Category: Bayonne News

When national Homeland Security personnel warned about potential homegrown terrorists, they did not exactly mean two men in Bayonne who were allegedly brewing up explosives in an apartment to toss out the window. But the explosions in the aftermath of the bombing at the Boston Marathon and the subsequent shootout in Watertown prompted an immediate …

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Shock was perhaps the first reaction many parents had when they received an email from Jennifer Mulcahy, chairperson of the Board of Trustees of Holy Family Academy, on April 18, saying that the school will close its doors on June 15 after the last class graduates. “It is with great sadness that I must announce …

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Two residents showed up for the April 17 public hearing on the $129 million 2013 municipal budget which—if passed next month—will result in an annual $105 increase on homes assessed at $133,000. The increase is only in the city portion of residents’ tax bills. Residents pay taxes that go to three entities—the city, the schools, …

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A public county golf course that is two years behind schedule has raised red flags among some Hudson County freeholders, who questioned whether the delay was designed to help one of the contractors involved make a profit from the fill being used. The project was scheduled to be completed this year but now won’t likely …

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Information session on waterway blasting scheduled for April 29 The Army Corps of Engineers will hold a public-information session on Monday, April 29, to inform the public about blasting and dredging that will take place in two areas off Dennis Collins Park in the Kill Van Kull. The session will be held in the Bayonne …

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“In to the left. In to the right. Eight words spoken quietly and indifferently without emotion. Eight short words. That was the moment I parted from my mother,” said Rev. Gregory Perez, quoting Eile Wiesel’s recollections of a Nazi death camp. The passage described that moment when people—most of them Jews—were told if they were …

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Singing songs that were popular on the radio when their grandparents were their age, the students at Midtown Community School (MCS) wished their school a happy 20th birthday on April 12, while at the same time ushering in the Week of the Young Child. Not all the songs were old, of course, but the 600 …

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In contract negotiations between the Bayonne school district and its teachers’ union, both sides have gone to the public to get their message out. In late March, school officials released the details of their contract offer after nearly three years of unsuccessful talks with union leaders. In early April, Bayonne Teachers’ Association President Alan D’Angelo …

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Still licking their wounds from the worst hurricane to hit the region in the last century, local hospitals organized what will likely become the first of a series of meetings to plan out a strategy not just for dealing with new storms, but also potential terrorist attacks. The idea is to pool resources and evaluate …

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Bayonne doctor at scene of Boston tragedy Interviewed on NBC, Dr. Martin Levine, a doctor with a practice in Bayonne, described the blasts and aftermath of the April 15 tragic events at the Boston Marathon that left three dead and more than 100 injured. Levine was helping runners recover from the race when the blasts …

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