Category: Bayonne News

Alan Marcus still remembers the day in December 1970 when his advertising agency started. In many ways, the transition from news reporter to advertising executive has been monumental for Hudson County, since his clients over the last four decades have been some of those who helped shape this world. The Marcus Group – a boutique …

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A few weeks after some residents of Bayonne questioned whether the city could handle a gas line explosion similar to one that recently occurred in California, local emergency personnel were put to the test, and the Bayonne Emergency Response Commission and the Local Emergency Planning Committee called for a drill that brought together the fire …

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Fire in illegal apartment on O’Brien Court Two firefighters were injured while fighting a blaze that started in what city officials allege was an illegal apartment on O’Brien Court on Oct. 28. The Bayonne Fire Department arrived shortly after midnight and were confronted with flames gushing out of the basement window and up the east …

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Four candidates are seeking to fill the state Assembly seat vacated by the August resignation of Anthony Chiappone in the 31st District. The winner of the Nov. 2 special election will serve until a new assemblyman is sworn in after next year’s regular election. Chiappone was forced to resign after pleading guilty to one count …

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You can almost hear The Addams Family theme when you approach the house on West Schuyler Place, snapping fingers and all – especially when the Gaeta family comes out in costumes to join several dozen animatronic ghouls, witches, skeletons, and other beasts they have set up on their front lawn. A few blocks away at …

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Albio Sires, the incumbent congressman and former mayor of West New York, will face off on Nov. 2 against Republican newcomer Henrietta Dwyer as well as Anthony Zanowic, an Independent candidate, and Maximo Gomez Nacer, a representative from the Gravity Buoyancy Solution, for the seat representing the 13th Congressional District in Washington. The 13th district …

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Perhaps the most contentious county-wide race in years, the election of a county sheriff, will be decided on Nov. 2 when voters will be asked to decide between incumbent Sheriff Juan Perez – who is running as a Republican – and challenger Undersheriff Frank Schillari, who has received the blessing of the Hudson County Democratic …

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Gov. Christopher Christie’s threat to cut off funding to the proposed Trans-Hudson rail tunnel under the Hudson River, also known as Access to the Region’s Core (ARC), could have a huge impact on county taxes because of a pending deal with NJ Transit for the sale of Kopper’s Koke in Kearny for use as a …

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Bayonne boy charged with home invasion A 16-year old Bayonne boy was arrested on Oct. 16 after police found him entering the home of an off-duty police officer. The boy allegedly took the officer’s pistol from a safe and fired a shot into the apartment floor. Police Chief Robert Kubert said the boy was the …

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