Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Corrections In an article last week that covered the ongoing teachers’ contract negotiations, The Bayonne Community News said that employees of the City of Bayonne are on the NJ Direct 15 insurance plan. Those employees are no longer on that plan. They are enrolled in the NJ Direct 20/30 plan, which has copays of $20 …
Corrections In an article last week that covered the ongoing teachers’ contract negotiations, The Bayonne Community News said that employees of the City of Bayonne are on the NJ Direct 15 insurance plan. Those employees are no longer on that plan. They are enrolled in the NJ Direct 20/30 plan, which has copays of $20 …
The Bayonne Board of Education’s 2015-2016 operating budget may include a $2.2 million deficit, according to a statement from Mayor James Davis. The statement cited “preliminary information” deriving from a mandatory annual audit of the BBOED by the NJ Department of Education. In the statement, the mayor attributed the potential structural deficit to the “mismanagement …
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When the Sabrett hot dog cart operated by Alex DeJesus on Avenue E and 34th Street was damaged by a fire on Thanksgiving Day, Bayonne residents quickly mobilized. DeJesus’s neighbor, John Milan Sebik, set up a GoFundMe page to raise $3,000 to re-open DeJesus’s cart. “He is a great guy, a hard worker and one …
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Local Bayonne attorney and former business administrator for the City of Bayonne, Peter Cresci, has been temporarily suspended from practicing law by the NJ State Bar Association, according to a ruling from the state Supreme Court’s Office of Attorney Ethics. Cresci, a frequent speaker at Bayonne City Council meetings and critic of Mayor James Davis …
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Instagram accounts are full of moments captured suddenly for others to share. People post and categorize photos geographically and topically. Not surprisingly, many photos are of pets and food, or selfies. But these photos tell stories of Hudson County. Photos were found using a hashtag of each city in the county. #bayonne Cris Rosa was …
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Christmas Cabaret The Kennedy Dancers will once again present its annual “Christmas Cabaret,” a dance performance by the Kennedy Dancers Inner City Youth, Kennedy Dance Students and special guests from the Kennedy Dancers Professional Repertory Company. Dancers aged 3-18 years old will be performing. The show is on December 10 at 7 p.m. and December …
The seemingly endless quest for a settlement of the teachers’ contract was complicated last week when William Blanchard, a math teacher at Bayonne High School, sent out a letter to union members asking them to vote to impeach Bayonne Teachers Association (BTA) President Alan D’Angelo at an upcoming union meeting. The letter charged D’Angelo with …
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Bayonne celebrated the start of the holiday season with its annual tree lighting ceremony on Tuesday, November 22, to the accompaniment of the Bayonne High School jazz ensemble, the All Saints Catholic Academy choir, and local guitarist Al Knight. Lights shone on trees along Broadway, but none so brightly as the one between 22nd and …
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The Bayonne School District hosted a grand opening of the STEM Studio at Midtown Community School, a workshop that engages elementary students in concepts of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) through the use of robotics, computers, and collaborative problem-solving exercises. The ceremony, which was held on Wednesday, November 23, showcased student projects in robotics. …
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