Category: Bayonne News

Incumbent Hudson County Sheriff Juan Perez, whom the local Democratic party to back in running again for his own office in this June’s Democratic primary, though he might be able to avoid facing their chosen candidate by running as a Republican instead. But now, he faces opposition in the Republican primary, too. Former sheriff’s officer …

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Bret Schundler, commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education, got more than a music lesson when he came to visit two schools in Bayonne last week; he got to hear the concern of local school officials about the deep cuts in school aid that the state made this year. Apparently, he listened, too, holding …

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A sharp and chilly wind blew off Newark Bay – one of those last gasps of late winter working its way into mid-April. Even with the sun beating down and the stark blue sky, everything seemed cold and remote as the waterside behind Don Ahern Veterans Memorial Stadium looked like a disaster scene. Fire trucks, …

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Nearly 60 years after appearing in “On the Waterfront,” Thomas Hanley is slated to return to the silver screen in a new independent film due for release later this year. Hanley, who recently retired as a union worker at Global Terminal in Jersey City, appeared originally as a young boy in the famous 1954 film …

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There was an 800-pound-gorilla in the chambers of the Hudson County Freeholders on Thursday, May 13, but no one dared mention him by name. “The problem with county schools sports lies with one person, one mayor of one city who has had the ability to recommend that all the mayors of Hudson County sign a …

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If winning an election is about how organized your campaign is, then Mark Smith’s overwhelming Bayonne election victory on May 11 was no surprise. The incumbent mayor carried his ticket to a nearly complete victory, winning his seat by a three to one margin over Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone and retired police officer Leonard Kantor, while …

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Even though he was wounded twice during his tour of duty in Europe during World War II, Casimir Szefler doesn’t see himself as a hero. He just had a job to do and when he finished, he came home to Bayonne to pick up his old life as an electrician at Elco Boat Works – …

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Students from the Bayonne schools teamed up with students from East Orange for an Environmental Summit at the Liberty House in Jersey City last month in an effort to get a better understanding of the changes in environment and humanity’s impact on it. Called the 1010 Student Exchange of Ideas on Sustainable Energy and the …

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For Jacqueline Bourdett, who lost both her grandfather and uncle to lung cancer, smoking has had an uncontrollable effect on her life. When Bourdett found Bayonne High School’s chapter of REBEL – “Reaching Everyone By Exposing Lies” – she found her voice and felt empowered against smoking. “A lot of people [in my family] had …

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