Category: Bayonne News

With 2015 rapidly slipping away, it’s become clear that a teachers’ contract settlement by the end of the year probably won’t happen. At the start of school in September, both Bayonne Teachers Association President Alan D’Angelo and Bayonne Board of Education board member and negotiator Michael Masone expressed the hope that the contract would be …

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A developer who fell in love with Bayonne may be the next player in the city’s move to revitalize the Broadway shopping district. Jimmy Vattes has eyes to build a six-story, 60-plus-unit residential complex in the heart of Bayonne’s shopping district at 22nd Street and Broadway to realize his family’s dream of development and to …

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Fix of city’s wind turbine delayed indefinitely The repair of the 270-foot wind turbine at East Fifth Street, first anticipated for November and then late December, has been pushed back once again because of a problem with a bearing replacement part, a city official said on Friday, Dec. 11. The turbine, which takes the wind …

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Gianna Parkinson, 10, of West New York wanted a hoverboard – a two-wheel electronic skateboard that allows users to stand up – after her friend Gigi bought one. But when she tried one herself in the parking lot of the North Bergen Walmart, she found it hard to balance on it and navigate. In fact, …

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It’s a festive and happy time in Bayonne, as evidenced by the residential displays of colored lights and other holiday decorations popping up around the city. From religious themes of Jesus in his manger, angels, and church choirs, to animals such as penguins, deer and polar bears, the displays are vivid. The decorations can be …

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After Jason O’Donnell of Bayonne casts his ballot in his last Assembly voting session on Jan. 12, he will walk out of the chamber, proud of his accomplishments. O’Donnell has served the state’s 31st District, which includes Bayonne and part of Jersey City, as one of its two assemblymen for the last five and a …

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City water bill to increase by more than 13 percent Bayonne residents will be walloped with a water bill increase more than three times what they expected when they open their mail in January, according to a city official. Bayonne Municipal Utility Authority Executive Director Tim Boyle said that what was expected to be a …

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A group of residents is trying to save a historic downtown house, that they believe will be demolished, taking a bit of Bayonne’s history along with it. Baer Hanusz-Rajkowski, who lives one block away on Trask Avenue, said the two-story colonial revival mansion at 124 West Fifth Street, between Trask and Kennedy Boulevard, should be …

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Forget about Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, or Cyber Monday. The real start to Bayonne’s holiday season was on Tuesday, Nov. 24, when the city’s Christmas tree lighting ceremony and Santa Claus visit were held at the corner of Broadway and 25th Street. A couple of hundred people attended the ceremony highlighted by the arrival …

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