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“You really need to have a master plan. You need ideas and vision to see beyond what the problems are at the moment to realize what you want to do.” That’s Superintendent Patricia McGeehan’s guiding philosophy in making lemonade out of the lemons of underfunding the Bayonne School District regularly faces. Despite that, the district …

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When John “Jack” Santopietro was riding his motorcycle down Avenue E on March 16, 2012, he was struck and killed by a minivan. After that fateful day, his family founded a nonprofit called “Remember Me” to spread motorcycle-safety awareness. To further that mission, they hosted the First Annual Motorcycle and Car Show on Wednesday, August …

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Kushnir postpones resignation to Sept. 6 Last month’s Board of Education (BBOED) meeting saw the sudden resignation of Trustee Barry Kushnir. His letter, issued on July 27 and citing “professional reasons” as the cause of his departure, was proffered to Superintendent Patricia McGeehan following his vote to not renew her contract. His resignation was “effective …

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After last month’s vote by the Bayonne City Council to put the city’s animal control contract up for bid, two animal control services in the county are again vying for the contract. Liberty Humane Society (LHS) was originally awarded the contract in 2014. In December of 2015, the city switched to New Jersey Animal Control …

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Earlier this month, the City of Bayonne finalized a deal with William Blair & Company, a Chicago-based securities firm, to liquidate future revenue from the sale of the southwestern portion of the Military Ocean Terminal Base (MOTBY) to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The move was designed to make up for …

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The beloved Bayonne Bridgemen are hanging up their horns. The corps played its penultimate performance in Allentown, PA, for the Drum Corps International (DCI) Eastern Classic on Saturday, August 6 before a crowd of 9,000. It received four standing ovations after the performance during which it re-enacted the fainting gag made famous in the drum …

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5-year-old boy killed in car accident on Bayonne Extension Adrian Lopez, a five-year-old boy from Bayonne, died in a car accident on the NJ Turnpike Saturday while traveling in the back seat of a Saturn Ion, according to authorities. Around 7:20 a.m. at mile marker 2.7 near exit 14A on the Hudson Bay Extension of …

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Last month, the state released the average SAT scores for each high school in the state for the 2014-2015 school year, allowing residents to compare how their district did on the standardized test, which many colleges use in evaluating applicants. Not surprisingly, within Hudson County, Jersey City’s McNair Academic High School – a public magnet …

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Assemblyman Nicholas Chiaravalotti of Hudson County recently sponsored a bill that has been interpreted in some media outlets as banning drinking coffee, polishing your nails, or reading a newspaper while driving. The actual language is more vague: the proposed bill, sponsored with John Wisniewski of Middlesex County, prohibits “any activity unrelated to the actual operation …

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Bayonne resident Christina Timoldi, 24, will compete in the New York City Marathon in November, not just to achieve her personal best but to help those less fortunate. She will be running for Back on My Feet, a corporate-sponsored organization that seeks to provide poor and homeless people with training and employment opportunities. Companies such …

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