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ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS -- Environmental groups worry about air pollution and other impacts on health.
The next step is up
Bayonne Bridge road raising gets Coast Guard approval

Over the objections of several environmental groups that claim that increased shipping traffic into ports along Newark Bay could increase truck traffic and pollution, the U.S. Coast Guard gave its ...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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MR. CHAIRMAN? – Assemblyman Jason O’Donnell’s political career could see a dramatic boost if he is named chairman of the state Democratic Party in June.
Clash among Democrats
O’Donnell gets Buono nod for State Democratic chairman

Assemblyman Jason O’Donnell, who serves as Democratic municipal chairman in Bayonne, was named to replace outgoing state chairman by Democratic candidate for Governor Barbara Buono at the state De...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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TANKS FOR THE MEMORIES – Bayonne Constable Hook Cemetery as it looks today.
Bayonne Constable Hook Cemetery
Is it dying of neglect?

It’s hidden by concrete walls, massive pipes, and large storage tanks. Smaller than two acres, the Bayonne Constable Hook Cemetery is out of sight and out of mind for many Bayonne residents. Once a...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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MOVING AHEAD – The city council is expected to hold public hearings on a variety of property issues at its May 22 meeting.
A full agenda
Public hearings scheduled on several issues at May 22 council meeting

Public hearings on a proposed $2.5 million bond to cover tax appeals are expected to be held at the May 22 city council meeting. This ordinance was tabled on March 20 and then again on April 24, pe...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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FOR THE KIDS -- BCB Community Bank, the Bayonne Rotary Club and H.I.G.H.W.A.Y.S. concluded their drive that collected baby and toddler products for struggling area mothers. The goods were collected for about a month at BCB bins in their branches in and outside Bayonne and Hudson County. Pictured are Rev. Rose Cohen Hassan of Trinity, the Rev. Dorothy Patterson of the Wallace Temple A.M.E. Zion Church, Silvana Buccianti, VP for business at BCB, Dolores Sinclair, Cheryl Riley-Sims, Nisa Samuels, and Suzanne Gerald.
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Special-ed teacher arrested for alleged theft Ann Marie Ubl, 42, a special education teacher for 17 years, has been charged with multiple counts of theft as a result of a police investigation. I...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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FACING THE MUSIC – County Executive Tom DeGise introduced the county budget, saying some towns will get hit harder than others.
Will your taxes rise?
Secaucus, Weehawken, Hoboken will suffer most from new $304M county budget

Your property taxes are made up of city taxes, school taxes, and county taxes – the last of which will depend on a $304 million budget that was introduced by the county freeholders last week. This ...
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION – Cathy and Frances Hurley, mother and daughter, will graduate together from New Jersey City University.
All in the family
Mother and daughter graduate from NJCU together

Cathy Hurley and her daughter, Frances, didn’t start out going to the same college together, but on May 15, both will take a long walk down the graduating aisle at New Jersey City University, getti...
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NO IMPACT – Army Corps blasting of the Kill Van Kull is not expected to impact the Spectra gas-line installation.
Coordinated effort
Gas line at no risk due to Army Corps

The notion that matches and gasoline don’t mix had some Bayonne residents concerned when they learned the Army Corps of Engineers intends to blast some of the bedrock along a route where the Spectr...
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MAKING A DIFFERENCE – Relay for Life is a yearly ritual, raising funds to fight cancer while remembering those who have passed on and those who have survived.
Allies against cancer
Relay for Life celebrates American Cancer Society’s 100th Anniversary

The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life of Bayonne will be taking place on June 7, 2013, at Don Ahern Veterans Stadium in Bayonne. Relay for Life is an overnight fundraising event to increase...
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GETTING READY TO PLANT – The Rev. Rose Cohen Hassan and George, a volunteer husband, take advantage of the unusually cool weather to put the finishing touches on the boxes for the Trinity Church Community Garden.
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Garden planting slated for May 18 Thanks to a grant, the Trinity Church Community Garden has a new look. The garden, which is supported by a number of local institutions including the Bayonne Wo...
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TEAMING UP – Students from Bayonne High School, Samantha Serrano and Alexis Bailey, are part of a group spearheading fundraising for a memorial park in Bayonne.
Something to remember them by
Students spearhead movement to create a memorial park for Sandy Hookl kids

Few moments in modern history struck such a nerve in the nation—or perhaps the world—than the shootings of first graders and teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012. One teacher i...
May 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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MAPPING IT OUT – Bryce Wisemiller showed a sparse audience of Bayonne residents the area the Army Corps will need to blast.
Blasting to start in June
Army Corps says project will take a month to complete

Of the slightly more than a dozen people who showed up for the April 28 public information session on upcoming underwater blasting in the Kill Van Kull, most were harbor pilots or employees of the ...
May 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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