Category: Bayonne News

Official notice for the fate of the 78-year-old Bayonne Bridge is expected at any time, said City Business Administrator Steve Gallo recently. A comprehensive planning analysis has been underway for nearly two years to identify the best way to raise the bridge’s height. Last year, the Port Authority’s Board of Commissioners authorized $10 million to …

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Hoping to spark interest in a piece of property that has not been used up to its potential, the City Council will introduce an ordinance at its Dec. 15 meeting that would approve a redevelopment plan allowing a developer to build low-intensity commercial construction instead of apartments. City Planner John Fussa said the property is …

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When it comes to today’s economy, education is all about jobs, how to get one, and how to keep one once you have it. This is one of the key lessons that came out of a teacher’s workshop held at Dr. Walter Robinson School in Bayonne on Nov. 23 in a program sponsored by the …

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When he ran for City Council earlier this year, Ray Greaves wanted to help bring attention to the needs and the strengths of the 3rd Ward. Hoping to use his newly formed civic association as a tool, Greaves said he wants to make people aware of what has largely been an invisible part of the …

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Correction In a Bayonne Community News story titled “Festival of Lights,” the children singing were not from Temple Emanu-El as indicated, but from the Lauren Wendroff Early Enrichment Program at the Bayonne Jewish Community Center. Mayor’s Tuesday evening hours suspended for holidays Bayonne’s Office of the Mayor announced that Mayor Mark A. Smith’s Tuesday evening …

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A 37-year-old Bayonne man was left wounded after a robbery and shooting just before midnight on Dec. 5 at the Exxon gas station at 100 Route 440 in Bayonne. Three men described as African-American were sought Monday in connection with the shooting. Police Chief Robert Kubert said the robbery may be linked to three similar …

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People came into The Networking Café in ones or twos, bundled up against a sudden drop in temperature. While not frigid, many of those who came to celebrate the lighting of the Menorah at the café on Dec. 2 were grateful for the cup of hot chocolate offered to them. Although an annual tradition for …

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Seeing people in U.S. Marine uniforms collecting toys on Broadway has been a tradition in Bayonne since 1964, when members of the Bayonne Detachment of the U.S. Marine Corp League first parked their truck outside of what was then John’s Bargain Store. Over the last 46 years, the Marine veterans stood out in every sort …

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The owners of the new Sonic Drive-In restaurant might have picked a better day to cut the ribbon that officially marked the opening of the first store in the new Bayonne Crossing Mall, as a steady drizzle and a driving wind greeted customers, city officials, and store management on Dec. 1. But traffic to the …

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When a student reports being bullied, a number of things are supposed to happen – according to the updated manual of bullying and harassment the Bayonne School District adopted in October. The principal in the school where the alleged incident occurred calls the district affirmative action officer and then conducts a preliminary investigation to determine …

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