Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
BAYONNE – The Community Development Mural Program wants you. If you’re an artist, that is. The city’s Community Development Division will begin its second mural initiative, led by resident artist Joe Waks, and is seeking those wishing to participate. The mural, a rendering of Bayonne’s own champ, Chuck Wepner, will be painted to pay homage …
NORTH JERSEY — The Record of Hackensack reported late on Thursday that sources say the federal government issued a subpoena last month related to former Port Authority Chariman David Samson’s plane travel. Samson was a close friend of Gov. Christopher Christie and is tied to questions about the strange closing of several lanes of the …
Recently a Medical Economics article http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com * noted: “Many primary care physicians worry that the rapidly-growing field of telemedicine is just too complicated and time-consuming to implement in their already busy practices. But physicians who have started offering telemedicine in their practices say there is no need to reinvent the wheel or spend a fortune …
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In a development expected to reap a tax savings for municipalities including Secaucus and North Bergen, the New Jersey Meadowlands Authority will merge with the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority as a result of new legislation signed by Gov. Christopher Christie on Thursday, Feb. 5. The bill will eliminate the current tax sharing program …
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BAYONNE AND BEYOND – Macquarie Infrastructure Company has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Bayonne Energy Center, Business Wire reported. Macquarie will purchase the BEC from an affiliate of ArcLight Capital Partners LLC for approximately $210 million in cash plus the assumption of approximately $510 million of debt (maturing in …
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BAYONNE – The city’s main municipal prosecutor has been issued summonses accusing her of maintaining an illegal apartment in a building she co-owns, according to a published report. Maggie Khalil, appointed last fall to her post, was issued two summonses which charge her with allegedly having an illegal basement apartment in a two-family house that …
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HOBOKEN–Vijay Chaudhuri will replace Daniel Bryan as the chief of staff to Mayor Dawn Zimmer, according to a statement released Thursday by the mayor’s office. Chaudhuri lives in Hoboken. He most recently worked as director of community relations for U.S. Representative Joseph Crowley, who represents New York’s 14th Congressional District, which includes parts of Queens …
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HUDSON COUNTY — These things tend to snowball. For several days now, forecasters have warned of some snow Sunday into Monday. The predictions are already getting more dire. On Wednesday, Accuweather predicted 2 to 4 inches of snow on Sunday night into Monday afternoon. Thursday morning, the estimate doubled, to 4 to 8 inches. What …
JERSEY CITY, N.J. The Main Jersey City Library, 472 Jersey Avenue in Jersey City, will close from Monday, Feb. 9 to Friday, Feb. 20, to begin Phase II of the major renovations. This work, which will take place on the third and fourth floors, is in preparation for the new public restrooms that will be …
BAYONNE – Nearly 40 years after his most memorable fight, native son and ex-boxer Chuck Wepner will again enter the limelight as a movie about his life begins to shoot. The film, tentatively titled “The Bleeder,” is set to begin production in Shreveport, La., in four months, Wepner told the Bayonne Community News. Liev Schreiber …
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