Category: Bayonne News

More than anything, Holy Family Academy proved it could defy the odds as administrators handed out 47 diplomas at graduation on June 7, an event that many believed would never happen two years ago. The school was supposed to close its doors after its 2009 senior graduation, and the fact that it has survived to …

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Marguerite S. Baber’s son Stephen went to his high school prom last week. While this is a right of passage for many young men, for Stephen – who was diagnosed with autism at a very early age – it became a milestone of personal success, since in the past many boys like him would have …

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Raised in the Bronx, N.Y., Brother Stephen Schlitte never thought he would be returning there as an educator. But in February, leadership within the Marist Brothers asked him if he would like to take up a new position as principal of an all boys’ high school there. So Schlitte, who is currently the principal of …

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You might have thought the Academy Awards had moved into the chambers of the Hudson County Board of Freeholders on June 10 with movie stars, movie producers, local dignitaries of every sort, and even a pack of sheriff’s officers with guard dogs. Film director Tom Balsamides jokingly said at the podium at one point that …

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Voters pick first and third council seats Voters were scheduled to go to the polls on Tuesday, June 15 to decide who will represent the 1st and 3rd wards in two runoff elections from May 11. Agnes Gillespie, supported by Mayor Mark Smith, was facing off against Thomas Cotter, a former machinist, for the 1st …

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Marist High School issued one more diploma at its June 5 graduation ceremonies than was listed on its graduating program. Along with the 106 expected diplomas, graduates turned around and issued one of their own to Principal Brother Steve Schilitte, who is leaving this year to take a principal’s post in the Bronx. This was …

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After months of rumors, Brian Campbell, the former managing director of Bayonne-based Pamrapo Saving Bank’s investment company, was arrested last week and charged with allegedly diverting and embezzling more than $681,000. This came less than two months after Pamrapo voted to merge with Bayonne Bank Corps – the details of which are still being worked …

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Teenager Deaven Tierney claims to be one of the biggest fans of reality TV star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi from MTV’s “Jersey Shore.” “I live every day wanting to be just like her,” Tierney said a week ago Wednesday, standing among a group of kids outside Buon Appetito Restaurant in Bayonne, near 42nd Street and Broadway. …

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The Cal Ripken/Babe Ruth Baseball League in Bayonne was criticized last week for expelling a 12-year-old boy who missed a makeup game in order to play with another league. The criticism came after Tyler Cruz, 12, was tossed from the league for missing a rescheduled game on the Friday before Memorial Day, a day when …

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