Category: Bayonne News

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, a 38-unit residential project slated for 14th Street and Broadway may again begin to take flight after an ordinance passed on first reading at the June 17 City Council meeting, its developer said on Monday. Mitchell Burakovsky of Skye Development LLC said he had high hopes for the …

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They’re young, intelligent, creative, driven and not willing to give up easily. They’re a crew of filmmakers, actors, musicians, artists, and technical workers. They’re from Bayonne and the surrounding area and are looking to make it big in the movies – together. They are led by local filmmaker Sam Platizky of Bayonne, whose production company …

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There were handshakes, hugs, smiles, and of course, tears. There was talk of an interesting and fun four years, of great friendships formed, and of continuing those relationships, even as the sun set on their careers. But most of all, the approximately 600 members of the Bayonne High School Class of 2015 knew that June …

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When Helen Gerardi was born, World War I had begun less than two years before, the Ford Model T was the most popular car in the country, and commercial television broadcasting was still decades away. Probably no one in her family envisioned that this baby girl would someday be the matriarch of a family that …

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You can go to Bayonne or Jersey City to see Fourth of July fireworks, but not North Bergen, West New York, Weehawken, or Hoboken. You can go to Secaucus as well, but their celebration is two days before the Fourth, and you must be a resident. Union City is planning its own event. A lot …

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Three shot in Mercer Park on Father’s Day Three people were shot at about 9 p.m. on Sunday, June 21 at a Father’s Day celebration in Mercer Park, at the Bayonne-Jersey City border, area media reported. About 200 people were enjoying a cookout at Mercer Park when shots rang out, several witnesses said. Some attendees …

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The man who set off fireworks as a third candidate in last year’s mayoral race – causing a runoff by taking away more than 500 votes from the other two candidates – is again stirring the pot in this year’s Assembly election. Anthony Zanowic of Bayonne garnered 506 votes in the May 13, 2014, mayoral …

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What had been heralded as an innovative zone management program by the previous city administration has been deemed not to be the case by the current administration; the three managers hired for it have been issued notices that they are expected to be laid off as of July 17, a city official said. Business Administrator …

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Principal Richard J. Baccarella has proudly announced the Bayonne High School class of 2015 Circle of Ten, listed in order of rank. These outstanding scholars will be the frist to receive their diplomas at the graduation ceremony, to be held on Monday June 22, at 6 p.m. 1. Valedictorian Casey Harrigan Casey Harrigan will be …

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Former Bayonne Medical Center Chief Executive Office Daniel Kane lives on in the hearts and minds of those who worked with him and did business with him, as evidenced by the community memorial service and hospital wing dedication held in his honor on Thursday, June 11. Kane, who battled amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), better known …

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