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The girls scrambled to get ready for the big performance, climbing up and down the stairs from the classroom space on the main floor to the basement where chairs had been set up for the audience of parents and others. The small stage had a piano, microphones and a few pictures of jazz performers. This …

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Projects that are not near ready to actually start construction may see their funding from the County Open Space Trust Fund revoked or suspended under recommendations made by Freeholder Bill O’Dea at the Aug. 9 caucus meeting. The issue arose when the freeholders were asked to authorize the extension of $13 millions in grants the …

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“What is going on here is very, very special, but it’s no more special than what goes on here every day and at Metropolitan’s two other sites,” said Carissa Lawson, the anchor from News 12 New Jersey, who acted as emcee of National Health Center Week 2012 in Jersey City on Aug. 8. The gathering …

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One dog dies, another rescued in 55th Street fire A black Labrador retriever perished in fire at 87 West 57th Street on Aug. 18. Eight tenants were displaced. The Bayonne Fire Department arrived on the scene at about 6:30 p.m. and was confronted with flames rolling out of the front window of the building, and …

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“I’ve been in the culinary field for 20 years. I’ve worked for food companies, food magazines, and I’m currently working as a freelancer and a culinary consultant,” said Lauren Dellabella, the Bayonne farmers’ market manager. “I really believe in getting back to local foods and teaching people what foods are really good for you, and …

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“It was unusually hot and sunny; no rain since the beginning of the week,” said 18-year old Patrick Cahill of Bayonne, talking about the week leading up to the final bagpipe competition in Glasgow, Scotland recently. “It usually rains each day in Scotland. Scotland pipers are used to the rain and damp weather. We are …

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When Wilfredo Aquino drove his car up to the warehouse at 42nd and Broadway on Aug. 1, he did not know federal Drug Enforcement Agents were watching him and the warehouse, waiting nearby for when he came back out and got back into his car. They stopped him a short time later and found cocaine …

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By using an alternative law to push the city’s new rent control regulations to a public vote, advocates of rent control in Bayonne have successfully collected enough petition signatures to qualify for a ballot referendum this November. The activists want to maintain the old rent control law over one passed by the City Council last …

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So you want to be a sheriff’s deputy? The Hudson County Sheriff’s Department was on hand at Bayonne’s National Night Out festivities to put paper badges on kids who came to their information table. Although with handing out a number of other items including coloring books, pencils, rulers and paper badges, the sheriff’s department was …

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Court blocks governor from taking Affordable Housing funds for now In what could be good news for Bayonne and other municipalities across the state, a New Jersey Appellate Court ruling blocked Gov. Christopher Christie from taking municipal housing trust funds. The appellate court ruled that the administration does not have the authority to take $161 …

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