Category: Bayonne News

For Margerite Baber, the downturn in the economy spelled real trouble for the Busy Bee Program, which is designed to help autistic children from 18 months to three years old. Even with fundraising efforts, the program just couldn’t keep up with the costs. While Bayonne Medical Center has been very generous to the program since …

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In a dramatic reversal, the Hudson County Board of Freeholders rejected proposals for the moving of election machines and other election-related activities, claiming that the request for proposals – sent out by the county – were so flawed that no one, not even the freeholders, could be sure of what was being bid on. For …

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The High Tech High School Science Club passed on the knowledge of a complex scientific concept through the art of acting when they made a presentation at Princeton University’s Science Day last month. The Dec. 11, 2010 event hosted by the Young Science Achievers Program allowed students to participate in different science-related workshops with their …

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City asks for discrimination suits to be dismissed City officials responded to recent reports concerning a lawsuit filed several years ago alleging discrimination in the Bayonne Department of Works, a suit filed against the city by 10 permanent and seasonal workers. The suit claims that supervisors used the “N word” toward workers filing the suit, …

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A $25,000 contribution made to a controversial Republican political group from the Bayonne Medical Center has raised questions from a Bergen County lawmaker, who believes the funding was meant to help the group defeat legislation that would require privately owned hospitals to open their books up to the government. _____________ “I believe BMC is lobbying …

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Rebecca Poggialli, a senior at Bayonne High School, decided to take a chance and send off her photographs to American Photography Magazine. She had been inspired by a photography class at school under the direction of Art Teacher Tom Hart and explorations in “film noir” – a style of black and white films that started …

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When she first started getting involved in the community, Eleanor Tiefenwerth saw herself as someone who gave without needing to get back, someone who volunteered for nearly everything and never wanted to get paid. But eventually, Tiefenwerth made the transition, if reluctantly, to a full-time job helping others. Now, just after turning 84, she has …

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The New Jersey Turnpike Authority recently unveiled several options for improving circulation at the 14A Interchange in Bayonne. However, only one of those options actually works. _____________ “What we have before us is a regional solution to a regional problem.” – Mayor Mark Smith________ Residents of Bayonne were invited to a meeting Jan. 20 where …

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Living up to the concept that “everything old is new again,” New Jersey Transit said trains will start operating out of the newest Hudson-Bergen Light Rail station at Eighth Street in Bayonne on the afternoon of Jan. 31. Mayor Mark A. Smith said that N.J. Transit will hold the opening ceremony at 11 a.m., and …

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