Category: Bayonne News

Any bank that keeps money for the County of Hudson should also have a clear set of practices it employs with the county’s individual residents, the Hudson County Board of Freeholders has said at recent meetings. Unable to get a public accounting of consumer practices by banks holding the county’s cash, they hope to establish …

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Blue ribbons filled every conceivable space inside and outside Washington Community School on Jan. 15 as students, parents, teachers, administrators, and officials from every level of government filled the 100-year-old auditorium to celebrate the school being awarded a National No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon. This is the third Blue Ribbon won by a Bayonne …

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There are at least 66 supermarkets operating in Hudson County, including 20 in Jersey City, according to the New Jersey Department of Health. Some towns stand to lose their neighborhood supermarkets in this economy, while others have recently gained larger Walmart stores. The Acme Supermarket on Garfield Avenue near the Jersey City/Bayonne border closed its …

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A loud beeping sounded as the tractor trailer from Port Jersey Transport backed up towards the huge Royal Caribbean ship Empress of the Sea. The cold wind off New York Harbor whipped at the plastic covering the pallets inside the truck as another driver on a fork lift steered the forks toward the first pallet …

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By the most recent count done on a cold January day in 2009, there were 1,779 homeless people living in Hudson County. However, the count was but a snapshot of the total number of people homeless or – even more invisible – at risk of becoming homeless in a tough economy. Obviously, people don’t start …

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Although Mickey McCabe wears a lot of hats in the city of Bayonne, from chairman of the local Alcohol Beverage Commission to chair of the Office of Emergency Management, he is at his heart still the founder of McCabe Ambulance – which may explain why he continues to promote the McGap program, something he started …

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In what may portend a major change in the direction of development at the former Military Ocean Terminal of Bayonne, the City Council voted at a special meeting on Jan. 25 to ask the Planning Board to study the possibility of developing the Harbor Station district for commercial uses. Harbor Station is the westernmost district …

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The Bayonne Police Department arrested two men on marijuana charges on Jan. 26 after discovering them at 65 New Hook Road. The men, Gordon T. Peters, 42, of Miramar, Fla., and Jason L. Peters, 21, of Miami, Fla., were charged with possession of over 25 pounds of marijuana, and possession of marijuana within 500 feet …

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When Arthur Miller wrote “The Crucible,” he meant it as a political allegory – one that reflected the anti-Communist witch hunts taking place in the 1950s. But unlike most allegorical literature, Miller’s political commentary seemed to touch on something more universal, giving it meaning that many of the students, teachers, and alumni acting in its …

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In a dramatic shift of political fortunes, Bayonne Councilman Gary La Pelusa has become the chief witness in the state’s case against Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone, his one-time political ally. Based largely on testimony La Pelusa gave in interviews last April and to a state grand jury on Aug. 12, Chiappone and his wife, Diane, were …

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