Category: Bayonne News

GCT Bayonne Terminal is gearing up to begin an appointment system for trucks that pick up goods at the port, a move that could help alleviate heavy traffic that has plagued Bayonne since last year. Early last spring, the New Jersey Turnpike 14A Toll Plaza began a reconstruction program. This, coupled with an ongoing project …

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Final service held at Bayonne’s Assumption Church The final Mass at Our Lady of Assumption Church in Bayonne was marked with hugs and tears as the 113-year-old parish closed its doors after the 7 p.m. vigil service on Dec. 31. More than 400 people attended the Mass for the Solemnity of Mary, the Jan. 1 …

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Bayonne followed a tumultuous 2014 with an equally exciting 2015, a year of political turmoil, battles over development, and a sad ending for a local parish. Development a lightning rod City Council meetings in July and August went into the wee hours of the morning, as dozens of Bayonne residents voiced their dissatisfaction with a …

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Wondolowski resigns; will leave at end of week Municipal Services Director Robert Wondolowski has resigned and will be leaving his post on Dec. 31. He joined the administration in July of last year after working on then-candidate James Davis’s mayoral campaign during that winter and spring. Wondolowski said he is leaving the administration for health …

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The city of Bayonne is finally poised to use the riches of the former Military Ocean Terminal to reinvigorate the city. On Dec. 8, the Bayonne Planning Board approved plans for the development of hundreds of residential units for Harbor Station North by Fidelco Bayonne Realty LLC, as well as initial plans of Kate Howard …

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A redevelopment project that is expected to help revitalize 19th to 21st streets on Broadway received a 30-year PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) last week, allowing the project, proposed by Ingerman Development Company LLC of Collingswood, to move forward. An abatement, often called a PILOT, is an agreement with the city to exempt a …

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Bayonne residents unhappy with the new animal-control company hired by the city in November have joined together, posting a petition, calling the administration, and holding a protest outside City Hall prior to the Dec. 16 City Council meeting. At the protest, about two to three dozen people carried signs and listened to speakers. City officials …

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Investors Bank opens Jersey City branch; Bayonne next With the opening of a branch office in Jersey City two weeks ago, Investors Bank Chief Executive Officer Kevin Cummings anticipates branches opening soon in Bayonne and Hoboken. With assets in excess of $20 billion, Investors, the largest and fastest-growing regional bank based in New Jersey, opened …

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City residents will see their water bills increase 13.25 percent – more than three times the four percent they expected – when they get their bills in January, Bayonne Municipal Utility Authority Executive Director Tim Boyle said on Dec. 8 The annual four-percent increase was part of the Bayonne Water Joint Venture contract worked out …

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With the closing of Our Lady of Assumption Parish on Dec. 31 hundreds of parishioners will have to find a new church, and those in need will have to find another place to get a hot meal on the weekend or free monthly food supplies. In September, the Newark Archdiocese announced that Bayonne would go …

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