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For the second consecutive year, the Bayonne Theater Company held its “Bayonne’s Got Talent” show at the Story Court Branch Library on Saturday, November 19, with about 25 residents coming out to showcase their performance skills, and 50 in the audience. Steve London co-hosted the show and performed a rendition of American Pie. “I try …

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Bench dedicated to Martin Klepach Graduates of the St. Joseph Grammar School Class of 1971 remembered deceased friend Martin Klepach with a bench dedication ceremony at Sr. Miriam Teresa Demjanovich Park in Bayonne last month. Klepach, who died three years ago, was the sparkplug behind the group’s many reunions. Bayonne woman charged with murdering her …

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Thanksgiving marks the start of the season of giving. Many are donating their time, food, and services. Leticia Wise is helping to lead a food drive and soup kitchen at the Friendship Baptist Church, where a Thanksgiving Day dinner will be served from noon to 4 p.m. The church started the dinner for senior citizens, …

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Charles Ryan is the new trustee on the block at the Bayonne Board of Education (BBOED). Barry Kushnir’s sudden resignation in July left an open seat, which Ryan won with 42 percent of the more than 9,000 votes cast. He won over Maria Valado by more than 500 votes, and John Cupo by slightly under …

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Hoboken-based comedian Dan Frigolette was performing recently at Hoboken’s Cadillac Cantina bar and told a story about a recent visit to Oklahoma. “I said I lived [near] New York and they go, ‘Oh, I don’t know anything about New York. What part?’ and I say I live in Hoboken…They go, ‘No, that’s not New York, …

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“Raise the Roadway” nearing completion On the 85th Anniversary of the opening of the Bayonne Bridge, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) announced the near completion of the “Raise the Roadway” project, which aims to raise the bridge by 64 feet for more navigational clearance under the bridge, making way for …

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Plans for the City of Bayonne to purchase Holy Family Academy on Avenue A to house the Bayonne Economic Opportunity Foundation (BEOF) are underway. The City Council agreed on November 9 to enter into negotiations with Sisters of Saint Joseph Academy for the building’s purchase. The city intends to issue a $4.5 million bond, using …

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Plans for the City of Bayonne to purchase Holy Family Academy on Avenue A to house the Bayonne Economic Opportunity Foundation (BEOF) are underway. The City Council agreed on November 9 to enter into negotiations with Sisters of Saint Joseph Academy for the building’s purchase. The city intends to issue a $4.5 million bond, using …

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James Young fought as a canoneer in the Revolutionary War and is a distant forebear of Nellie Sienkiewicz. The discovery enabled her to join the Daughters of the American Revolution. Her husband, Anthony, a Korean War veteran, painted this colonial in-lawloading a canon during a battle at Fort Delancy, which stood at what is now …

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James Young fought as a canoneer in the Revolutionary War and is a distant forebear of Nellie Sienkiewicz. The discovery enabled her to join the Daughters of the American Revolution. Her husband, Anthony, a Korean War veteran, painted this colonial in-lawloading a canon during a battle at Fort Delancy, which stood at what is now …

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