Category: Bayonne News

Marist High School officials expect their 2014-15 school year to be a momentous one, starting off with a fall celebration of the institution’s 60th anniversary, one which will run all year long, and with the introduction of new and expanded initiatives, according to Head of School Alice Miesnik. Marist’s beginnings as a smaller high school …

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Bayonne High takes sixth in county in academics and performing arts rating Bayonne High didn’t fare as well as five other educational institutions on a state list of Performing Public High Schools for academics and the arts, according to a magazine assessment released on Aug. 20. McNair High School in Jersey City finished first in …

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Stakeholders in negotiations regarding the Bayonne teachers’ contract are scheduled to meet again on Monday, Aug. 25, following an “encouraging” gathering at City Hall on Aug. 1, said Business Administrator Joseph DeMarco. Bayonne Teachers Association head Alan D’Angelo, Board of Education attorney Robert Clarke, board member Michael Masone, and a New Jersey Education Association representative …

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The second reading of the one-sentence Resolution 26 at the Bayonne City Council meeting on Aug. 13 was quick and seemingly innocuous, but it represented about two years’ worth of effort for some residents and a moral victory for others: “Directing the City Clerk to submit at the general election to be held Nov. 4, …

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On Aug. 1, a 29-year-old North Bergen man saw a “beautiful blonde lady on a Boulevard East bus to New York.” He didn’t talk to her, and certainly didn’t get her contact information. His only hope was to post a message on the internet so that possibly she’d see it. “You looked amazing and caught …

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How do you go from being the onetime top executive in your field in the county to a municipal legislator in your city? You dig right in and get to work. That’s what Juan Perez, former Hudson County Sheriff, said he is doing in his new role as a Bayonne councilman. Perez’s victory as an …

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Meeting to be held for group with beautifying city as goal The first meeting of the Beautify Bayonne group will be held Friday, Aug. 22 from 7 to 11 p.m. at All Fit Studios, 196 Broadway. Group members, many of them community artists, invite anyone from the city to join them for the art show …

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The Bayonne Chamber of Commerce’s expansion outward in a regionalization effort – and working with Jersey City and county government to attract more businesses – were the main thrusts of speakers at a summer event at the Liberty House restaurant in Jersey City on Thursday, Aug. 7. New Jersey is a great state to do …

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In an effort to show children that police officers are their friends, and to band to together with the public in crime-fighting efforts, National Night Out was again hosted by the city and its police department, on Aug. 5. The event was held for the fourth consecutive year on Del Monte Drive, between 23rd and …

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A novice theater troupe is spreading its wings after a successful spring debut and is gearing up for another production this weekend. The Theatre Group at All Saints Catholic Academy was founded in May for the school’s “The Wizard of Oz Young Performer’s Edition,” the first main-stage musical ever at ASCA. A cast of 78 …

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