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Bayonne will purchase a long-dormant lot in the heart of the Broadway business district that officials say will result in a new residential development and greatly increased ratables for the city. The City Council voted 4-1 at its Nov. 10 meeting to purchase the vacant lot at 426-428 Broadway, the site of the old M&M’s …

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Council members to pay back benefits received from city Bayonne’s three council members who received health benefits they were not entitled to say they have already or will pay back the money for those benefits. The issue was revisited last week when resident Jamie Minotto spoke during the public portion of the Nov. 10 City …

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The city administration has a plan to use residential and other development projects in its attempt to decrease Bayonne’s structural deficit, the hole the municipality finds itself in each year when it opens its books for the first time. The annual deficit, once in the $50 million-plus range, was born when the city bonded for …

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As Bayonne continues to rebound from the devastation wrought by the 2008 financial crisis and recession, there may be no better indication of the city’s development recovery than the kick start of a project cast aside for years because of that economic downturn. Baker Residential of White Plains, N.Y., has resurrected the residential project slated …

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The assignment was an easy one: board Royal Caribbean Cruise Line’s Anthem of the Seas, sample its food, entertainment, and other amenities, and report back on it. It began on a high note, as I tested the company’s promise that preregistering online would mean less than a 10-minute check-in and boarding. Promised and delivered. Arriving …

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It’s all over now, but the work. In a highly contentious race, five Bayonne Board of Education members were chosen on Nov. 3 to serve as board of trustees in the city’s first board election in more than 30 years. Former district administrator Joseph Broderick, former Bayonne teacher Ava Finnerty, and real estate agent Christopher …

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Route 440 deaths renew calls for pedestrian bridges The deaths of two Bayonne residents on Route 440 on Nov. 2 have renewed the call for pedestrian bridges over the east side roadway. The two men, 25 and 20 years old, were crossing the highway at 32nd Street when they were hit. They were pronounced dead …

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Bayonne’s first school board election in more than 35 years, capped by a frenzy of campaigning in the final few days, resulted in the election of four new members and an incumbent. In the one-year unexpired term race, former Bayonne High School administrator Denis Wilbeck was the winner, garnering a strong 1,998 votes or 42 …

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The city’s ailing wind turbine—known as “the windmill” to most—was due to be running again by Nov. 1. But fixing a worn bearing will now be delayed about two months, according to a city official. Bayonne Municipal Utilities Authority Executive Director Tim Boyle said he received word last week that work to fix the bearing …

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Pending final input from a state office, Mayor James Davis may soon begin collecting both his police captain pension and mayor’s salary simultaneously, a lawyer representing the mayor said last week. According to Craig Gumpel, Davis’s personal attorney on the matter, he and Davis appeared before the Police and Firemen’s Retirement System board on Oct. …

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