Category: Bayonne News

Bayonne Medical Center announced last month that it had made a profit of nearly $10 million last year. While this should have been good news for Bayonne, a city that for several years lived in fear of its hospital’s closing, the announcement comes amid several problems: an ongoing lawsuit with a major insurance carrier, notices …

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It’s said the restless spirit of a murdered machinist haunts the old Daily News building in Jersey City, and legend has it that a trio of lost souls roams Arthur’s Tavern in Hoboken. But whatever happened to the old fashioned ghosts who spooked mischievous teens in graveyards by the light of the full moon? They …

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In the early 1950s, “The New York Times” ran a headline saying “God is dead.” Along with the invention of the printing press and the dropping of the first nuclear bomb, the headline signified a major shift in world perception and an emerging philosophy called “existentialism.” Critics have dubbed this as “the philosophy of selfishness,” …

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Even as he was being interviewed regarding questions that came up at the online Hudson Reporter debate for Bayonne council candidates, John R. Cupo’s campaign workers milled around in front of his office, some tapping on his door to be let in. Some of his campaign workers, including one of those in front of his …

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Although Bayonne residents can vote on Nov. 3 for a new councilman and for the New Jersey governor, there are also two state Assembly seats in contention. Assembly seats have two-year terms. Voters can choose any two Assembly candidates on Nov. 3, and those do not have to be from the same party. Some are …

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Four of the six candidates running for the Nov. 3 special election to fill the unexpired at-large council seat vacated by Anthony Chiappone clashed during a videotaped debate at the Hudson Reporter offices on Oct. 17. Often heated, the debate highlighted the positions each of the candidates took on a variety of critical issues – …

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Documents associated with the state Attorney General’s indictment of Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone show investigators interviewed not only his legislative aides, but some of those people who opposed him politically, including one-time mayoral candidate Vincent Militello. “I believed all along that the charges against me were politically motivated,” Chiappone said when confronted with the information about …

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When most people think of homelessness, they don’t think of birds. People, yes. Even stray cats and dogs. Yet when Matthew Grapstul of Troop 27 saw old trees being cleared for development, he immediately knew birds were being displaced. Sure, people planted new trees to replace the old trees. It’s just not the same. Old …

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