Category: Bayonne News

Seeking to promote good health among fellow employees, staff members at Imperial Bag and Paper Company LLC held a contest that would reward those employees who managed to lose the most weight over six weeks from May until early July. “The staff held a weigh-in every Friday,” said Diana DeJesus, an executive assistant, who had …

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Although they said a deal to purchase a building at 830 Bergen Ave. in Jersey City isn’t as lucrative as once believed, the Hudson County freeholders are expected next month to approve about $18 million for the purchase and upgrades to what will become the new offices for county freeholders. The Journal Square building previously …

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Police warn of phone scam The Bayonne Police are advising people against falling for a telephone lottery scam that has already victimized several people. Victims receive a call from outside the United States in which they are encouraged to purchase gift cards from places such as Wal-Mart and send them to a designated address in …

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A U.S. District Court judge who dismissed a discrimination suit alleging that the city of Bayonne violated the civil rights and free speech of two African-American employees was reassigned last week, and will no longer be hearing local cases. Two months ago, the Bayonne Community News reported that the judge had made political contributions to …

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Within the span of 19 months, Hudson County residents have witnessed the sale of one of the local hospitals – Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center in Secaucus – and the pending sales of two others, Hoboken University Medical Center and Christ Hospital in Jersey City. In all three instances, the hospitals switched, or will switch, from …

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Mandy Claridge said she started to write her book, “Dear Diary,” in her head long before she set pen to paper. Just short of 30 years old, Claridge was already thinking about the image of loss, her character being confronted by why close friends move on. A diary became a vehicle for exploring the reasons …

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Another arrest in Strucinski beating Police arrested the 18-year-old brother of a suspect in the July 3 beating of Dawid Strucinski, charging him with hindering an investigation by allegedly lying to the police about the location of his 15-year-old brother while he was being sought. The 15-year-old apparently left the United States shortly after the …

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On a particularly hot day in July, several people cart crates of new furniture from the hall into the large, bright new home of Marist High School’s Focus program. While the Focus program, which is geared towards students with learning disabilities, isn’t new, it has grown significantly since it was first developed 12 years ago, …

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Based on a request for information filed by the Hudson Reporter about possible unspent money for senior programs being returned to the state, Freeholder Chairman Bill O’Dea has asked for an internal audit to see how much money the county has been forced to return. Records show that since 2005, the county failed to use …

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