Category: Bayonne News

Once seen as the highest risk for terrorist attack in New Jersey, Hudson County has seen its federal Homeland Security grant funds slashed over the last three years from about $2.3 million in 2009 to just under $500,000 for 2012, with another cut proposed by a state panel that would give the area about $100,000 …

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“When I went to Seton Hall to get a degree in broadcasting in the 1970s, I wanted to be a New York Yankees broadcaster and sit with The Scooter [Phil Rizzuto], but God had other plans for me,” said Jim Manfredonia, president and CEO of Domestic Church Media, which recently opened two new Catholic radio …

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Car backed into Newark Bay After being rescued from a car he accidently drove to Newark Bay on July 14, the driver was rushed to Bayonne Medical Center complaining of chest pains. The Bayonne Fire Department responded to the 16th Street Park board ramp and found that a friend of the driver had already rescued …

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Turning 70 this year, Eddie O’Rourke has become philosophical these days, looking back at his musical career and what success means. Two years ago, when the much anticipated book “All the King’s Men” was published highlighting the 100 Elvis Tribute Artists from around the world, O’Rourke was slightly disappointed when he only got his photo …

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When Marcus Valentiner came to America with his family in 2000, the future looked bright. He was able get a job on Wall Street and broker his way into a good life, with a home to raise his family. Then disaster struck. The markets crashed and in 2008 he lost his job. Over the next …

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“Going up in the air, doing the zip-line down three stories on a rope and into water scared me a little. I didn’t think I could do any of those physical activities,” said Margaret Calverley, talking about her weeklong adventure at Honeywell Educators @ Space Academy, commonly known as Space Camp, in Huntsville, Ala. “After …

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Turning 70 this year, Eddie O’Rourke has become philosophical these days, looking back at his musical career and what success means. Two years ago, when the much anticipated book “All the King’s Men” was published highlighting the 100 Elvis Tribute Artists from around the world, O’Rourke was slightly disappointed when he only got his photo …

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‘Wife Swap’ searches for Bayonne families Producers of the ABC’s show “Wife Swap” are currently searching Bayonne and the New Jersey area for families to appear on an episode of the popular program. The premise of “Wife Swap” is that the mother from each household swaps places for one week to experience how another family …

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“He’s my man!” a woman named Emily yelled out the passenger side window of a van on East 22nd Street on June 11 when she saw the crowd gathered near the opening of Church Lane. This was not a reaction to pop singer Justin Bieber – who by some accounts is the most popular current …

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“Back in 1912 when this school first started, there were no cell phones, no lightrail, no TV, no refrigerators, no iPods. Everything was different,” said former Principal Dr. Carol Grasz, a special guest at the 100th anniversary celebration of John M. Bailey School No. 12, held in late May. “But one thing that is the …

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