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Bayonne man killed in Turnpike crash Local officials say a 58-year-old Bayonne man may have suffered a heart attack that resulted in his fatal crash into a concrete barrier near the 14 C interchange of the New Jersey Turnpike Extension the morning of Feb. 27. Zygmunt Kmjieck was reportedly driving westbound in the left lane …
Undaunted by the narrow defeat at the polls last November, members of the Bayonne Tenants Organization are looking at the May 2014 municipal election as a target date to again try and get rent control restored in the City of Bayonne. Bayonne advocates for restoring rent control got the question on the ballot in November …
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Kevin Hennings, a resident of West Fifth Street, asked the City Council at its Feb. 20 meeting to do something about idling shuttle buses that congregate on Kennedy Boulevard near West Second Street. He said some of these buses idle for 20 minutes at a time, using the area as a dispatch point, and he …
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Although not a household name, Louis Sabbers’ face may seem familiar; as someone who has been on TV and in movies, often in minor roles for commercials and independent films, his is a face often seen in the crowd of a beer commercial or as the male member of a senior couple strolling through a …
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The last time members of the state Department of Community Affairs paid an official visit to Post Road Gardens, the scalding summertime temperatures made it almost unbearable in some of the apartments, prompting officials to take off their suit jackets to consider including some kind of funding for air conditioning. Excess heat was not a …
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McShea sentenced to five years in 2011 beating John McShea, 18, of Bayonne was sentenced to five years in state prison for his role in the beating of Dawid Strucinski on July 3, 2011. McShea, who was the last of 11 defendants to be sentenced and the only one given time in jail, was among …
Hoping to use $1.1 million dollars acquired as a result of negotiation with Spectra Energy, the city has expressed a desire to begin the process of upgrading the Don Ahern Veteran’s Sports Complex. The stadium was constructed in the mid-1960s and needs significant modernization. It is an 11-acre facility that includes a football stadium, baseball …
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When asked what the secret to her long life is, Josephine Richardson gave a shrug. “I take it as it comes,” she said. Richard will turn 100 years old on March 8 and will celebrate it in Spring Lake, where family members from across the county and even overseas will come to celebrate her centennial …
Continue reading “Home away from home
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Next time you put your card into an ATM machine and type out your access code, you might want to wash your hands afterwards. According to research done by Kamille Moise, a junior at Marist High School, ATM keypads and supermarket shopping carts contain the most germs. This revelation came at the Marist quarterly scholars’ …
Continue reading “A trip to the fair
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Although Hurricane Sandy did significant damage to Stephen R. Gregg Park, destroying some of the public bathroom facilities and knocking out all of the security cameras for a time, internet access and powering of cameras had problems prior to the storm, county officials say. They have been asking for alternative power sources and other changes …
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