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Top Local News
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Girls Basketball: Bayonne Blasts Lincoln, 60-15
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Boys Basketball: Bayonne Drubs Lincoln, 53-29
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Public Hearing on Upgrades to North Street Park Set for February 15
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Representative Rob Menendez Secures Key Committee Assignments
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Bayonne Set to Host Annual Special Needs Super Bowl Party
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Hudson County Board of Commissioners Opposes Helicopter Flight Plan
By TAPINTO BAYONNE STAFF
February 4, 2023BAYONNE, NJ -- The Bayonne girls basketball team outscored Lincoln by 20 points in the first half and went on to a 60-15 victory on Thursday.
Kayla Neal scored 11 points for the Bees (19-3), who outscored Lincoln, 21-5, in the second quarter to build a 31-11 lead.
Mckenzie Neal finished with 10 points, and Christina Centeno, Giselle Davis and Tatyanna Watson all scored eight points apiece ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ -- Bayonne broke it open in the second quarter and rolled to a 53-29 boys basketball victory over Lincoln High School on Thursday.
Rahmin Wright scored 18 points and grabbed six rebounds for the Bees (14-7), who outscored Lincoln, 19-8, in the second quarter to open a 28-13 halftime lead.
Patrick Sagna had 15 points, four rebounds and three assists for Bayonne. Noah Shaw ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Bayonne officials will hold a public hearing on Feb. 15 to review proposed improvements to a small pocket park on North Street.
“It’s a true neighborhood park that has been around for years,” said Councilman Neil Carroll.
The City of Bayonne is seeking funding through the State of New Jersey’s Urban Parks Program for improvements at North Street ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Congressman Rob Menendez was named to serve on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the 118th Congress, a role in which he will support investments in infrastructure improvements across the Eighth Congressional District, a statement said. This appointment marks his first committee assignment as a Member of Congress.
“Securing a seat on ...
By AL SULLIVAN
February 2, 2023BAYONNE, NJ - The Division of Recreation will hold its annual Special Needs Super Bowl Party on Feb. 12 from 2:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. at the BHS Ice Rink Gym.
The event will include a football obstacle course, kicking field goals, throwing passes and, of course, pizza.
Registration is necessary and can be done by clicking here.
For more information please contact the ...
BAYONNE, NJ - The Bayonne Free Public Library will be closed for approximately four weeks starting on February 21, Director JP Porcaro announced, part of a large-scale renovation program.
Porcaro shared in a statement that the project, expected to take 10 months to complete, will include repairing the façade; remodeling the Children’s Room and the lobby; and replacing 1930’s ...
By STEVE LENOX
February 1, 2023BAYONNE, NJ - The two Bayonne police officers involved in the June 7, 2021 shooting death of Lee Waskiewicz, will not face any charges as a result of the incident, a state grand jury decided on Monday.
As previously reported, on the day of the incident uniformed officers of the Bayonne Police Department Ofcs. Edward Taveras and Timothy Ballance responded to a 9-1-1 call made at ...
NEWARK, NJ - Four members of a gun manufacturing and trafficking network in Passaic and Hudson counties have been charged with weapons offenses related to the fabrication and sale of personally made firearms (PMFs), commonly known as “ghost guns,” said U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger.
Savion Clyburn, 20, and Corey Jenkins Jr., 30, both of Paterson; Richard Mullane, 26, of ...
By AL SULLIVAN
February 2, 2023HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Congressman Rob Menendez was named to serve on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the 118th Congress, a role in which he will support investments in infrastructure improvements across the Eighth Congressional District, a statement said. This appointment marks his first committee assignment as a Member of Congress.
“Securing a seat on ...
BAYONNE, NJ - In March 2012 Jack Santopietro, a 21-year-old Bayonne man who had hopes of joining the Bayonne Fire Department, lost his life after the motorcycle he was driving collided with a minivan on Avenue E and East 10th Street.
There have been other traffic fatalities in the area, makeshift memorials honoring those lost, notoriously dangerous, many say, because the roadway narrows due ...
By AL SULLIVAN
January 30, 2023BAYONNE, NJ - The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the death of a man who was found dead on the shoreline of Newark Bay in Bayonne on Friday.
According to a statement, members of the Bayonne Police Department received a report of a possible body on the shoreline of Newark Bay in the area of the Thomas W. Zito Bayside Apartments.
Upon arrival first ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Two shoplifting incidents led to the arrests of three individuals in Bayonne on Friday.
According to Captain Eric Amato, the first incident led to shoplifting charges against Anne Marie A. Rosembert, 51, who reportedly attempted to steal $381.19 worth of merchandise from ShopRite.
Later on Saturday two Jersey City men, Charles Gore Jr. and Louis Morales, were arrested after ...
By AL SULLIVAN
January 30, 2023BAYONNE, NJ - Most who do it regularly know that walking under any of the five rail overpasses that run along 8th Street can be a risky proposition.
Despite wired netting designed to keep the pigeons from roosting in the eves of the structure, flocks have taken home under almost every bridge, leaving a trail of their poop along the sidewalks, and sometimes pedestrians who might be ...
By TAPINTO BAYONNE STAFF
February 4, 2023BAYONNE, NJ -- The Bayonne girls basketball team outscored Lincoln by 20 points in the first half and went on to a 60-15 victory on Thursday.
Kayla Neal scored 11 points for the Bees (19-3), who outscored Lincoln, 21-5, in the second quarter to build a 31-11 lead.
Mckenzie Neal finished with 10 points, and Christina Centeno, Giselle Davis and Tatyanna Watson all scored eight points apiece ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ -- Bayonne broke it open in the second quarter and rolled to a 53-29 boys basketball victory over Lincoln High School on Thursday.
Rahmin Wright scored 18 points and grabbed six rebounds for the Bees (14-7), who outscored Lincoln, 19-8, in the second quarter to open a 28-13 halftime lead.
Patrick Sagna had 15 points, four rebounds and three assists for Bayonne. Noah Shaw ...
BAYONNE, NJ - While there was no Kevin Costner or Shoeless Joe as depicted in the classic baseball film of the same name, Bayonne’s Field of Dreams had plenty of supporters out to celebrate a $1 million federal grant that will help upgrade the 11th Street ball field.
The field traditionally has served as the home for Bayonne’s Buddy Baseball League, which is a program for ...
By AL SULLIVAN
January 29, 2023BAYONNE, NJ - Behind The Scenes- A Comedic Table Read Experience with master participants will give the public an inside view of the table reading process of a comedic script performed by an award-winning panel of actors.
This special event, sponsored by the Bayonne Youth Center and hosted by Gina Irizarry of Golden Door International Film Festival, will take place on Friday, Feb. 10, from 7 ...
By MATT KADOSH
January 30, 2023BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Authorities are investigating after a man threw a Molotov cocktail at the front door of a synagogue in Bloomfield early Sunday morning, police said.
Security footage shows a man approach the front door of the synagogue at 3:19 a.m., light the incendiary device then throw it at the front door, Public Safety Director Samuel A. DeMaio said in a statement.
The glass ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Hudson County religious leaders, security coordinators, and congregations of all faiths and denominations are being invited to attend a special security program for houses or worship hosted by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office, in coordination with the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The ...