Category: Bayonne News

Bayonne resident Andrea Powers and her family got involved with Operation Christmas Child even before her church did, seeking to find a way to help kids in as many as 130 countries. The program, run by Samaritan’s Purse, usually works with local churches and ministry partners to deliver shoeboxes full of items kids need in …

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Henry Sanchez was named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor by President Hollande of France on June 3, for the role he played during the Normandy Invasion, June 6, 1944. “This award testifies to President Hollande’s high esteem for your merits and accomplishment,” said Francois DeLattre, French Ambassador in a June 12 letter. “In …

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Janet Rotella wasn’t offering fresh vegetables or fruit at this year’s Bayonne Farmers’ Market but rather was among a handful of local merchants who decided to take part in the weekly event. Rotella was offering holistic relief from everyday stress through what is called a SPArties’ mobile Day Spa. The mobile spa started earlier this …

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With a little luck, the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 through November 30, will hold no unpleasant surprises for Hudson County. But it is certain that another major weather event will hit this area sooner or later. Some residents have been talking about whether severe storms are increasing, or if Hurricane …

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Death of Bayonne woman investigated Based on statements that officials believe less than reliable, the Hudson County Prosecutor’s office is looking into the death of a woman on Evergreen Street on Aug. 21. Officials said that, according to early reports, no foul play was involved in the death of the 46-year-old woman, but that additional …

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Mickey MaCabe, founder of McCabe Ambulance in Bayonne, remembers his first call as an ambulance operator as if it happened yesterday, rather than 40 years ago this month. This was not an emergency—such as those he saw on TV that inspired him to start his ambulance service—but rather he was to take an elderly woman …

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Real estate agents and others tied to the redevelopment hopes for the city got an early Christmas gift as the city reversed the presumed redevelopment direction at the former Military Ocean Terminal (called Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor) and returned to development that would build new housing stock in a city where a majority of the …

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A pouring rain didn’t dampen kids’ spirits at this year’s annual celebration of National Health Center Week at the West New York and Jersey City sites of the Metropolitan Family Health Network (MFHN). Tables full of literature, free rides, and the back beat of great dance music were put on hold for just one day, …

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Some stories stick with you and become so personal that you know—if you are an artist of any kind—you’ll have to do something with them. This is what happened when Alex Perez heard about his grandfather’s internment in Cuba during the 1960s. “It was a part of family history I didn’t know about,” said Perez, …

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Bayonne municipal dept reduced by 40 percent In a release issued by the City of Bayonne to answer critics, Mayor Mark Smith has been credited with reducing the city’s debt by almost 40 percent. According to figures used by the State of New Jersey Local Finance Board, the City of Bayonne has reduced the total …

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