Category: Bayonne News

With almost 37 percent of the total votes cast, Terrence Ruane racked up a victory in the Nov. 4 special Bayonne City Council election to fill the unexpired term of Anthony Chiappone, who resigned the at-large seat last April. Ruane, who was appointed to fill the seat last May after a dispute between Mayor Mark …

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Bayonne has a long history of being one of the most patriotic cities in America. Men and, more recently, women from Bayonne have often been among the first to volunteer when the nation faces a military threat. Testifying to this is the fact that the city has 12 active veterans’ posts. Yet, as patriotic as …

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You might not think you know Joseph Tornatore, but you do. He was the black gloved gunman shooting the woman in an alley scene from the film “The Sting,” one of the ape henchmen in the original “Planet of the Apes,” a biker in the 1984 film “Chattanooga Choo Choo,” a bodyguard in an episode …

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Now that the Bayonne Crossing mall has broken ground on the east side of Route 440 between East 22nd Street and New Hook Road, the city is looking at a possible redevelopment of yet another portion of the Route 440 corridor, part of a very hefty agenda that includes additional redevelopment sites throughout the city. …

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Al Sullivan’s journey through the 1960s brought him into contact with soldiers, beat poets, the Merry Pranksters, and even followers of Charles Manson, but eventually he went back to school and changed direction. Sullivan grew up in historic Paterson, N.J., the former silk town on the Great Falls. He still is fascinated by Silk City …

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Amid an army of TV cameras, news photographers, journalists, union members, and city, county and state officials, Gov. Jon Corzine helped put the first shovels in the dirt to officially begin the construction phase of the new “big-box” mall on Route 440. The Bayonne Crossing Mall, on the eastern side of Route 440 between East …

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A mural created during the Great Depression and gifted to the Bayonne Library has finally found a place for display after spending years in storage. Created by Maurice Abramson, a local artist as well as a one-time prominent jeweler in Bayonne, the mural is a classic example of works done under the Works Progress Administration, …

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When the sirens went off on Oct. 22, the Bayonne Fire Department leaped into action. Although they all knew it was a drill, they also knew that they needed to hone their skills for when the sirens go off for real. So fire teams rushed to the Hook Road location of the International Matex Tank …

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The winners of the Bayonne Town Center’s fifth annual pumpkin decoration contest truly reflected the season. Judges from the Bayonne Community News, Aaron’s Gold, and Joyce Leslie picked winners from various age groups. The contest concluded on Oct. 30 and was open to children in three categories: 3 to 5, 6 to 8, and 9 …

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Never has the old adage of “necessity is the mother of invention” been as true as when Terri Lalka found herself in the middle of Journal Square trying to get to Manhattan. She decided there had to be a better way to commute than the existing transit systems. So after her job was downsized due …

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