Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Three displaced and cat evacuated from a W. 36th Street fire On Oct 24 at about 7:30 a.m., the Bayonne Fire Department responded to 99 West 36th Street for a reported building fire. Arriving firefighters witnessed smoke pushing from a second floor window in the front of the wood framed house. An entire bedroom was …
In what local officials are calling an unprecedented event, the City of Bayonne has come to agreement with four of its public safety unions on a five-year contract. In voting to approve the four agreements with the Bayonne Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, the Police Superior Officers Association, the Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association, and the Fire Superior …
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Joseph Arrigo, 45, of Bayonne admitted his role in paying bribes to a Bayonne public official for the public official’s assistance in securing projects funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced on Oct. 17. Arrigo pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan in Trenton …
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Shouting, “What do you want? A contract! When do you want it? Now!” more than 300 teachers and their supporters picketed Bayonne City Hall after school on Oct. 18 to protest the fact that they have worked without a contract for more than three years. According to Alan D’Angelo, president of the Bayonne Teachers’ Association, …
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Raeann Hemple and Nora Elliot have a lot of good reasons for warning people about the dangers of cancer. Both have lived with the disease for years. Hemple said at least three members of her immediate family were struck with cancer, and then, so was she. Originally from Union City where these family members lived, …
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Seasick? More than 300 passengers and crew aboard the Celebrity Summit sailing out of Cape Liberty Cruise Port last September came down with a virus that required treatment, according to The Centers for Disease Control last week. None were hospitalized. Norovirus spreads from person to person or from contaminated water or food, officials said. Port …
Bayonne fire officials will travel to South Dakota shortly to check on the progress of their latest piece of firefighting equipment. “We want to make sure everything is on schedule,” said Fire Chief Greg Rogers. The foam tender will become a powerful tool for dealing with chemical and fuel fires in a city which stores …
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For those who gathered in Fitzpatrick Park on this sunny Sunday morning in September, the old saying “no news is good news,” simply wasn’t true. The gathering of veterans, public officials, and passersby came to remember and keep alive the memory of those who went to war, and not only did not come back, but …
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Every football fan has had that feeling. Your favorite team is behind a couple of touchdowns. The clock is running out and every little point, even a field goal, matters. Your team has good field position. The kicker goes to kick and… he misses. That’s when you think, “Oh, good Lord, how hard can it …
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Hudson County Animal League marks 20 years The Hudson County Animal League is celebrating 20 years of saving the lives of homeless and abused animals with a wine-tasting on November 9. The event, which will be sponsored by Bridgeview Liquors of Bayonne, will take place at the Bayonne Museum at 229 Broadway from 4-6 p.m. …