Category: Bayonne News

“I’d love to change the world, but I don’t know what to do,” said a 1960s-era political rock song, and the conundrum is something that Bayonne High School social studies teacher Gene Woods would like to change. His class, “Facing History and Ourselves,” is part of a study of human history and how to prevent …

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It’s a little more than a week before the Holy Family Academy (HFA) production of “Anything Goes,” and Director Sandra Gonzalez is atop a 12-foot ladder, tinkering with the sound system. Gonzalez is a hands-on director, a 2007 alum of Holy Family, who had worked on productions at the Bayonne Community Jewish Center before this, …

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Nearly one out of every four people living in Hudson County does not have health insurance, according to a recent Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/University of Wisconsin County Health Ranking and Roadmap. This means many of these people seek out the services of emergency rooms, statewide Charity Care, or do not seek medical assistance until their …

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Contract negotiations for 750 teachers and 50 secretaries in the Bayonne school district were thrust into the public when the details of the district’s contract offer were released. Alan D’Angelo, president of the Bayonne Teachers’ Association, said this public disclosure might be an unfair labor practice, but he continued to contend that the contract offer …

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After several months of preparation, crews installing the Bayonne portion of Spectra Energy’s natural gas pipeline lifted a portion into the Kill Van Kull, living up to a promise made to local officials to move the line out of residential areas. Bayonne was the only town in Hudson County to give its blessing to the …

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Medical Society of New Jersey to provide grants to Hudson County The Medical Society of New Jersey (MSNJ) and its Institute of Medicine and Public Health of New Jersey have established a fund to assist physician practices in Hudson County damaged by Superstorm Sandy. Additional support for the program was provided by the Physicians Foundation, …

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“I was having some doubts about this year. I was so scared that no one was going to take it seriously,” said Maggie Farag, who along with her fellow students at Marist High School, came away with seven awards, breaking a record set by Marist students last year in the annual Model U. N. event …

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Curious merchants from throughout the city came out to the March 1 business lunch to get the lowdown on a new discount card that the City of Bayonne is touting as a tool for increasing local sales. While many may have been curious, the Shop Bayonne Tax Card Program proved not to be the panacea …

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Daniel Beckelman, the new chairman of Hudson County Young Republicans, doesn’t see his role as dismantling the entrenched Democratic majority in Hudson County so much as winning over converts to his party. “We’re not the same breed of social conservative Republicans of the national party,” he said during a recent interview. “We’re more in line …

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Last June, Bayonne High School graduating ceremonies honored two men who had taken almost a lifetime to get recognition, men who had forsaken school for a higher cause—to serve their country in the military—only to return as civilians and not pick up their lives where they left off. Instead of going back to school, they …

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