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In Hoboken, Forward Together school board slate sweeps election

HOBOKEN– The candidates from the Forward Together ticket in Hoboken won all three of the open seats on the local Board of Education on Tuesday night. The candidates met with supporters at 10th and Willow Bar & Grill to thank them and celebrate the victory. In attendance were officials who endorsed the ticket including Mayor …

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Incumbents take three-year BBOED terms; Ryan wins two-year term

Incumbents Mary Jane Desmond, Carol Cruden, and Denis Wilbeck were re-elected to three-year terms on the Bayonne Board of Education, with newcomer Charles Ryan picking up the two-year term vacated by Barry Kushnir. Wilbeck, former Bayonne High School vice principal, led all candidates with 6,239 votes and 22.34 percent of votes cast. Desmond, a former …

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Incumbents take three-year BBOED terms; Ryan wins two-year term

Incumbents Mary Jane Desmond, Carol Cruden, and Denis Wilbeck were re-elected to three-year terms on the Bayonne Board of Education, with newcomer Charles Ryan picking up the two-year term vacated by Barry Kushnir. Wilbeck, former Bayonne High School vice principal, led all candidates with 6,239 votes and 22.34 percent of votes cast. Desmond, a former …

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Opposing the mosque

To the Editor: I write at this time in response to the spate of recent articles in the Bayonne Community News referencing the proposed construction of a mosque at 109 E. 24th Street (hereinafter the “Site”). While the recent defacing to the outside of the mosque at the former St. Henry’s School was horrific and …

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Stop bear hunting

To the Editor: During the week of October 10 to October 15, I bore witness to the senseless slaughter of our defenseless black bears. Along with many protesters, we witnessed the hunters arriving at the weigh station with the dead bloody bodies of cubs and adult bears; families torn apart. Bow hunting is one of …

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