Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Sires Introduces Bipartisan Freight Panel Final Recommendations Rep. Albio Sires joined his colleagues in early November to introduce the final recommendations of the specially appointed bipartisan “Panel on 21st Century Freight Transportation.” Beginning in April of this year the committee toured freight facilities in Southern California, Memphis, the New York City/Northern New Jersey region, and …
“What are we walking for?” one of the teachers from Friendship Baptist Day school shouted. “Breast cancer awareness,” the preschool kids shouted back. “Cancer is yuck! No more cancer. Friendship cares!” Dressed in hooded sweatshirts, hats, and pink or black shirts bearing the logo for Breast Cancer Awareness month at Friendship Baptist, more than three …
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Anthony Zanowic kicked off his campaign for mayor last summer, nearly a year ahead of the May 2014 election. “I thought I would need time to get my name out into the public,” he said, during an interview last week. He is among three candidates who have announced for the mayoral position, including Mayor Mark …
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The Bayonne Chamber of Commerce may change strategies in order to become more attractive to various levels of business and increase its presence as a voice for the business community, said Chamber President Vincent Virga during a meet-and-greet event on Oct. 24. The meet and greet, which brought together various businesspeople, was held at the …
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President Ronald Reagan once said, “Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation.” For the Dworzanski family, whose forefather Alfred E. Dworzanski founded a funeral home in 1949, this became even truer as the third generation, Richard A. Dworzanski, a student at Mercer County College …
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A gift of life Madeline (Maddy) Temchin and four Bayonne High School Interact students attended Bayonne Rotary’s weekly breakfast meeting so that they could hear firsthand from Ray Hough the latest developments in the Gift of Life program. The Bayonne HS Rotary Interact Club will be raising money for GOL at its Annual Craft & …
Frank W. Comes was 18 years old when he joined the U.S. Marines. A Bayonne native, he was 21 when he was assigned as part of an American peacekeeping force to Lebanon, where he managed to survive one of the most horrific attacks on Americans in history: The terrorist attack on the U.S. Marine barracks …
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Growing up in Bayonne, James Davis often had to distinguish which James Davis he was. Soft spoken, but not soft, Davis is a captain on the Bayonne Police Department. He is not the house painter or any of the numerous others he has sometimes received phone calls for. A police officer since 1986, Davis is …
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Like many Bayonne residents the Gaeta family didn’t believe Hurricane Sandy would be as bad as it was until a few hours before Newark Bay overflowed, flooding nearly every house on theirs and nearby streets. “We pulled in everything with the help of neighbors,” Steve Gaeta said. “And then we put up sandbags.” The quick …
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Dignitaries from across Hudson County, and indeed, from around the state, gathered in the auditorium of West New York School No. 4 to not merely acknowledge the change of school’s name, but to acknowledge the contributions Rep. Albio Sires has made to improving education during his long career as mayor, state Assemblyman, Assembly speaker, and …
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