Category: Bayonne News

Despite the line from the old song, it’s not so much the hills that are alive with music as it is urban neighborhoods. The soundtrack to many cities is the beat of a drum. Sometimes people just need to make music, even if all they have is a plastic bucket and some sticks. This is …

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As an old joke goes, a tourist stops a New Yorker on the street and asks, “How to I get to Carnegie Hall?” In a manner typical of New York, the New Yorker replies, “Practice, practice practice.” Students at Bayonne High School last month appeared to have taken this advice to heart since – for …

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As the temperature outside the high school auditorium fell from a weekend record-setting heat wave, hundreds of angry teachers and other school employees raised the temperature inside with angry shouts at members of the Bayonne school board, who they blame for violating the terms of their union contract. In its move to keep next year’s …

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A Bayonne firefighter injured his knee as fire units responded to a two-alarm blaze on West Second Street on May 3, rescuing an unconscious elderly woman who had collapsed on the kitchen floor. _____________ “The first arriving firefighters were confronted with people evacuating the building.” – Greg Rogers________ Fire Chief Greg Rogers said the units …

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The council voted April 29 to formally accept the resignation of Anthony Chiappone as city councilman, but declined to name a replacement. Chiappone’s resignation as a council member at large was effective on April 9, giving the City Council 30 days to name a replacement. Although reports suggested that there were numerous behind-the-scenes lobbying efforts …

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A suit filed by unsecured creditors to collect money they lost when the Bayonne Medical Center went bankrupt two years ago has raised allegations of possible wrong doing, including alleged forgery and alleged unmet promises to pay millions of dollars. The suit, which was filed by Allen J. Wilen in his capacity as liquidating trustee …

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Bayonne’s Kenny Britt earned two slices of history Saturday evening. First, the former Bayonne High School standout became the first-ever Rutgers University football product to get selected in the first round of the National Football League Draft, when the Tennessee Titans took the wide receiver with their pick in the first round, at No. 30 …

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A month ago, Mackenzie Brown was your typical 12-year-old girl, a pretty young lady with bright smile that is being corrected with braces. The Bayonne resident is a multi-talented seventh grade student who gets straight A’s on her report card and plays competitive basketball and baseball, even though the latter is with and against boys. …

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For the second year in a row, the roar of engines filled Avenue C as a stream of motorcycles flowed down to Bayonne City Hall on April 19. The Chai Riders Motorcycle Club has become a vital part of the city’s annual commemoration of the Nazi Holocaust, an observance that is held in Bayonne and …

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On Saturday, May 9, people in many communities in the country will have an opportunity to help local food pantries as Campbell Soup Company and the National Association of Letter Carriers join forces to stamp out hunger. This is the nation’s largest one-day food drive, in which people can leave nonperishable food items at their …

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