Category: Bayonne News

Rep. Albio Sires met with the Hudson Reporter this week to give an update on various issues concerning the 13th Congressional district, including healthcare initiatives, immigration reform, homeland security, job creation, federal funding to help with local tax relief, infrastructure funding for bridges and roads, and of course, the fate of the Bayonne Bridge and …

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He had just finished the best acceptance speech among all the newest members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame when Jersey City’s Bob Hurley stepped away from the podium and down the stairs off the stage at Symphony Hall in Springfield, Mass. As he was returning to his seat with his wife, Chris, …

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Holiday Hudson Reporter editorial and advertising deadlines Because of the Labor Day holiday, some of the Hudson Reporter newspapers will have special advertising deadlines. For the Sept. 8 edition of the Bayonne Community News, the display ad deadline is 5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 2. The classified deadline is noon on Friday, Sept. 3. For …

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To the moan of bulldozers and the stench of oil, Bayonne Crossing Mall is taking shape, rising out of the once-contaminated property where some remember playing baseball decades ago. These days, however, few can remember a time when the property north of West 22nd Street and south New Hook Road served as a site for …

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Saying he is leaving the city in good shape, Bayonne resident and Local Redevelopment Authority (BLRA) Chairman Howard Fitch is stepping down, after overseeing the redevelopment plans for the former Military Ocean Terminal that began when the city took over the property in 2002. “I have served many years with the city of Bayonne and …

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It was touch-and-go for the Bayonne Department of Public Works softball team in their fund-raising game against players for the BMW warehouse team, but in a late surge, the DPW pulled off a 20-13 victory. The real winner, however, was 8-year old Autumn Trackawicz, a student at Horace Mann School, who was diagnosed with leukemia …

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Though “diminutive” in size, West New York resident and Union City native Henrietta Dwyer has been ruffling a few big feathers in Hudson County politics lately, and she’s not making any apologies for it. Dwyer, who describes herself as “fiscally conservative, socially moderate,” is a registered Republican – a breed few and far between in …

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The sign on the front dash board of “Capt.” Bob Terzi’s Yellow Cab says it all: “Please don’t litter.” A former stagehand from a family of Broadway and off-Broadway stagehands, Terzi, a resident here for about ten years, has been driving a cab in Bayonne for about four years. Keeping the city clean has become …

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Sweeny calls for raising of Bayonne Bridge Coinciding with a visit to Bayonne on Aug. 19, Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney said the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey should begin work to raise the Bayonne Bridge, calling it the common-sense solution to protecting jobs and keeping the state’s ports relevant as container …

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The city of Bayonne is looking to dress up a blighted gateway section of the city by purchasing two former gas stations that they say mar the northernmost point of Avenue E – a place where many people exit the New Jersey Turnpike. Using a combination of state and county funds, the city wants to …

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