Category: Bayonne News

Vincent Virga, president of Partnership Financial Services, was named two weeks ago as the new president of the Bayonne Chamber of Commerce, succeeding Matt Dorans. Dorans served as president since early 2007, and Virga credits him with modernizing the chamber, beginning the development of a new Web site, establishing a program of “meet and greets,” …

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Attempting to quell concerns raised by reports that patients covered by Medicaid would not be covered at Bayonne Medical Center, hospital representatives said the hospital is currently negotiating with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, which manages New Jersey’s Medicaid program for that hospital. BMC and Horizon recently came to an agreement that would have allowed …

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City Council passes $60M budget At a special meeting on Nov. 2, the Bayonne City Council approved a $60 million transitional year budget for six months, ending Dec. 31. It will neither raise nor lower taxes in comparison with the previous bill. Earlier this year, the city voted to change its yearly budget from a …

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When Steve Yurchak, a teacher at Washington Community School, talked to his students about the scarecrow they were going to design as part of a contest being offered by the Town Center, he said he wanted to do more than just make a scarecrow. He wanted the scarecrow to make a statement. “We wanted to …

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As the city waits for permission to dissolve the Bayonne Local Redevelopment Authority, the agency voted at its Oct. 20 meeting to introduce a $88 million 2010-2011 budget – a budget for a fiscal year that already ended. The state Board of Local Finance still has yet to approve the budget from the year before …

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Residents of the 31st District – which includes all of Bayonne and approximately half of Jersey City – will be voting two representatives to the state Assembly this November. The election pits two Republicans from Bayonne against two Democratic incumbents who are allied with the political machine. Republicans Daniel Edward Beckelman and Michael J. Alonzo …

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Voters throughout Hudson County will go to the polls on Nov. 8 to elect a number of county and state officeholders. The positions up for grabs are county executive, county register, three state Senate seats, all six state Assembly seats, and all nine Board of Freeholder seats. Only two of the freeholders face competition this …

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Elizabeth Sheridan, a sophomore at the Hudson County Schools of Technology, wanted to do something with art to reflect some of the lessons she was learning. As a result, she was named by The Association of Indians in America, South Jersey Chapter, as one of the top 20 winners in this year’s Mahatma Gandhi Art …

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Three teens to be charged as adults in May beating Prosecutor Ed DeFazio said that of the dozen people arrested in connection with the May beating that left Dawid Strucinski in a coma, three will be charged as adults, pending a grand jury determination some time after the beginning of the New Year. I-True U. …

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Thrill-seekers looking for some gruesome Halloween displays don’t have to travel far since these are located in nearly every part of the city this year. Many people swear by the long time traditional horror displays called “Frightmare on 16th Street,” which Tom Cannella has been maintaining for years. Kids and adults line up for almost …

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