Category: Bayonne News

The Anna J. Herbert meeting room at Bayonne High School became a courtroom for a day on March 18 as students gathered to reenact the case that allowed them to reach the regional Mock Trial Finals for the second time in three years. The mock trial is part of a tradition of successful debates that …

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City water users won’t have to worry about meter readers coming to the door every month, thanks to an agreement with United Water that would install automated meter reading infrastructure WiFi nodes on rooftops of various city-owned buildings for a period of up to 40 years. Steve Gallo, who serves as business administrator for the …

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City water users won’t have to worry about meter readers coming to the door every month, thanks to an agreement with United Water that would install automated meter reading infrastructure WiFi nodes on rooftops of various city-owned buildings for a period of up to 40 years. Steve Gallo, who serves as business administrator for the …

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Construction firm fined on Bayonne leg of Spectra gas line The U.S. Occupation Safety and Health Administration issued at $70,000 fine to Henkels & McCoy Inc. for work being done on a portion of the Bayonne gas line installation, claiming that workers digging an 11-foot trench were not properly protected against potential injury. Spectra Energy, …

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Construction firm fined on Bayonne leg of Spectra gas line The U.S. Occupation Safety and Health Administration issued at $70,000 fine to Henkels & McCoy Inc. for work being done on a portion of the Bayonne gas line installation, claiming that workers digging an 11-foot trench were not properly protected against potential injury. Spectra Energy, …

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Teachers going into their fourth year without a contract may soon find themselves caught between a rock and a hard place as new state regulations go into effect for the 2014-2015 school year. The regulations would require new testing that would partially evaluate teacher performance and will require a massive upgrade in technology in all …

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In the cool air nine days after Justin Bellini was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver, the candles still burned in his memory, among the many icons of his life left near the pylon of the elevated portion the Hudson Bergen Light Rail on Avenue E, from the baseball jersey he wore as part …

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When Sandy Taylor walked into the Bella Sorrellas at 53rd and Broadway on March 9 everybody seemed to know her, raising their hands to wave as she made her way into the backroom and began to set up, before smiling out at the room full of dinners, many of whom she knew, not from her …

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A study that seeks to improve north-south routes between Bayonne and Journal Square that improvements to bus services along Kennedy Boulevard, Bergen Avenue and MLK Drive would provide more rapid service to riders. Kennedy Boulevard scored highest in the study as the best location in the study area for the possible inclusion of rapid bus …

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Services funded by federal money for Hudson County operations could be adversely affected by cutbacks due to automatic spending cuts imposed as a result of sequestration. Figuring neither political side in Congress would allow automatic cuts to go into effect, federal legislators imposed a time limit last year to come up with cuts to the …

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