Category: Bayonne News

Just when it seemed all had been lost – after nearly five years of negotiations and coming so close in an Aug. 27 meeting – the Bayonne Board of Education and Bayonne Teachers Association came to an agreement on a $9.2 million, five-year contract for teachers on Tuesday, Sept. 2. Time seemed to stand still …

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Bayonne Community Bank, a successful local financial institution, is adding services, branches, and value to stockholders and city residents, according to President and CEO Thomas Coughlin. “We’re a strong bank and we’re looking to provide our services outside of our Hudson County scope,” Coughlin said. That county scope includes eight Bayonne locations, Hoboken, and Jersey …

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A Bayonne man has become one of the “legacy” Port Authority police officers, children of officers killed on 9/11, after his graduation from the PA’s police academy on Aug. 22 and start of work on Aug. 31. Patrick Gorman, 24, follows in the steps of his late father, Thomas Gorman, who grew up in Bayonne, …

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Three charged with shoplifting from Wal-Mart Three out of towners were charged with shoplifting after police were called to a Bayonne Crossing Way store on Aug. 22, police said. Officers were dispatched to the store at 5:02 p.m. that day, according to Capt. Walter Rogers. Upon arrival, a security officer pointed out to officers the …

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The STEM program, the next phase of The Academy for Fine Arts and Academics, has taken form at Bayonne High School, as school employees and summer student workers readied facilities for the opening of classes on Sept. 3. Since the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) will play a critical role in domestic …

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Greek Festival to feature entertainment by Teddy’s Place co-owner Many will be saying “Opa!” when the annual Jersey City Greek Festival is held on Saturday, Sept. 6, from noon to midnight, and Sunday, Sept. 7, from noon to 8 p.m., at the Evangelismos Tis Theotokou Greek Orthodox Church, 661 Montgomery St, Jersey City. Admission to …

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Bayonne is the site of a six-month pilot program assessing how to treat water runoff from storms that could have state or even national implications. The kickoff of the Wet Weather Flow Treatment and Disinfection Project on Aug. 20 was hosted by the Bayonne Municipal Utilities Authority wastewater facilities on Oak Street. The $1.3 million …

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It’s not exactly reading, writing and arithmetic, but it’s pretty close. This year the focus of the Bayonne School District will be on reading, vocabulary, and eating well. Goals for students include higher comprehension, increased reading levels, better health, and greater competitiveness in school and in their futures. The learning this year begins with the …

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Artwork and an interest in keeping the city attractive merged in an event held Friday, Aug. 22 in the Bergen Point section. More than 75 people visited All Fit Studios on Broadway by Silver Street to either view various artworks or to pledge their assistance to the newly founded Beautify Bayonne group. Many attending did …

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For honors students in high schools around Hudson County, summer vacation has been invaded this year by men named Shakespeare, Sophocles, and Aristotle – and even a woman named Ayn Rand. At Bayonne High School, senior honors students are instructed to read Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead, a 700-page philosophical novel of individualism, as well as …

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