Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Rep. Donald Payne remembered Representative Donald Payne, 77, died of colon cancer on March 6. He was the first and currently only African-American congressman from New Jersey. Due to recent congressional redistricting, he inherited portions of Jersey City and Bayonne. “Congressman Donald Payne was more than a son of Newark,” said State Sen. Ronald C. …
One push of the icon showing a crying face, and a voice comes out of the iPad saying, “I’m sad.” Touch the icon that shows a smiling face, and the iPad says, “I’m happy.” This and other apps featured in iPads are being used by the autistic program in the Bayonne School District to help …
Continue reading “Hello, it’s me
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With a prayer on their lips and a song in their hearts, the members of the Bayonne Youth Center celebrated on Feb. 25 the reopening and rededication of their building after it had been closed for eight months for repairs. Dwayne Wright, who serves as president of the Youth Center, said the $80,000 cost for …
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From the beginning, when he was charged in the federal government’s now infamous 2009 New Jersey political corruption sting, former Assemblyman Louis Manzo proclaimed his innocence. More to the point, he claimed that the sting was a political stunt to help get then-U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie elected governor. Two weeks ago, after more than two …
Continue reading “How he fought the FBI sting – and won
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One of the consistent things that helped Bayonne resident Rebecca Hosmer overcome tragedy has been reading, and she believes that it might help other people, too. So she has begun a campaign to collect books that she can donate to people who need them. In a project that she calls “Becka’s Books: Everyone is Equal …
Continue reading “A project of her own
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Benefit blood drive for 10-year-old Bayonne boy On March 24, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Peninsula Lodge No. 99 (888 Ave. C) will host an emergency blood drive to directly benefit Cavan Perera, a 10-year-old Bayonne boy who has been hospitalized in St. Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick. Cavan suffers from an aggressive …
Everything changes at the Bayonne/Jersey City border, or the North Bergen/Union City border, or even the border between Kearny and Harrison. Students living in so-called Abbott “special needs” urban districts like Jersey City or Union City get full state aide as devised in a bipartisan agreement forged in 2008. But step over the border into …
Continue reading “Bayonne kids press for funding
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For the second year in a row, Bayonne High School will team up with the Bayonne Golf Club on environmental projects, including the installation of osprey nests in the spring. The effort will also include PSE&G. “We plan to continue to work with the schools on the mussels program this year,” said Ron D’Argenio, the …
Continue reading “A joint effort for the environment
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Last year, contestants who made it far enough to reach the 2,000 vertical climb as part of the Spartan Death Race were read a list of presidents’ names to remember. Those who remembered the list when they got back down were allowed to go on to the next phase, and those who didn’t had to …
Continue reading “Is he crazy?
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Local community groups that rely on federal Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) will feel the impact of a deal made in Congress earlier this year. Mayor Mark Smith said that the federal government is expected to cut Bayonne’s Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) by 18.59 percent in 2012. “In dollar terms, the expected cut would …
Continue reading “Federal grants for Bayonne programs reduced
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