Keeping Sinatra's Memory Alive

City Clerk Jimmy Farina, Mayor Dawn Zimmer and several other city employees started their day with cake on Monday morning, in honor of Frank Sinatra's 96th birthday.

Farina hosted his annual Sinatra birthday bash, with cake from, in his office in City Hall. as well as several current and former city employees attended the birthday party.

"I'm keeping the tradition alive as long as I can do it," Farina said. "I think it's important."

Part of the importance, Farina said, is to remember that Sinatra—and his popularity, his great career and his fame—started in the Mile Square.

On the table, next to the white cake that stated "Happy Birthday Blue Eyes, 96," Farina laid out paraphernalia, including a picture of the original Hoboken Four, of which his uncle James Petrozelli was a member.

The items on display were the same as last year, Farina said, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have more. "I could fill up half this room," he said, adding that he has a much bigger collection back at home.