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Patrick Cahill, 17, always wanted to do something Irish. “It’s in my blood,” he said. When step dancing didn’t work out for him, he decided to play bagpipes. On Aug. 11, he will travel to Scotland to take part in the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow. Patrick is well-known around town, partly because he …

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In a move that is destined to raise the hackles of already irate residents near the 45th Street Light Rail Station, the City Council is expected to approve a traffic diversion request that will also cause the loss of street parking at their meeting on June 20. The diversion is meant to accommodate cranes that …

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Freeholder Bill O’Dea can’t remember what campaign brought him to the Harry Moore Public housing that day years ago, but the moment sticks in his mind as if fate had put him there. “I was there campaigning with Jeff [Dublin] and a woman came to us and said that she had been released from the …

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DeFazio tapped for possible judgeship Hudson County Prosecutor Ed DeFazio, 59, was nominated last week for a seat as a state Superior Court judge by Gov. Christopher Christie, who apparently wants to replace DeFazio with a Republican prosecutor in Hudson County. DeFazio previously served as a Superior Court judge in 2001 prior to his taking …

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Dressed in their white gowns and mortarboard hats, the graduates of Holy Family Academy’s 2012 class stood in the wing of St. Henry’s Church on June 7, waiting for the organ music to begin, some smiling, some looking out at the church filled with people, while the color guard gripped the poles of the flags. …

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The room goes dark. The cameras focus in. First, a wide shot of the host and two guests, then a close-up of the host, who tells the viewers what this segment of the show is about, an interview with some of the members of Sweet Harmony, a choral group. When broadcast later, the musical background …

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No one from the public spoke at the May 22 public hearing on the county budget, despite sharp increases projected for most of the municipalities in Hudson County this year. Although technically the county budget is lower overall, taxes will still rise because anticipated revenues declined sharply. The 2012 fiscal year budget is $484 million, …

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The Reverend Rose Cohen Hassan of Trinity Church, who serves as manager of Services at HIGHWAYS (Helping Individuals Gain Hope Will Always Yield Success), has seen a lot of hardship in her life, both in Bayonne where she helps feed and clothe some of the neediest families in the city as well as in her …

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An old song by The Rolling Stones once encouraged people going out at night to wear white. Members of the GFWC Peninsula Women’s Club are encouraging people to wear red to their June 20 meeting, where Dr. Marc Cohen, chief of the Division of Cardiology and Director of Cardiology and director of Cardiology Fellowship Training …

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Daughter donates kidney to father, a Bayonne teacher Francis Anderson worked two full-time jobs for 35 years as a history and religious education teacher by day at Marist High School in Bayonne, and a freight agent for American Airlines by night. He was lucky to get five hours of sleep per night, and went over …

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