Category: Bayonne News

While a couple of retail businesses shut their doors within the last two weeks and at least two longtime dining and drinking establishments are looking to sell, companies are still looking to Bayonne to either set up warehouse operations or expand them, city officials said last week. AP&G, Fluitec, Wind, Gel Spice, and Royal Wine …

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A New Jersey court approved a settlement between ExxonMobil and Gov. Chris Christie’s administration over damages due for toxic soil and water contamination in Bayonne, Linden’s Bayway Oil Refinery, and other sites, on Tuesday, Aug. 25. The state was originally seeking $8.9 billion for the cleanup and remediation of the two major sites. But the …

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Bayonne Bridge to be open holiday weekend The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has announced that the Bayonne Bridge will open the whole Labor Day weekend. The authority also listed the final closures for the week that are part of the “Raise the Roadway” Navigational Clearance Project. The remaining multi-hour closures for …

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Following approximately nine hours of public comment at two monthly meetings, the City Council on Aug. 19 passed the ordinance allowing a 9- or 10-story building and parking deck to be built at the current site of Resnick’s Hardware at 46th Street and Broadway and down West 46th Street. Resnick’s Hardware will stay in business, …

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For the third time in three school years, Bayonne High School’s Academy for Fine Arts and Academics will open new facilities, but this year will be different, as two academies will launch. Two years ago it was the ribbon cutting for the academy’s fine and performing arts track. Last year, it was the STEM (science, …

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Two store closings last week and the rumored sale of some longtime Bayonne restaurants have raised concern among some resident. But a local business leader says that the process is all part of a market correction after years of changing consumer buying habits. On Wednesday, Aug. 19, W. Kodak Jewelers on 24th Street and Broadway …

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In an effort to make its force more diverse, the Bayonne Fire Department has launched a drive to attract recruits from various populations for its upcoming Civil Service firefighter examination. Since July 1, when the department was notified by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission that the state-run exam for firefighter would be held in …

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Recycling schedule changes for neighborhood The city of Bayonne is reminding residents that the recycling schedule for the area from 32nd Street to the city line changed earlier this month. Until further notice, recyclables in that area should be placed curbside on Friday evening for pick up on Saturday in coordination with the regularly scheduled …

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Colonel Oreste Varela, of East Longmeadow, Mass. and previously of Bayonne, retired June 1 after 30 years of service with the U.S. Air Force Reserve.Varela served at McGuire Air Force Base in Trenton; Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station in New York; and Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee, Mass. He was deployed to the Persian …

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The city Planning Board unanimously approved a plan for 26 North Street, LLC to construct a 22-story, 244-foot, mixed-use building next to the Eighth Street Light Rail station – which would become the city’s tallest building – at its meeting on Aug. 12. The “yes” vote on this project came at a time when other …

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