Category: Bayonne News

On St. Patrick’s Day last year, Scarlett Margetanski of Bayonne received news she dreaded hearing: Her cancer had returned. Already considered terminal even when tests show that she is currently cancer free, Margetanski understood that the cancer would keep returning – a fact of life she has come to accept, even when it causes her …

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Even with some of the performers not available for rehearsal, the Holy Family Academy gym already had a Caribbean air, perhaps because of the large sunset painted on the rear wall of the stage, which students and alumni positioned themselves around. It was two weeks away from their first performance of “Once On This Island,” …

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A decade ago, when many of the transportation plans were being finalized for Hudson County, the future seemed bright. Development was at its peak and local, state, and federal officials envisioned projects that would transform Hudson County’s economy into a hub of regional growth. While the region remains a center for commuter trains, buses, ferries, …

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Free soccer classes for autistic children The Soccer Learning Center, a popular local sports academy founded by Bayonne resident Alex Lalaoui, will be offering the area’s first professionally coached free indoor soccer program for autistic children this April in Jersey City. Open to any autistic child between the ages of three and four, the new …

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Check out this year’s Progress Report for Bayonne, covering some of the key elements of local economics. This is a thumb nail of where the city’s real estate, economics, education and other elements are at this point in the year, how they have faired and how they expect to do in the near future. You …

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A provision that could have eliminated rent control for some residents in the city has been pulled from the March 16 City Council agenda. The City Council, officials said, will vote to renew the current regulations, which will be unchanged from the past. The proposed amendment to the city’s rent control ordinance would have allowed …

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Tears, fear, outrage, and other emotions spilled out before a packed room at the Elks Lodge on March 14 as people came out to talk about discrimination and other problems they encountered while living, working, or even passing through the city of Bayonne. Tales of violence against minorities, favoritism in the schools, and discrimination against …

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Rev. Gregory G. Perez, president/CEO of Windmill Alliance, said he hopes to kick start a program started several years ago to upgrade and centralize its facilities, part of a slightly scaled down plan that would bring a number of its current operations into a central location and provide more room for its ongoing programs. The …

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Desperate to get a breath after a March 12 fire filled the hallway of a 48th Street apartment building with smoke, a resident suffered lacerations to his hand when he broke the hallway window. “He was fleeing his apartment from the third floor after he discovered the building was on fire. This tenant was the …

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