Category: Bayonne News

The Hudson County Board of Freeholders was a regular love-fest at its first meeting of the year, during which they voted to name Hoboken Freeholder Anthony Romano as the new chairman, West New York Freeholder Jose Munoz as vice chair, and North Bergen/Secaucus Freeholder Thomas Liggio as pro tempore. The freeholder board votes on the …

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Nearly every day when Carey [not her real name] walks her daughter to the bus for school, she passes a small house in downtown Bayonne she would love to live in. “It’s a cute little place that would make a fine home,” she said recently. “Nobody lives in it. We would love to live there. …

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Bayonne Tenants Organization holds meeting Vowing not to give up the fight to save rent control in Bayonne despite the loss of its referendum last November, the Bayonne Tenants Organization (BTO) will hold a general meeting on Jan. 15 at 7 p.m. at St. Andrew’s School in Bible Study Room, located at 126 Broadway. Access …

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For almost all of his life, Tom Fienan has been on the right side of the law, working as a firefighter for 25 years until his retirement in 1995, and then as a civilian police dispatcher in Bayonne. So it might have felt a little funny when he and his wife moved from Bayonne to …

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Because Bayonne has seen a significant increase its Middle Eastern population, the school district has been mandated to find certified Arabic-speaking English as a second language teacher, said Schools Superintendent Dr. Patricia McGeehan. This would be a comprehensive program for students in Robinson School, which currently houses the districts ESL programs. “Right now we have …

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Not since 2007 have county Democrats been as divided as they were in 2012. Democrat went after fellow Democrat, leaving county Republicans to make advances not seen since the era of Republican Gov. Tom Kean in the 1980s. Republican Gov. Christopher Christie had his fingers deep in the political pie and pulled out a number …

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Bob Cole, chef at The DaVinci Room in Bayonne, always keeps a fresh jar of love in the kitchen. While he doesn’t put love in every dish he makes, many over-the-stove discussions with owner Chris Cocchi revolve around how much love to use and in which dish. Love, in this case, means the sweetest-tasting pesto …

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United water takes over some BMUA operations In an agreement forged last year, United Water began its operations at the Bayonne Municipal Utilities Authority on Jan. 1 as part of a privatization of some operations. The move helped get the BMUA out of debt and brought on sorely needed licensed professionals for some of the …

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This was not the best of years nor the worst of years, but looking back at 2012 and the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, and the local impact of the horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, 2012 certainly could have been better. This was a year that saw a former Bayonne resident edge …

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Joe Spangler walked through the Bayonne Little League complex near First Street and JFK Boulevard as if he had just lost his best friend, and indeed, having been out of town when Hurricane Sandy hit, having heard only the reports of the rising tides that flowed between the field and the buildings, seeing it for …

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