Category: Bayonne News

With 13,044 people per square mile, Hudson County is the most densely populated county in New Jersey and the sixth most populated county in the nation – as of the year 2000. That fact could change as a result of the upcoming 2010 census. For residents here, an accurate count will make the difference between …

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For those Bayonne residents who usually start to make their morning coffee before they turn on the radio for the news, the first indication of the water main break on Route 440 in Jersey City on Jan. 4 was the sputter and rattle of pipes and a trickle of water out from the faucet. For …

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Even though Michael O’Connor stepped down as executive director of the Bayonne Economic Development Corporation last year, he still beams about several successful economic accomplishments that came to fruition in late 2009: Bayonne Crossing Mall’s groundbreaking on Route 440 and the reconstruction of the ShopRite on Avenue C and its new grand opening just prior …

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A planned merger of two Bayonne banks was derailed, at least temporarily, after a stockholder in one bank filed a lawsuit to delay the vote, citing a lack of public information about possible conflicts of interest. William J. Campbell, Pamrapo’s largest shareholder and its former chief executive, sought and received an injunction from Superior Court …

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Perhaps a letter to the Bayonne Community News last September said it all, when Anton Grinkovich wrote to thank his friend Ruth Preminger for calling the Office of the Mayor when she had not heard from him in a week. “I was passed out on the floor,” he wrote. And since he was the only …

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Bayonne lost some businesses early in 2009, such as Chez Marie Café, and saw the demise of several longtime establishments whose future had seemed secure. But Mary Divock, executive director of the Town Center Management Corporation, said 2009 also brought in several new businesses. Even though the year 2009 is seen as the toughest economic …

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Paul Mavzanobile said he’s happy to have found a new career after working as a Wall Street broker, even if it took his close friend’s broken leg to do it. That’s what spurred Mavzanobile, a resident of Jersey City, Steven Llorens, an attorney, and Joy Marcial, a dentist, to develop a new product that could …

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Marion Osifsky doesn’t remember the early morning rain on Jan. 9, 1946 that forced customers to carry umbrellas when they stood on the long line outside of Barney Stock Hosiery Shops at 499 Broadway, but she remembers how cold it was, and how hard it was to get a pair of nylon stockings. The moment …

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Lori Anderson and other people in the room were packing small shopping bags full of Christmas goodies – such as a 2010 calendar, a pen set, postage stamps, and other items that 160 of Bayonne’s shut-in seniors might need. It is a holiday tradition that has been going on since the Bayonne Helping Hands program …

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The problem with illegal dwelling units isn’t just the fact that building owners rarely – if ever – pay their fair share of taxes, but that often these dwellings don’t meet basic safety codes. The death of a man near Avenue A two years ago when an attic apartment caught fire spelled out the danger …

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