Category: Bayonne News

A controversial, possible 10- or 12-story residential development with a parking garage will be discussed at the July 22 City Council meeting, one which a councilman and an area resident say is getting a fast track to approval. The plan also calls for ground-floor retail space. The Lance Lucarelli-sponsored project on 46th and Broadway, at …

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So far this year, eight kids across the country have died because their parents inadvertently left them in hot cars – including the 18-month-old daughter of a Florida fourth grade teacher who left her in the school parking lot after forgetting to bring her to day care, and the toddler daughter of a prosecutor and …

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Hudson County and area high-school grads, who are headed for a vocation, can now take car-mechanic and construction courses at night and on weekends on the Bayonne High School campus. The courses, offered by the Hudson Technical Post Secondary & Adult High School Diploma and Certificate Programs, part of the Hudson County Schools of Technology, …

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Agreement reached in Wepner mural miscue The city and the owner of a building on which a mural of Chuck Wepner has been affixed have forged an agreement that allows the artwork to stay there for at least three years, according to Bayonne Corporation Counsel Jay Coffey. The mural was painted and then adhered to …

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A now former employee of the Alexan CityView apartments was arrested by Bayonne Police for an alleged burglary and theft at an apartment there, according to a police statement issued on July 9, but residents who lived at the complex during a series of burglaries and thefts are wondering why it took so long to …

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A husband and wife in their mid-60s were killed when a four-alarm fire swept through a three-story house on East 21st Street on Saturday morning, July 11. They have been identified as Robert and Frances Angelini. Robert was 64 years old and Frances was 65, according to media accounts. Robert was an amputee, and was …

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Art isn’t just about canvas, carving and colors; pottery, paints and palettes. It’s also about inspiration, rejuvenation, and relaxation. That was the message from the artists at the “A Mid-summer Night’s Art Gallery,” an exhibition of diverse media, at Hendrickson’s Corner, on Saturday, July 11 and Sunday, July 12. Fourteen artists from the Bayonne area …

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Winter sports teams and other aficionados will still have their ice hockey rink following a decision by the city at a meeting recently. _____________ “The goal is when the project’s done to redo one of the bathrooms, locker rooms, or things of that nature.” – Joseph DeMarco____________ Nearly $2 million in renovations to the Richard …

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The weekly Summer Sounds by the Bay concerts in DiDomenico/16th Street Park are a hit—they’re close to home, and the music is a welcome diversion. Wednesdays at 7 p.m. crowds gather at the amphitheater on the park’s lower level, swaying to the music, dancing, or just sitting and relaxing. “I don’t normally go out at …

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Judge: Environmental groups can’t intervene in ExxonMobil settlement Superior Court Judge Michael Hogan will not allow state environmental groups to intervene in a proposed settlement with ExxonMobil over years of pollution at sites in Bayonne and Linden, according to media reports. Hogan ruled that the groups did not show that the New Jersey Department of …

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