Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
To the Editor: On March 10, 2012, the Holy Name Society at St. Andrew’s Church honored the chairpersons of the Cluster Soup Kitchen. We would like to extend our most sincere thanks to President Dominick Feeley and the members of the Holy Name Society for a truly wonderful evening! We had a terrific time, which …
Set against the backdrop of the Bayonne Golf Club, the Bayonne Chamber of Commerce marked its 100th anniversary in style, hoping to lead the city’s business community into new posterity in its second hundred years. In a nostalgic mood suiting the event, Chamber President Vincent Virga said that looking out the window at New York …
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As Jersey City’s Christ Hospital begins to emerge from bankruptcy, its future might be reflected in the recent past of two other Hudson County hospitals, Hoboken University Medical Center and Bayonne Medical Center. Now that the three facilities will share the same for-profit owner, Christ is likely to be remade in their image, transformed from …
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Dionna Lenardo grins a lot when she talks about her trip to the NBA All Star game last month. At 11 years old, she already has a lifetime of experiences that others might not see in their whole lives. Yet behind her delight is another series of lifetime experiences that have already motivated her in …
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In seeking to reverse changes to the city’s rent control ordinance, the Bayonne Tenants Organization came up about 70 signatures short during their drive to put the question up for a public vote. This was the second attempt by the group to reverse a City Council move from last November that would gradually phase out …
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Bayonne Relay for Life Committee holds Second Annual Pasta/Comedy Night On March 23, the 2012 Relay for Life committee held its second annual Pasta/Comedy Night, and they say the evening was a huge success. Donations poured in from Chris’ Corner, The Venice, Maria’s, The Big Apple, Buon Appetito, Paesano’s, Pizza Masters, Nuovo Venezia, Pompei, Mama …
As a result of confusion surrounding which city offices and what workers should reply when a public information request is submitted, the city may be forced to pay legal fees. Superior Court ruled last week that the City of Bayonne must pay legal fees after it failed to supply information under the Open Public Records …
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Adrianna Romano, guidance counselor at the Nicholas Oresko School, knew the moment she read the Casey and Bella book on bullying that she had to bring the Hoboken-based author to speak with the kids. It is a topic close to the heart of the school district and the state, since this year the state required …
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Evidence gathered by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s office from last week’s shooting of Mariano Vargas, 60, of West 24th Street, seems to indicate that police officers acted to defend themselves from an alleged attack on March 21, according to county prosecutor Edward DeFazio. Police shot Vargas dead, claiming he tried to stab them. DeFazio said …
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The Hudson Reporter newspapers recently received awards for nine of their best newspaper stories and advertisements, in the annual Better Newspaper Contest run by the New Jersey Press Association. The company’s staff writers won two awards for stories that appeared in the Hoboken Reporter, Bayonne Community News, and the Jersey City Reporter. Members of the …
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