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Four residents charged in burglary Four Bayonne residents were taken into custody after allegedly having forced their way into a 52nd Street home, officials said. On Sept. 23 at 7:10 p.m., police responded to a call of a burglary in progress at a West 52nd Street residence and found the front door forced open, according …
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Bayonne man killed in N.J. Turnpike accident A truck driver killed Friday, Sept. 26 on the New Jersey Turnpike has been identified by police as Robert Johnston, 54, of Bayonne, according to NJ.com. Johnston was killed when his truck struck a wrecked Jeep and overturned, the news agency said on Sept. 29. Thomas Andrews, 58, …
Overtime at council Meeting stretched, as residents question many agenda items
From an overdue fire station project and a Broadway storefront that houses files, to additional administration appointments, and a nearly final Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor lawsuit and deal, there was plenty for onlookers to react to at the Bayonne City Council meeting on Sept. 17. The usually short meeting stretched to more than two hours, …
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Rent control hot button issue Will voters cast ballot to bring old system back?
City rent-control activists believe that this is their year, when they will bring back to Bayonne rent control as it existed in the city for nearly 40 years. Starting with a successful petition campaign in the spring that got the referendum placed on the Nov. 4 ballot, and then buoyed by an administration sympathetic to …
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Green and clean City receives brush up through grassroots event
They were an army of green and orange T-shirts, more than 150 people in all, and they had a mission – clean up Bayonne for a day, and instill a positive spirit in town for months and years to come. After gathering at City Hall at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 21, this wave of …
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Done deal Board approves teachers’ contract, so it’s official
And so it was done. On Thursday, Sept. 18, a 7-0 vote of the Bayonne Board of Education officially ended a four-year impasse on a contract for the district’s teachers, approving a contract verbally agreed to by the board and the teachers’ union on Sept. 2. The completed deal was for those four contract-less years …
Board approves teachers’ contract, so it’s official
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Sal Gullace holds barbecue
Dozens of Bayonne residents enjoyed a day of food, fun, and fraternity when Second Ward Council Member Sal Gullace held a barbecue in Fitzpatrick Park on Saturday, Sept. 20. Gullace met with Second Ward constituents and other Bayonne residents to discuss their ideas and concerns in an informal setting. Hot dogs, hamburgers, and popcorn were …
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Mayor Davis announces recreation town hall Mayor James Davis has announced he will be holding a town hall conversation on recreation in the city on Tuesday, Sept. 30 at 6 p.m. in the Bayonne High School auditorium. “Recreation is a topic that the mayor and residents are very much focused on,” said a city spokesman. …
Wiping the tears away Memories of 9/11 still strong for city residents
Mayor James Davis, clergy representing the city’s houses of worship, and others gathered at Harbor View Park at the Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor – across Upper New York Bay from the World Trade Center site – to pay tribute to the 13 Bayonne residents and 3,000 people lost to terrorist attacks in 1993 and 2001. …
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Memories of 9/11 still strong for city residents
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