Category: Bayonne News

Excavators are at work clearing the way for two new gas turbines on a 6.25-acre plot of land at the Bayonne Energy Center (BEC). The new turbines, Trut 60 simple cycle fast start gas turbines, are due to be fully operational by December 31, 2017, and will be added to the eight already in operation …

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September is a bittersweet month for students. The joy of reuniting with school friends and starting new classes with a clean slate combines with the trepidation of heavy workloads; the transition from lazy summer to busy fall happens virtually overnight. School started on Sept. 7. The first week’s schedule was short, with Bayonne High School …

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Bayonne residents, public officials, and faith leaders from various religious organizations gathered at the Teardrop Memorial at Harbor View Park for an Interfaith Memorial Service and Candlelight Vigil to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the September 11 attacks and pay homage to those lost on that day. Words of unity, sadness, optimism, and healing were …

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Cheryl and Christopher Mack are putting finishing touches on The Bridge Art Gallery before its grand opening on Saturday, September 24, from noon to 6. It will showcase artists from Bayonne, Montclair, and Atlanta. At 199 Broadway in the heart of the burgeoning art community of Bergen Point, the gallery space was used previously by …

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Woman sets herself on fire Police and firefighters were called on Friday afternoon to 32-36 East 12th Street, where a woman set herself on fire, according to online reports. One witness claimed the woman was 75 percent on fire, while another eyewitness said he entered the woman’s home after seeing the fire in the window …

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A bill introduced in the New Jersey State Assembly in early August will require the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority (HESSA) to obtain a court order to use certain collection practices for defaulted student loans under the New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students (NJCLASS) Loan Program. The bill, which is on its way …

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Officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and lawmakers came together for a ceremony at Cape Liberty in Bayonne on Thursday, September 1 to celebrate the completion of the $2.1 billion Main Navigation Channel Deepening Program, which started in 2004 and deepened the harbor by …

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Because a “creepy” man reportedly entered the playground area of Lincoln Park in Jersey City and took pictures of children there recently, the Hudson County Board of Freeholders has moved to ban adults unaccompanied by children from playgrounds in any of the county parks. These include fenced-in playground areas like those within Columbus Park in …

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Remembering Bayonne 9/11 victims On Sept. 11, 2001, 2,973 people died in attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, on the Pentagon in Washington D.C., and aboard Flight 93, which crashed in Pennsylvania. This week, keep in your thoughts the lives lost that day and all lives lost to global terrorism, and …

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The Bayonne City Council introduced a new, amended budget to be voted on at next month’s council meeting, at which a hearing will take place for the public to voice concerns. The new $135.4 million budget is reduced by about $60,000 from the last budget introduced in April. It takes into account the monetization of …

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