Category: Bayonne News

In the end, it came down to a short learning curve and two people who have a head start on that curve. On Thursday, Feb. 26, former Bayonne City Council members Raymond Greaves and Mary Jane Desmond were selected to fill the two unexpired terms on the Bayonne Board of Education. Desmond had previously served …

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Ever since the day World War II ended 80 years ago, soldiers returning to Hudson County have had to go to a Veterans Administration hospital in East Orange to get officially-sanctioned healthcare. For disabled or aging veterans, this was a hardship. Over the last year, reports that VA hospitals throughout the nation had become unresponsive …

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Exxon reportedly settles $9 billion case for $250 million Exxon Mobil Corporation and the state of New Jersey have reportedly settled a legal fight over the cleanup of former industrial sites in Bayonne and Linden, contaminated for decades, according to a published report. The battle to wrangle $8.9 billion in damages from Exxon Mobil Corporation …

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A state plan for the revitalization of the 8th Street Hudson-Bergen Light Rail station and surrounding areas could mean an increased number of downtown businesses, utilization of now-dormant lots, and a multi-story residential tower that could be seen from miles away. The City of Bayonne 8th Street Station Rehabilitation Area Plan was prepared by the …

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A seat on the Bayonne Board of Education has become the hottest ticket in town, with 16 residents vying for two openings on the nine-member board after two board members recently stepped down. The resignations of Agnes Rymer and Patrick Conaghan in January have spurred an avalanche of submissions for the two seats now open. …

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The writers, graphic artists, and advertising account executives for the Hudson Reporter newspapers recently won 14 awards in the prestigious Better Newspaper Contest run annually by the New Jersey Press Association. Members of the graphics and sales staffs won eight awards for work that appeared in the Bayonne Community News and the various Reporter papers. …

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The expansion of an international food and wine distributor in Bayonne is “99 percent done.” The new warehouse of Royal Wine Corp., also known as Kedem Wines, is nearly completed at 22nd Street on the east side of town, according to Eric Alderman of the Cameron Group. An offshoot company, Cameron Royal, has developed the …

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Hudson County is doing better, according to the review of the State of the County over the last year given by County Executive Tom DeGise to the Hudson County Board of Freeholders on Feb. 12. Before last year, DeGise’s reports were tinged by the economic woes of The Great Recession. In his 2014 address, DeGise …

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Call for Bayonne artists to paint parachute cloth mural The Community Development Division’s Mural Program is seeking artists to work on a parachute cloth mural indoors, which will then be adhered to the outside wall of a Broadway building. The city will begin its second mural initiative, a rendering of Bayonne’s champ, Chuck Wepner, to …

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Dozens of firefighters from five fire departments helped extinguish a four-alarm fire on West 34th Street on Monday, Feb. 16, just doors away from the landmark Judicke’s bakery. The fire, believed to have begun at about 12:30 p.m., involved houses at 12 and 14 West 34th St. and the alleyway between the two structures. All …

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