Medical license suspended for Bayonne doctor
Dr. John McGee, who has been practicing medicine in Bayonne for 25 years, had his license suspended on September 6 for a full year, according to an August 3 consent order filed by the state Deputy Attorney which described McGee as posing a “clear and imminent danger to the public.” The suspension comes more than a year after a complaint was filed on August 3, 2015 that cited six cases of improperly prescribing six drugs to his patients, five of which involved prescribing oxycodone, a highly addictive pain drug.
“Dinner with the Doctor” event series
In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, this month’s “Dinner with the Doctor” series at Jersey City Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, will focus on the care, prevention, and treatment options of breast cancer.
Breast surgeon Dr. Julie DiGioia, Chief of Surgical Oncology and Medical Director of the Cristie Kerr Women’s Center at Jersey City Medical Center, will present on this topic at the Chandelier Restaurant, 1081 Broadway in Bayonne, on Tuesday, October 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. The event is free to the public.
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women in the United States (other than skin cancer). Each year in the United States, more than 192,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer. Men can also get breast cancer (about 1 percent of Dr. DiGioia’s patients are men). Treatment works best when the cancer is detected early.
Dr. DiGioia, who has been named by Castle Connolly as one of New Jersey’s top surgeons for the past 12 years, is also a breast cancer survivor. Working with her husband, Dr. Stephen Hall, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon, she has dedicated her practice to the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer since 1990.
Dr. DiGioia has long been an expert on breast cancer. In January 2009, she found what it was like being a patient after being diagnosed with breast cancer and undergoing treatment.
“Dinner with the Doctor,” gives area residents the chance to enjoy a light dinner and listen to leading physicians discuss their specialty and answer questions.
Registration is required. Please call (888) 724-7123.
North Jersey casino gambling supporter to host forum
The Winners off-track betting facility will host a forum in Bayonne on October 19 at 8:30 a.m. to discuss the November 8 ballot question asking New Jersey voters whether to allow two casinos to be built in North Jersey. Jeff Gural, who teamed up with businessman Paul Fireman to launch “Our Turn NJ,” a group lobbying for expanded casino gambling, will deliver remarks and field questions. Registration and breakfast for the forum at Winners on 400 Route 440 is scheduled to run from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., with the program starting at 8:30 a.m.
All online registrants will be admitted free of charge, but online registration ends on Oct. 15. Non-online registrants will be asked to pay $5 at the door if they are a member of the Bayonne Chamber of Commerce, while non-members will pay $10 at the door.
Leaf recycling begins Monday, October 17
Starting Monday, October 17, the city of Bayonne will begin curbside leaf pickup. Residents are asked to place leaves in eco-friendly leaf bags, in paper bags, or barrels. Plastic bags will not be accepted. Eco-friendly leaf bags can be purchased at the City Hall Department of Public Works office in Room 13 or at three senior community centers – 4th Street and Story Court, 27th Street and Broadway, and 56th Street and Avenue B. The bags are available from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday. At City Hall, the Department of Public Works will issue one package of five bags per household.
Bergen Point Fall Festival
The Bergen Point Fall Festival is set for Saturday, October 15 from noon to 6 p.m. on Broadway from 5th Street to Cottage Street. The festival will feature live music by five bands: The Blue Dawg Band, the High Strung Band, the Group Therapy Band, and Mark Byrne’s Band. Food vendors, inflatable rides, balloon sculpture, sand art, face painting, and a dog-costume contest will be held. Fifty street vendors and nonprofit organizations will have booths and tables along Broadway. The dog-costume contest takes place at noon, with registration at 11:30 a.m. Prizes will be awarded for first, second, and third place. The Windmill Alliance will host a car and motorcycle show from noon to 5 p.m. in the Trinity Church parking lot, off Broadway on West 5th Street. At 4 p.m., trophies will be awarded for Best in Show for Best Car and Best Motorcycle.
A history fair will be held at the Bayonne Community Museum by the Bayonne Historical Society from 10 a.m. to around 2 p.m., with an Antiques and Collectibles Appraisal Day. The Historical Society will host a two-hour landmarks bus tour of Bayonne from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., with the bus leaving from the Bayonne Community Museum. For tickets, contact Lee Fahley at (201) 436-5978. Otherwise, reservations must be made online through the Hoboken Historical Museum website at https://www.hobokenmuseum.org/index.php/events/calendar-of-events/october.
Another Historical Society activity will be a maritime art exhibit featuring the works of John A. Noble and Frederic S. Cozzens. There will be a ribbon cutting for the exhibit at 1:30 p.m. At 2 p.m., Erin Urban, founding Executive Director of the Noble Maritime Collection at Sailors’ Snug Harbor, will talk about her years of work with the Noble collection, and the recent purchase of the Robbins Reef Lighthouse by the Noble Collection