Category: Bayonne News

Increasing its medical services to better serve Bayonne residents is the reason Astra Health Center, an urgent care facility at 564 Broadway, is expanding to become a general care practice, officials have announced. Astra will begin accepting patients from Horizon Health Center’s Bayonne facility, which recently closed, according to Astra Business Manager Ashok Tulsyan. “They …

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What was an extremely frustrating situation for commuters just two weeks ago may be solved now – at least for the time being – as early-morning delays on the eastbound New Jersey Turnpike’s Newark Bay Extension have dissipated almost as quickly as they had appeared. From Monday, April 6 to Tuesday, April 14, there were …

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Development in Bayonne is moving forward full throttle, with some plans being created, others being approved, and possibly shovels in the ground at the Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor this summer after a lull of several years at the former Military Ocean Terminal. The recession that hurt Bayonne like so much of the state and country …

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Elks motorcycle event promoted rider safety The Bayonne Elks Lodge 434’s motorcycle committee held its 10th annual Blessing of the Bikes on April 18. Motorcyclists from around the state converged on Broadway between 16th and 17th streets at a party in front of the lodge. Rev. John Fencik of St. Mary’s Orthodox Catholic Church, also …

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Do they have to or don’t they? That’s one of the big questions in the city now, as two online petitions collect signatures to push for enforcement of the city ordinance requiring municipal workers to live in Bayonne. The petitions can be found at change.org. and are titled “Enforce Residency Ordinance #20-16” and “Enforce the …

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This year, the Bayonne community will continue one of its annual missions, never to let citizens forget what happened during World War II, when 11 million people were killed in the Holocaust. The city’s annual Holocaust Remembrance Service will be held on Thursday, April 16, at 6 p.m., in the Dorothy E. Harrington City Council …

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City, county, and environmental officials have greeted the state’s posting of the proposed $225 million cleanup settlement with the Exxon Mobil Corporation the same way they dealt with it six weeks ago: with disillusionment, concern, and even “horror.” The settlement, for the decades of pollution at the Bayonne and Linden “Bayway” sites, was first reported …

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The Hudson County Democratic Organization (HCDO) 31st District Assembly candidates Nicholas Chiaravalloti of Bayonne—Mayor Davis’s pick—and Angela McKnight of Jersey City held their first team meet-and-greet event in Bayonne on April 8, and although they are the anointed party-line candidates, they received a message that the campaign will not be a cakewalk. Outside the event …

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Traffic tie-ups in rush hour being addressed Traffic has been tied up for a week and half coming into Bayonne during the morning rush hour, including a 3 1/2-mile delay on Thursday, April 9, and officials are working to fix the problem. The delays have been attributed to increased transit to and from the GCT …

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