Category: Bayonne News

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is considering a range of options as it studies how to raise the Bayonne Bridge, from building the existing roadway higher to installing a lift bridge section at the center to increase the height so the next generation of container ships will be able to pass …

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Douglas O’Neill and three other soldiers lifted off in a U.S. Army helicopter from Marble Mountain Airfield in Danang, one of the key American military bases in Central Vietnam, on April 3, 1972. Twenty-four years old at the time, O’Neill had achieved one of his childhood dreams – to fly. Since his enlistment in the …

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Imagine this: a wild party is going on inside a private residence, and one of the underage kids gets ill – possibly in dire need of medical attention. But because nearly everyone at the party is under the legal age to drink alcohol, no one is willing to call 9-1-1 and get the ailing kid …

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The Hudson County Board of Freeholders is planning to finance improvements to parks and other facilities, and is expected to hold a public hearing on a $14.5 million bond on Oct. 14 at 1 p.m. at the Pavonia Avenue chambers. This comes in a year in which many of the 12 Hudson municipalities have seen …

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Off-duty Bayonne cop stops bank robbery City officials said they are planning to honor a Bayonne police officer who stopped an armed bank robbery while working as a security guard in Monroe Township. Kelly McKeand was working at the Monroe Township branch of the Pamrapo/BCB bank on Sept. 30 when an armed robber attempted to …

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Stalled by the former council, the proposed animal control ordinance that would provide a trap, neuter and release program to deal with feral cats once more reared its head in a sharp discussion during the public comment portion of the Sept. 22 city council meeting. Mayor Mark Smith established a committee last month to evaluate …

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At five-foot, seven-inches tall when he enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II, Nicholas Oresko always thought his lack of height might interfere with his dreams. He wanted to be everything from an airplane pilot to a firefighter, but he never imagined he would win the Congressional Medal of Honor or that he …

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City and regional agencies appear to be poised to dramatically alter the future of Bayonne, negotiating deals behind the scenes that would create and expand container port operations and reduce or eliminate large properties once planned for residential development. In the aftermath of the $325 million sale of a portion of the former Military Ocean …

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A few days before he was scheduled to return to the Beacon Christian Academy, 7-year-old Kristofer Marquez learned the bad news: the cancer he had first contracted at 18 months old – called Rhabdomyosarcoma – had returned. This is a cancer, according to his older sister, Katriel, of the muscle tissue. To treat the cancer …

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