Nothing’s better than people speaking for themselves, without the filter of the press, their progeny, or their parents. In this issue, two Bayonne residents reminisce about their boyhoods. Dave Chiorazzi recalls his beloved football coach, who tried his best with a hapless, ragtag team of Bayonne boys.
And Steve Gallo remembers wonderful summers spent at “the Millions.” If you don’t know what that is, read his story and look at Alyssa Bredin’s and Victor M. Rodriguez’s great pictures.
We go down memory lane with the Maidenform Retirees, and, sticking to the past, we also take a look at the site of Bayonne’s World War II Italian prisoner-of-war camp at the old Port Johnson Terminal.
Bayonne should be proud to have a photographer whose work is on display at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. That person is Jonathan Singer. We’re lucky to have images of his gorgeous flowers.
We go onsite at the Animal Clinic of Bayonne hobnobbing with ducks, turtles, and all manner of critters. Check it out.
Our reporter Tara Ryazansky schleps around town with Pastor Gary Grindeland and discovers the great work that professional religious folks do when they’re not sermonizing from the pulpit on Sunday mornings.
Tara and photographer husband Max also catch up with and hang out with the legendary Captain Hook.
While Hudson Reporter staff writer Al Sullivan gives us his vision of a changing Bayonne, Tara sits down with not one, but two Pork Roll Queens, who both hail from Bayonne.
You can’t make this stuff up. Enjoy!—BLP
Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
