Category: Bayonne News

Politically connected firms got their piece of the county professional services pie in an annual pre-Christmas awarding of contracts by the Hudson County Freeholder Board on Dec. 20. Although freeholders acknowledged some reduction in some of the contracts, many of the legal contracts went to some of the firms with a reputation for being connected …

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Tractor fire fueled by high winds On Dec. 23, at 1:40 a.m., the Bayonne Fire Department responded to 150 Pulaski Street on report of a tractor fire. Upon arrival, firefighters were confronted with three trucks fully involved with fire, and additional parked tractors being threatened by the quickly moving flames that were fanned by heavy …

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Hoping to piggy-back off NJ Transit’s proposed development over train tracks in Hoboken and nudge NJ Transit to propose a similar project for above the parking lot areas near the 34th Street Light Rail Station in Bayonne, the City Council voted on Dec. 12 to send that portion of the 2006 Scattered Sites Redevelopment Plan …

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Their songs filled the room against the backdrop of Broadway traffic. A handful of kids from the Lauren Wendroff Early Childhood Education Center children had come to add their voices to the annual Menorah lighting celebration at Networking Café on Dec. 10. Their hopeful faces grinned with the holiday spirit at the few dozen people …

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”You can’t anticipate when a horrible event might happen, but you must be prepared,” said Schools Superintendent Dr. Patricia McGeehan in reaction to the horrible slaughter of kindergarteners and others in Connecticut on Dec. 14. Although Bayonne no longer has its Cops in Schools program due to cutbacks in federal funding, McGeehan said the district …

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Willie from Jersey City always has something to say as he sits out in front of his house, although on this day in mid-December, he is quieter than usual, looking at the parade of tiny preschoolers coming from their classes at Friendship Baptist School into Bayonne’s Sunflower on Broadway. They came to sing Christmas carols …

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When Maryann Roland’s husband Charlie died in 2010, she wanted to some way continue the good work he was doing with the local food pantries. “He was always doing things for them, very quietly,” she said. Out of this wish to carry on something Charlie had felt a strong need to do came the idea …

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City Hall announces holiday schedule The City of Bayonne’s City Hall has announced the holiday schedule for Dec. 24 and 25 for city services. City Hall, the Bayonne Free Public Library, and the Constable Hook Recycling Center will be closed on Dec. 24 and 25. Garbage and recycling regular pick-ups are in effect on Dec. …

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Residents temporarily displaced on W. 26th Street fire A Dec. 6 fire at 86 W. 26th Street temporarily displaced 13 tenants although no one was injured. The fire department responded to the report of a building fire and upon arrival, firefighters were confronted by smoke billowing down from the upper portion of a three-story frame, …

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“Have you seen Mr. Maset?” Bayonne High School Student Council President Ashley Buchanan asked, sticking her head into one of the classrooms on the north side of school. “He isn’t here,” said Deirdre Hurley, who teaches Advanced Placement U.S. History II within the English/history interdisciplinary honors program with Timothy Maset. “Have you tried looking in …

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