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Emily Shade, a teacher at Walter F. Robinson School, was so impressed with what she got out of the Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy last year that when she became administrator to the program this year, she made a point of signing herself up for the camp again. Since launching in 2005, more than 2,600 teachers …

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Correction In an article published in the Aug. 10 edition of the Bayonne Community News under the subhead “Council awards a $500K contract to politically connected firm,” the story misidentified the president of In-Line Air-Conditioning as the campaign treasurer for Councilman Ray Greaves. Matt Dorans is the volunteer treasurer for the Ray Greaves Civic Association, …

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After more than three months of public hearings, the Bayonne Zoning Board of Adjustment voted to approve the expansion of a downtown Coptic Church, citing changes made to the original project that would solve some of the problems the church has had with neighbors. After being authorized by regional religious leaders to incorporate in 2003, …

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Angry animal rights people chastised the Bayonne City Council at the July 20 meeting, demanding that a long-delayed ordinance to help trap, neuter, and release feral cats be passed so that colonies of felines can be managed. Adelade Laure, president of the Hudson County Animal League, and Kathleen Henderson of the Bayonne Feral Cat Foundation …

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Teachers will have a way to approach the thorny subject of 9/11, global security, terrorism, and other subjects thanks to a new curriculum unveiled at the Liberty Science Center on July 14. Liberty Science Center served as a conduit for developing the curriculum as educators from around the state worked together to work out the …

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Walmart is hiring for Bayonne store Walmart, which is close to completing its new superstore at Bayonne Crossing, is looking to hire approximately 300 people. The store is slated to open this fall. To facilitate applications, the retailer has opened a temporary hiring center at 151B Lefante Way in Bayonne. The hiring center began accepting …

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Those living alongside Newark Bay have always suffered from waste washing up on the shore. If it falls off a boat or a dock, or flows down from a street or a yard, it eventually makes its way into Newark Bay. And as often as people go to the shores to clear away the debris, …

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Alexander Rucando, stage manager, and Melanie McBride, assistant stage manager, came into the Jewish Community Center a week before opening night of the latest musical production to paint a poster of the mascot for the play – a platypus. It was not a required item for the performance, since the JCC is pretty much open …

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Doris Goran Newman took the long road to get to Bayonne. Her story isn’t only in the miles between Yonkers to Detroit, then back to New York, Hoboken and Jersey City, but also in her memories. Newman was a child of the Great Depression, and though there have been some classic books written about people’s …

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