Category: Bayonne News

Still clutching a subtly racist flyer someone spread through the upper east side neighborhood, neighbors of a proposed affordable housing development raised their objections at a City Council meeting last week, saying they were never notified of the project and feared its impact on their quality of life in an area city planners claim has …

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“Get some gloves and pick a partner,” Tom Tokar yelled, standing on the water-sodden lawn near Ahern Stadium in a small curve along Newark Bay. Students from Bayonne High School grabbed a pair of white gloves left in a pile on the lawn, then marched down a narrow path to a 60-yard-long beach, which rain …

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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 apparently a contributor to then-Mayor Joseph Doria at the time of the alleged discrimination. An appeal filed on the behalf of Earl Rowan and Simon Taylor, two …

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Hudson County is seeking to boost the number of jobs available to kids this summer. Benjamin Lopez, director of the Hudson County Department of Family Services, said the county is looking for companies and others to sponsor kids, other companies to hire them, and kids to apply for the jobs. For a number of reasons, …

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Bayonne man charged with assault on police The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office has taken the case of Gerald G. Morton, 54, of Bayonne, who is charged with aggravated assault on four Bayonne police officers after an incident on May 21 when he allegedly attempted to stab four police officers with a knife and a pen. …

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The former chief financial officer and chief executive officer of Circle Systems Group Inc., a leading supplier of athletic equipment and reconditioning services, have been charged with allegedly directing a long-running fraud against schools in New Jersey that included Bayonne and Jersey City. U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said a week ago Wednesday that Mitchell …

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A contractor digging to install a patio at 43 E. 17th St. near Avenue E uncovered a grenade that later turned out to be a non-explosive one used for training, according to Deputy Police Chief Ralph Scianni. Thinking it may have been a working explosive, workers for Lucha Construction moved the devise to the front …

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“Are you interested in films?” Bob Martin of the Garden State Theater Organ Society asked a woman as she stopped at his table at this year’s Volunteer Expo at the Loew’s Jersey Theater in Jersey City on April 26. The eight-hour-long event was designed to bring together potential volunteers for not-for-profit organizations, which always need …

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Although the Hudson County freeholders say they are determined to cut spending and increase revenue, the 2011 Fiscal Year $480 million budget introduced at the May 11 freeholder caucus pretty much reflects the tough economic times, said Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise. The tax levy will rise by 4.57 percent to $281.65 million. This is …

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Raeann Hempel received The President’s Volunteer Service Award last week for her work in providing comfort to military men and women overseas. A resident of Bayonne, Hempel became involved with a group called Soldiers’ Angels about seven years ago. It’s an organization designed to provide aid and comfort to the men and women of the …

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