Category: Bayonne News

A few residents from First Street appeared before the Nov. 13 city council meeting questioning the need to light the Pony League Baseball field in Dennis Collins Park. The council was voting on an agreement with Maser Consulting of Mount Arlington for professional engineering services in connection with improvements to the Pony League field for …

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Raeann Hempel started writing soldiers in combat zones around the world more than a decade ago, sending packages and words of encouragement to keep up their spirits and to make them aware that people in the United States were aware of the sacrifices these soldiers were making. “I wanted them to know they weren’t forgotten,” …

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Perhaps the most moving moment of the 20th anniversary of the Hudson County Animal League (HCAL) came when Carlyn Modeshesky received her award for volunteer service. She couldn’t stop crying. The wine-tasting event held at the Bayonne Community Museum on Nov. 9 was a show of support for needy animals around the county, and those …

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Songwriter and performer Hope Oberwanowicz rarely needs inspiration to write new songs. But when a fellow student at Rowan University was struck and killed, allegedly by a drunk driver, she could not stop herself from expressing her dismay. Better known as Hope Vista, she has been working her way toward a recording contract for several …

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When the small public address speaker beneath the crucifix rasped with the voice of Sister Margaret on Nov. 22, 1963, we looked up with alarm. It was not just because the announcement came later than our usual morning list of activities at Catholic school, but also because of the odd tone in the usually matter-of-fact …

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A mystery unfolds The Bayonne High School Drama Society invites you to come out and solve “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” on December 6 – 8. “The Mystery of Edwin Drood,” written by Rupert Holmes and based upon the unfinished final novel of Charles Dickens, is a musical adventure in which the audience gets to …

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Former Mayor and Army veteran Richard Rutkowski didn’t mince words in his keynote speech at Nov. 11 Veterans’ Day ceremonies in City Hall. America, he said, ought to look out for its veterans, and hasn’t been consistent in doing so, especially during the Vietnam conflict. His speech, which touched on aspects of every American war …

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The rhetoric between those negotiating a contract for teachers and those negotiating for the school board is getting hotter as the city prepares to go into a new municipal election in May. The teachers are currently in their fourth year without a contract, and both sides are waiting for the outcome of a state fact …

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One of the first things parishioners at Wallace Temple African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church do when they come together for service is to pray for the leaders of the world. They pray for the sick of body as well as the sick of heart and soul. They pray for world peace and for particular people. …

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Two sites could help increase the residential stock near the Hudson Bergen Light Rail, and the City Council is poised to hear comments from the public at the Nov. 13 council meeting before voting on two ordinances to declare areas in need of redevelopment. Earlier this year, the council asked the Bayonne Planning Board to …

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