Category: Bayonne News

When first proposed in early 2011, increasing sheriff’s patrols to cut down on overtime seemed like a good idea to members of the Hudson County Freeholder Board. But some questioned whether it would actually save the county money. A report issued two weeks ago by the Hudson County Sheriff’s Department may allay those questions, pointing …

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Two residents and their dog evacuated from Avenue C fire On Feb. 5 at 10:46 p.m., the Bayonne Fire Department responded to 753 Ave. C for a reported building fire. Upon arrival, firefighters witnessed significant smoke and fire venting from the second floor window on the north side of the building. Two occupants, who were …

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The lights in the treatment room turned colors – first pale blue, then indigo, then a soft pastel red – somehow making the place seem less formal and less terrifying. The last thing people coming in to get radiation treatment to fight cancer want to feel is intimidated. So staff in the room can modify …

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One day last fall, drivers pulled up to Broadway between 22nd and 23rd streets to find all of the parking meters gone – and a new central parking station installed, where drivers were expected to pay for the spot they occupied. The city was testing out a system that would save costs in maintenance. Parking …

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Whenever one of her patients or a parent of a child refuses immunization shots, Dr. Virginia Witt, who practices family medicine in Hoboken, tells them a story about her own life, about how she was going to get her son an immunization shot against diseases affecting the human immune system, and the doctor she’d gone …

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When the call came in on Jan. 26 that a 61-year-old Bayonne woman was missing, a number of things happened at once. The police sent a patrol car to the area. The Fire Department sent a unit as well, combing the area where reports suggested that the woman might have been seen last. In this …

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Freeholders look for a name change for pro sports teams The appearance of the New York Giants in this year’s Super Bowl had the Hudson County Freeholders up in arms again at the Jan. 26 meeting over the fact that the Giants’ and Jets’ football teams reside in New Jersey, and the Red Bulls soccer …

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No, it is not an alien spaceship that has landed near the Oak Street sewerage plant, although from over the tops of houses north of East Fifth Street and areas along Lennox Avenue, it might look like one – a towering, 262-foot tall, 70-ton stark white turbine, the first industrial windmill of its kind in …

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A behind-the-scenes campaign to relocate the U.S. Navy’s most decorated war ship from Camden to Jersey City is now underway, a campaign that threatens to revive an old tug of war between north and south Jersey. A decade has passed since the Battleship USS New Jersey sailed around the U.S. and landed in Camden, after …

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