Category: Bayonne News

Little did John Giraldo know that an athletic career in Jersey City, Guttenberg, West New York, and Bayonne would one day lead to Springfield, Mass. and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. From those Hudson County roots would grow not only a successful high school, collegiate, and professional basketball player, but a responsible man, …

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Bayonne man sentenced for role in illegal gambling enterprise A Bayonne man was sentenced to 15 months in prison for conspiring with a criminal enterprise that engaged in illegal sports betting in New Jersey and elsewhere, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced in a press release on Sept. 11. Mark A. Sanzo, 57, previously pleaded …

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A plan to turn a dormant industrial site at the eastern end of 24th Street into a Muslim community center is facing opposition from area residents. The Bayonne Muslim Community, a nonprofit organization, is seeking to open the community center at 109 E. 24th Street and use it for teaching, recreation, and prayer. To be …

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For the second time in two years, the Bayonne Board of Education and Bayonne Teachers Association entered the summer in teacher contract negotiations, but this year there was no Labor Day week miracle settlement. Last year, the agreement was reached on Sept. 2, the day before school began, with a flurry of weekend phone calls …

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Friday will be the 14th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States by Al Qaeda. The pain is still palpable for many, and some of the effects of that day are just being revealed. This was never more evident than in the last few weeks here in Bayonne, with the news …

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While the Planning Board and City Council recently approved residential development projects of 22 and 9 stories, two luxury apartment projects a little closer to the ground will make their mark in the city next month. The Park Bayonne project on 44th Street and Kennedy Boulevard and City Lights at Bayonne at Dodge Street and …

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Henry Sanchez, a highly decorated veteran of World War II and a survivor of the D-Day Allied invasion, died on Wednesday, Sept. 2, at the Center for Hospice in Scotch Plains. He was 88. Sanchez was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and lived in Bayonne much of his life. He served as signalman in …

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Seniors enjoy end-of-summer barbecue About 65 of the city’s seniors were treated to a summer afternoon out when the city of Bayonne and Mayor James Davis hosted a free barbecue for them at the 56th Street Senior Community Center on Sept. 2. “Mayor’s Barbecue” attendees enjoyed hamburgers, hot dogs, potato and macaroni salads, soda, and …

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This year’s summer break will come to a crashing halt for students, teachers, and other personnel as some 10,000 Bayonne students head back to classrooms across the city this week and next. The 2015-16 school year will mean new classes, new programs, and in the case of Bayonne High School, new academies, where two more …

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Bishop Gaetano “Thomas” Donato, a Jersey City native and a priest at three Catholic parishes in Bayonne, is being remembered as a gentle, soulful man, who helped all, reaching out far beyond his Roman Catholic faithful. Donato, 74, died on Tuesday, Aug. 25, at Toms River Memorial Hospital, a longtime friend said, succumbing to pancreatic …

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