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Freeholder Bill O’Dea compared the nine or more days leading into Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath to the HBO show “24.” “It all seems like one long day,” he said. “I feel like the Kiefer Sutherland character from that show. We knew areas had no power and we spent a lot of time trying to …

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“I was with the 90th Bomber Group,” said Herman Shanker last year when speaking before a group of sixth graders at V.F.W. Post 226. “We flew B-24s, which are heavy bombers, in the Pacific. I flew 27 missions. Coming back on a run, one of the crew reported one of the pins breaking, and once …

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Walter Barry stands outside the front gate of what once was a vacant lot, looking like a proud father, lacking only the big cigar. He has every reason to be proud, as he and a group of other people from the Friends of the Lifers have created an industry where previously only weeds grew. He …

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In multiple locations around the city, more than 100 people trapped in their flooded homes were rescued via fire boat as Bayonne firefighters responded to a record number of calls during Hurricane Sandy. Calls escalated dramatically at around 6 p.m. on Oct. 29, said Fire Chief Greg Rogers, coinciding with the arrival of extreme wind …

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Bayonne scouts hold annual Scouting for Food drive Hurricane Sandy left her impact on more than just the landscape, as officials said that food for local pantries was depleted. Members of Bayonne’s Boy Scouts Troops and Cub Scouts Packs will fan out throughout the community collecting food donations from the neighborhoods on Saturday, Nov. 17 …

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In the last hours of Hurricane Sandy and during the days that followed, many residents throughout Bayonne – which was almost completely without power for days – heard the sound of sirens. Fire trucks, police cars, ambulances, and other emergency vehicles rushed from one place to another amid a flood of flashing lights surrounded by …

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Jon D’Amore thought his cousin was giving him a great 22nd birthday when he sent him to Las Vegas back in 1975 and told him to open a $25,000 credit line. D’Amore was in Los Angeles at the time, and hung up the phone wearing a big grin. “I thought it was a big party,” …

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Miracle in the Meadowlands amid Hurricane Sandy As the wind howled and rain slanted down amid Hurricane Sandy’s fury, Magdelene was born at Meadowlands Medical Center. Born to Rachel Nijinimbam, 31 years old, an event coordinator, originally from Ghana, with her husband, Mathias Shotolu, 45 years old, a businessman, originally from Nigeria, Magdelene arrived at …

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With most of Bayonne dealing with a blackout this week, as well as flooded homes, massive trees along the ground, and no source of food, cash, or gas, the city’s 63,700 residents were struggling to recover from a once-in-a-lifetime hurricane called Sandy as the weekend arrived. Even before Sandy came ashore near Atlantic City on …

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