Category: Bayonne News

Controversy has swirled around Bayonne’s Department of Community Development and its handling of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funding for the last several years, culminating with three high-profile announcements within the last 15 months. A former accountant admitted to taking $65,000 in bribes early last year, a couple was charged in January …

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He was a universally beloved member of the Bayonne Police Department; hardworking, fun loving, and always willing to serve. He was Bayonne Police Officer Gene Urbanowicz’s only partner for eight years, and one that Urbanowicz entrusted his life to each time they worked together. He was Willy, 11, Bayonne’s first police dog, and he died …

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A West 15th Street man has been apprehended for allegedly shooting a city resident last week in the city’s DiDomenico-16th Street Park, police officials announced Wednesday, April 29. Steven A. Meleika, 25, of the 100 block of West 15th Street was taken into custody on Tuesday, April 28, by law enforcement officers in Orange County, …

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Buddy Baseball League kicks off with parade Bayonne’s new Buddy Baseball League will launch with a small parade on Saturday, May 9 at approximately 10:15 a.m. on Broadway. The mini-parade will begin outside the Bayonne Museum, 9th Street and Broadway, and will travel uptown for two blocks, turning right onto 11th Street and ending at …

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When is a tax abatement necessary and when is it giving away too much? That was the quandary for the City Council on April 22 when it considered an ordinance which sought to allow the building of 30-plus residential units at 304 Broadway. When City Clerk Robert Sloan asked the council for someone to move …

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This mammoth project has a pretty pedestrian name—the Bayonne Bridge Navigational Clearance Program (BBNCP). Myriad press releases and online videos don’t begin to give a sense of the project’s scope, which will eventually raise the bridge’s roadway nearly 65 feet so that taller ships can pass underneath. But taking a tour, watching dozens of tradesmen …

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You’re a well-respected physician in your adopted city, moving your practice downtown and wanting to make a special mark in your new neighborhood. How do you do something different and good for society, while also adding something aesthetically pleasing? In the case of Paul Hriso, M.D. a general psychiatrist, you build an energy-efficient, artsy-looking building, …

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Jen Zoller wants the Alexan CityView apartments to go back to the way they were the first few months after she moved in. A public relations professional who works in Manhattan and who used to live in New York City, she took an apartment at the luxury rental complex to be closer to her then-fiancée, …

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Mayor asks for public’s help following shooting at 16th Street Park Mayor James Davis issued a public statement following the shooting of an 18-year-old man at DiDomenico-16th Street Park on Sunday evening, April 26, asking for the public to step forward with any information it may have. Bayonne Police Department units had responded to the …

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The transition is complete at the Bayonne Economic Opportunity Foundation. In less than a week after the April 10 departure of former executive director Ana Quintela, Bayonne Community Development Assistant Director Samantha Howard was named her replacement. “Ana did a beautiful job,” Howard said. “She brought about very positive change.” She also spoke about making …

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