Category: Bayonne News

Things put on classroom walls that hadn’t been there before? Items that were formerly rightside up, now found upside down? Green fish in the toilet? Those were some of the claims of kindergarteners at the Mary J. Donohoe School on Thursday, March 6, and to someone not in the know, they defied explanation. But not …

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The campaign for mayor and council has kicked into high gear, with tickets adding candidates, obtaining endorsements, filing their paperwork, and launching television commercials. Council candidates have also called for public debates with their opponents. Mayor Mark Smith is seeking his second full term in the May 13 election. He is being opposed by Police …

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Dr. Daniel H. Smith didn’t need to be convinced to come to Hudson County to work in CarePoint’s new program for robotic surgery; he was thrilled to do it. CarePoint Health is the company that runs Christ Hospital, Bayonne Medical Center, and Hoboken University Medical Center. “Even though I’m technically retired, this is something I …

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Labor union supports Mark Smith for mayor The New Jersey Laborers Union endorsed for re-election Bayonne Mayor Mark Smith, citing his “strong record of stabilizing finances, strengthening government services, and supporting middle class and working families.” “In the six years that Mark Smith has been in office, Bayonne has seen a transformative change from a …

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The redevelopment of the Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor took a huge leap forward on Thursday, Feb. 27, when the Bayonne Planning Board unanimously approved the plan for Harbor Station North, the 30-acre tract just east of the 45th Street light rail station. Carl Goldberg, Marc Berson and Partners are expected to construct several hundred residential …

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Cop versus cop. Mano a mano. Ticket against ticket. However you want to frame it, the race for mayor and council is on between Mayor Mark Smith and Police Capt. James Davis after the Feb. 27 launch by Davis at his headquarters at 16th Street and Broadway. The mayoral candidate unveiled his slate, with no …

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The Zanowic for mayor campaign has endured a tumultuous two-week period, with candidate Anthony Zanowic saying all systems are still a go in his pursuit of the city’s chief executive post. Zanowic’s #Better Bayonne campaign has seen a lot of change in a short time, first with the naming of Chelsea Jeskie, an intern for …

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1) Do you know what summer the movie “Dirty Dancing” took place? 2) Which one-hit group sang “Brandy”? 3) Who won the 1963 National League Rookie of the Year Award? (The answers are at the end of this story.) If you live or work in Hudson County, you may be asked one of those questions …

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“No one should have to die of breast cancer,” said Dr. Robbi Kemper, medical director for CarePoint Breast Center. The center at Christ Hospital in Jersey City is now performing new procedures that have not been available before in Hudson County. Unlike only a decade ago, breast cancer detected through regular screening is curable, Kemper …

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