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Born three months premature, Jayna Ann Morrell was just 1 pound, 8 ounces at birth. The delivery came when doctors were forced to perform a cesarean section on May 3 after her mother became seriously ill. Although she gained weight over the intervening time to 3 pounds, 6 ounces, the girl faced serious medical issues, …

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Spectra Energy held their second round of open houses in Bayonne on June 21, hoping to gather more information from residents and others before developing a tentative plan and route for a proposed natural gas pipe line through portions of Bayonne. The company, based in Houston, Texas, held its first round of open houses last …

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Leo Smith tapped to replace Doll as BA of school district Vice Principal Leo Smith, brother of Mayor Mark Smith, was named as the new business administrator for the Bayonne School District at a meeting on June 24. Smith will take over for Doll starting on July 1 at a salary of $157,778 per year. …

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Richard J. Baccarella, principal of Bayonne High School, has announced the selection of the prestigious Circle of Ten award winners for the June 2010 graduating class. These outstanding scholars will be the first to receive their diplomas at the annual commencement exercises, to be held on Monday, June 28, at 6 p.m. The 2010 Circle …

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A Bayonne councilman wants to know if it’s true that the U.S. Army recently threatened the city with legal action over $55 million in land sale funds that they are not sure the city has used properly. Nearly a decade ago, the Army deeded waterfront land at its former military base to the city so …

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Although it took a runoff election for two council seats, Mayor Mark Smith’s Bayonne municipal election ticket ultimately swept away its opposition, winning four-year terms for all five seats on the Town Council as well as claiming the mayoralty. The election literally brings in a completely new set of faces to the City Council, with …

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A day after Mayor Mark Smith led his candidates to victory in two council runoff elections, he was named the head of the county’s Democratic party. A committee vote held in School 6 in Jersey City on June 16 officially named him the new chairman of the Hudson County Democratic Organization. At the meeting, he …

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What’s the matter with kids today? This is a question that has haunted parents in nearly every generation, as kids seem to lose touch with some important values of the past. While a two-week program might not reverse this almost universal trend, Diane Richie, a one time drug prevention coordinator in the New York schools, …

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The graduating eighth graders of All Saints Academy had a rare opportunity this year to begin establishing what later classes will know as a school tradition. As the second graduating class of a school established in late 2008, this year’s graduates had an extra year to establish an identity. “This class was very interested in …

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Three ordinances up for public hearing The Bayonne City Council will hear public comments on three ordinances at its Wednesday, June 23, council meeting. One ordinance will designate Usowicz House for historic preservation, as recommended by the Historic Preservation Commission. The second ordinance will amend current animal control rules to establish a program that would …

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