Category: Bayonne News

At 6:01 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 24, the holiday season officially began in Bayonne. That’s because Santa Claus stepped out from a Bayonne Fire Department truck to the cheers of dozens of onlookers at 25th Street and Broadway. In an annual tradition, the city erected a stage in the street in front of the McDonald’s …

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Fluke season had just begun, and Bruce Dillin of Bayonne was scouting the Hackensack River across from Laurel Hill Park in Secaucus for a spot to trap killie fish he could use as bait. “I remember it being a hot sunny day,” he said. “I was in my kayak, and looked at a stream near …

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Bayonne may see more retail outlets on Route 440 if a plan considered by the City Council and Planning Board moves forward. A City Council special meeting was called on Nov. 5 following a caucus session to consider a resolution authorizing reconsideration of the redevelopment plan for the 6.4-acre tract in the southern section of …

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Bayonne groups were working hard as the Thanksgiving holiday neared to make sure everyone who wanted to enjoy a meal on this special day would not be disappointed. Everyone is welcome to a Thanksgiving Day at Friendship Baptist Church, 41-45 West 20th St., according to Pastor Gene Sykes. Held in the church’s multipurpose room, participants …

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Police alerted to call of man down in street Bayonne Police responded to a call about a man lying face down on Park Road, which runs around Don Ahern Veterans Memorial Stadium, on Nov. 17 at 4:36 p.m., according to Bayonne Police Lt. Janine Foy. “When they arrived, they found a male, lying face down …

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Seeking to get state-funding for the long stalled Bergen County arm of the Hudson Bergen Light Rail, elected officials including West New York Mayor Felix Roque gathered at the of Exchange Place transit station in Jersey City on Oct. 20. First conceived more than 30 years ago with construction started in Hudson County about 15 …

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Thanksgiving Weekend Reminder The Bayonne and Hoboken offices of the Hudson Reporter will be closed on Friday, November 28. They will reopen on Monday, December 1. Board of Education moves election to November The Bayonne Board of Education voted to move the city’s new school board elections from April to November through a vote at …

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Mayors and other urban officials gathered in the Walmart parking lot in North Bergen on Nov. 10 to support a bill proposed by Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto to reinstate state funds for business districts, or Urban Enterprise Zones. The bill would mandate that a portion of sales tax revenues go back to some municipalities each …

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Two weeks after voters cast their ballots not to bring back Bayonne’s original rent-control protections, the two sides are still saying they were right. On Nov. 4, Bayonne residents voted down the effort, 57 to 43 percent, to repeal vacancy decontrol and bring back the rent control that had existed in the city for decades. …

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