Category: Bayonne News

Years of litigation that have held up additional development at the Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor will soon come to a close, as the City Council votes on a resolution at its March 18 meeting that provides authorization to approve an agreement with Bayonne Bay Developers LLC, the third and final lawsuit that needs to be …

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Easier travel and an improved local economy are two of the expected results of the $310 million New Jersey Turnpike Authority’s Interchange 14A Improvement Project, which broke ground on Wednesday, March 10, according to officials. City, county, and state representatives gathered at 51st Street and Avenue E underneath the turnpike connector ramp to Route 440 …

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Board of Education adds extra monthly meeting In a response to criticism that the public did not have enough access to Bayonne Board of Education issues and decision making, the board has decided to go back to its previous two-meeting a month schedule. The board will now hold an open workshop, at which the public …

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Environmental activists, state legislators, and city officials have decried the reported state of New Jersey settlement with Exxon-Mobil Corporation regarding years of contamination at sites in Bayonne and Linden. The alleged settlement was first reported by The New York Times on Feb. 27, and since that time a cascade of criticism has followed the agreement …

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The dismal, sad weeks and months following the 9/11 attacks were an epiphany for Kevin Delaney of Bayonne. A Wall Street employee at the time, Delaney was affected by the event like much of the New York metropolitan area. Thrust into a period of introspection, Delaney, 43, pondered where he would go professionally. But more …

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Taxes to go up in Bayonne this year Taxes will go up for Bayonne residents when the municipal budget is introduced in April, a city official confirmed last week, but how much is not known yet until further internal meetings are held. “It’s not going to be earth shattering,” said Business Administrator Joseph DeMarco on …

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The massive overhaul of the Bayonne New Jersey Turnpike exchange is moving forward with preparation work for the construction project that will take years to complete. Though the official groundbreaking will not be held until March 11, preliminary work has begun, according to those involved with the effort. “The work that’s been going on so …

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City hiring in the new municipal government continues to be raised as an issue by a former political opponent of Mayor James Davis. Peter Franco, campaign manager for candidate Anthony Zanowic early in last year’s mayoral campaign, has sent a letter to the Bayonne Community News in which he questions the hiring of new city …

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