Category: Bayonne News

Outside the area near Paterson, Hudson County has the largest percentage of Arab Americans in the state. Most are in Jersey City and Bayonne, including the largest population of Coptic Christians in the United States. During the latter part of the 20th century, the North New Jersey area attracted many Coptic Christians from Egypt, bringing …

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As Bayonne experiences a rash of new development, some residents are loudly expressing their views—for and against. Even as the 22-story building slated for the Eighth Street area faces little opposition, a nine-story project on Broadway and 46th Street has residents up in arms. For that project, the battle lines have been drawn, reinforcements have …

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After missing pickups throughout the city during its first week on the job, Elite Waste Services has been fired as Bayonne’s temporary recycling contractor and replaced with Roselle Disposal Recycling, according to Public Works Department Director Gary Chmielewski. The end for Elite came after city hall received hundreds of calls from residents during the week …

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Bayonne Bridge to be closed over next few days The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has announced closures of the Bayonne Bridge as part of the “Raise the Roadway” Navigational Clearance Project. The remaining multi-hour closures for this week are: Wednesday, Aug. 19 from 8:30 p.m. until 5 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 20; …

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The investigation into where $7.4 million in money reimbursed by the New Jersey Department of Education to the Bayonne Board of Education for school capital projects could be finalized by a report from the state sometime in the next month. Representatives of Bayonne City Hall and the Bayonne Board of Education said that May meetings …

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The news is good, and may it get better. That’s the word from the attorney representing Bayonne in its quest to meet its affordable housing requirement. The New Jersey Superior Court judge reviewing Bayonne’s plan on affordable housing has granted the city a five-month immunity, until Dec. 8, from any lawsuits stemming from those obligations, …

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There was a whole lot of shakin’ going on at the Masonic Lodge on Thursday, Aug. 6, as The Bayonne Theater Company held its first “Bayonne’s Got Talent” competition, taking a cue from the popular national television show. Bayonne’s version featured solo singers and dancers, a ukulele-guitar duet, and a spirited rendition of the “I’m …

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Making community members comfortable with police officers who patrol their neighborhoods couldn’t be more important than now, as the nation faces a law-enforcement crisis that often put cops and the community on opposite sides of the fence. Members of the Bayonne Police Department were out in force on National Night Out on Tuesday, Aug. 4 …

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Author returns for ‘60 Minutes’ shoot Fantasy writer George R.R. Martin, who was born and raised in Bayonne, returned to his hometown on Thursday, Aug. 6 to shoot footage for a segment about him for an upcoming telecast of “60 Minutes.” Martin is the author of the fantasy epic “A Song of Ice and Fire,” …

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The City Council’s tabling – and the possible upcoming defeat – of an ordinance for a controversial 9- or 10-story residential development could be a death knell for revitalization in Bayonne, those in real estate and related fields said this week. On July 22, the City Council voted to table the measure regarding the Resnick’s …

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