Category: Bayonne News

Nearly 100 Marist High School students entered into the next phase of their educational life following the school’s 57th commencement exercises on Saturday, May 31. The afternoon was filled with pomp and circumstance, awards, words of encouragement, but also kisses, hugs, and tears. The midday ceremony was held in the school’s James J. Boyle Memorial …

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Bike ‘rodeo’ to be held this weekend at park “Stride & Ride!,” a bicycle rodeo, will be held in Stephen R. Gregg Park, at the 37th Street and Kennedy Boulevard entrance (near the running track) on Saturday, June 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Among the day’s activities will be bike races, obstacle courses, …

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“It ain’t over til it’s over” is the longtime refrain of Hall of Fame New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra, and his trademark line couldn’t be more appropriate for the 2014 Bayonne municipal election. With the runoff on June 10 now less than two weeks away, forces are mobilizing for the second campaign. Five of …

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It’s Smith versus Davis once again. The battle for the seat of District One of the Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders, which will be waged Tuesday, June 3, features candidates backed by Mayor Mark Smith and his mayoral challenger, Police Capt. James Davis. Smith and Davis are locked in their own battle the following …

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Jailyne Aguilar, 17, a junior at Bayonne High School, knows what a phone book is, but she has only used it once. “It was a very long time ago,” she said. It was seven years ago, to be exact – when Aguilar was 10 years old. “I use my phone, Facebook, and stuff like that,” …

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Former Assemblyman Louis Manzo hates it when people say he “beat the rap.” “I didn’t beat the rap; I was found not guilty,” he said. “Beating the rap implies I got away with something. But I didn’t do anything wrong in the first place.” Seated in the Broadway Diner on an early spring day, Manzo …

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Board of Education and administrators reach contract settlement The Bayonne Board of Education announced on Friday, May 23 that the school district has arrived at a settlement with the Bayonne School Administrators’ Association. “The union has ratified the proposed contract, which includes a one-year salary freeze for all members,” said School Business Administrator Leo Smith …

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No one can say what will happen in the runoff election between Mayor Mark Smith and his challenger, James Davis on June 10. But Smith’s effort to seek reelection in the first round—in which he missed an outright win by only 180 votes—was derailed by a number of small issues that the Davis campaign capitalized …

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John Zmyslowski of Bayonne, a Vietnam War veteran, sees the glass half full.The Mackenzie Post commander saw action from 1966 until 1968, and although he suffers from the effects of Agent Orange, a defoliant sprayed in Vietnam when he served there, he was happy he was able to return—something some of his friends didn’t get …

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For Sami Steigmann, speaking to 700 grammar school students about the Holocaust and his experiences during it is not just about teaching history. It is also about his hope to never let history repeat itself. “Anti-Semitism is on the rise, and it used to be confined to countries,” he said. “But the internet is a …

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