Hoboken, New Jersey rock club Maxwell’s will no longer be in business come the end of July.

    According to a New Jersey Star-Ledger report, the club’s lease is up at the end of July and won’t be renewed. The club’s co-owner, Todd Abramson, stated that the decision was made due to the “changing nature of Hoboken” and the difficulties encountered in running a business in Hoboken.

    Hoboken’s Mayor, Dawn Zimmer, reportedly tried to work with the club’s owners to keep the historic location open. However, Abramson told the Star-Ledger that nightlife in Hoboken is “driven by TV now” and that bars are acquiring giant TVs to compete with each other.

    Maxwell’s was opened in 1978 as a restaurant, and quickly gained a reputation for live music. In 1985, the small, dark venue was use as the location of Bruce Springsteen’s music video for the song “Glory Days.” By the late 80s and 90s, Maxwell’s was booking bands that went on to become major influences in grunge and indie rock. Some of the bands famous for playing the venue include Sonic Youth, Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins, Meat Puppets, Soundgarden, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Strokes, The Ataris, and Yo La Tengo, which famously played Hanukkah shows at the club each year.

    Maxwell’s will have one last show on July 31, headlined by the band ‘a,’ which was the first band to ever play at the venue.