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Hoping to get money to clean up one of the primary gateways to the city and expand a park, the city will apply for a $500,000 grant from the Hudson County Open Space Trust Fund. Department of Public Works Director Gary Chmielewski said the city tried last year for the grant, but did not get …

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Newark Bay body identified A body found on the rocks of the 16th Street Park on March 17 has been positively identified as Miguel Galindo, 35, last known to be living with some friends on 35th Street. Hudson County Prosecutor said Galindo’s brothers, also a Bayonne resident, made the positive identification on the body earlier …

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Board members and business owners appear to be organizing a protest to the city’s plans to consolidate operations of the Bayonne Town Center Management Corporation (BTC) to relocate its management to the Urban Enterprise Office in City Hall. The City Council introduced an ordinance at its March 14 meeting that would eliminate the Town Center …

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Nominated by Mayor Mark Smith, the Bayonne High School Marching Band has been invited to take part in the 2013 Memorial Day Parade in Washington D.C. Band Director Serge Puchinsky said that while he knew of the nomination, he did not expect for Bayonne to be chosen to represent New Jersey in the parade. “Usually …

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The public will get a peek at the first calendar year budget in more than 20 years at a budget hearing scheduled for May 9, following the Bayonne City Council caucus at 3:30 p.m. Last year, the city changed from a fiscal year budget to one that is based on the calendar year, in order …

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When a 19 year-old reporter sat with a tape recorder on his knee on the porch of a seedy old Lakewood hotel, listening to an self-pitying organized crime associate pour out a tale of political corruption and betrayal, he had no idea the story would form the basis of a novel he would write over …

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Thousands of people lined Broadway for the 2012 St. Patrick’s Parade on Sunday, March 18, joining Grand Marshall Sean Neary, a native of Ireland who has resided in Bayonne since 1985. Neary’s mother flew in from Ireland to help celebrate the event that included The Bridgeman Drum and Bugle Corps., the Bayonne High School marching …

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Motorcyclist dies from Avenue E crash The 21-year-old driver of a motorcycle who suffered serious injuries to his head after colliding with a mini-van at a particularly narrow section of Avenue E on March 14 died a few days later. John Santopietro was thrown from the motorcycle and rushed to Jersey City Medical Center. The …

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