BAYONNE, NJ - A new program combining reading and crafts is set to launch at the Bayonne Public Library on Saturday, March 5.

Registration for the program, which will take place every other Saturday and is open to Bayonne children age 6-8, will begin at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, February 25. Registration is limited to 20 children.

Children participating in “Make and Take” will hear a ...

BAYONNE, NJ -- Winter storms, bad weather and sloppy road conditions are a factor in nearly half a million crashes and more than 2,000 road deaths every winter, according to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. In fact, about 46 percent of all crashes involving bad weather take place in the winter.

AAA analyzed bad weather and crashes over a five-year period. The study found that the highest ...

BAYONNE, NJ - The Bayonne Board of Education has announced all public schools will be Tuesday  due to anticipated inclement weather.

MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ - Three lots of infants' ibuprofen concentrated oral suspension USP 50mg per 1.25ML have been recalled to due potential higher concentrations of ibuprofen, announced Tris Pharma Inc.

The recalled products have been found to potentially have higher concentrations of ibuprofen, the company said in a press release. The product is used as a pain reliever/fever ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - A Rutgers University student has been diagnosed with meningitis, and the university has sent a message to other students about steps to take as a precaution.

The student with the disease was hospitalized Monday is receiving treatment and is recovering, Dr. Melodee Lasky, University Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health and Wellness said in an email sent to students on ...

BAYONNE, NJ - Grade 5 Social Studies students from Washington Community School celebrated a great morning of local history this week with a visit to the Bayonne Fire Department Museum. Bayonne Fire Captain Donald Haiber who serves as the unofficial curator of the facility led the tour.

BAYONNE, NJ - Seventh and eighth grade students from Nicholas Oresko Community School recently visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art with their Social Studies teacher, Mrs. Nowak.

The eighth grade students had a chance to learn about Medieval Europe with the Hall of Arms and Armor being big hit and their young counterparts learned about and saw for themselves the wonders of Ancient ...

BAYONNE, NJ - Bayonne’s “hottest” chefs are invited to participate in the 2nd Annual Chili Cook-Off on Friday, March 1.

Following on from the inaugural event’s success in 2018, the City of Bayonne, the Bayonne Urban Enterprise Zone, and the Bayonne Chamber of Commerce are once again hosting the fundraising event which they are postive will be “a fun time with ...

BAYONNE, NJ - Mayor Jimmy Davis and the Bayonne UEZ are reminding residents that there's no reason to leave Broadway to get your loved one a gift this Valentine's Day.

Whether it's a great meal, organic soaps and bath products, mouth watering homemade chocolates, beautiful fresh cut flowers, or a wide variety of specialty gifts, Bayonne has it all!

BAYONNE, NJ - Mayor Jimmy Davis and the Bayonne UEZ are reminding residents that there's no reason to leave Broadway to get your loved one a gift this Valentine's Day.

Whether it's organic soaps and bath products, mouth watering homemade chocolates, beautiful fresh cut flowers, or a wide variety of specialty gifts, Bayonne has it all!

This year, thanks to the Bayonne UEZ/SID, ...

BAYONNE, NJ - Bayonne police are investigating a shooting that took place at approximately 9:23 a.m. Monday.

According to Lt. Eric Amato, police responded to the area of 18th Street and Avenue C on reports of shots fire and located the victim, a male in his thirties, at 438 Avenue C with apparent gunshot wounds. The victim was  transported to the Jersey City Medical Center for ...

BAYONNE, NJ - Local and police officials gathered in Bayonne’s City Council Chambers on Wednesday to celebrate the promotion of seven patrolman to the rank of sergeant.

With their colleagues, families, and other supporters looking on Joseph Styles, Anthony Pelliccio, Mark Fabbricatore, Matthew Lindquist, Carmen Cutro, Chester Konopka, and Steven Rhodes all beamed with pride as they took ...

These firefighters don’t just put out flames — they use them to make duck confit-stuffed ravioli with bacon and English pea puree. That’s how South Orange Local 24 won the gourmet category during last year’s Cooked & Uncorked food and wine festival, which is coming up for the 9th time this month on Feb. 25 in Edison, NJ.

Hosted by the New Jersey Firefighters Mutual ...

BAYONNE, NJ- Six local restaurants and bars are set to welcome musicians and guests as part of Friday's Music on Broadway.

Music on Broadway is a weekly event launched to bring added energy and vibrancy to the restaurants along the Broadway corridor.

BAYONNE, NJ - Mayor Jimmy Davis gathered a mini-army on Wednesday to provide continued support to the victims of the Andrew Street fire that occurred last Saturday.

Davis was joined by Council-President Sharon Ashe-Nadrowski, 1st Ward Councilman Neil Carroll III, and 2nd Ward Councilman Sal Gullace and Bayonne’s Office of Emergency Management at the city hall meeting that also included ...

ELIZABETH, NJ – New Jersey residents are on their way to making $15 per hour at work.

Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation on Monday that will gradually raise the states’ minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2024.

“For far too long, too many of our fellow New Jerseyans have been struggling to survive on wages that have not kept up with the cost of living,” Murphy ...

BAYONNE, NJ - Bayonne police made a pair of arrests on subsequent days following investigations into two unrelated shootings.

According to Lt. Eric Amato, Jonathan G. Belle, 36, was arrested on Thursday after being identified as the shooter in a Wednesday incident. Officials state that police were called to the area of West 18th Street between Avenue C and Kennedy Boulevard on a report of ...

BAYONNE, NJ - "All it takes is a dollar and a dream," the lottery commercials once stated. Unfortunately for one man, the dollar, or more than $2300 of them, were missing.

Already incarcerated in Essex County Jail for similar thefts in multiple municipalities, Antonio J. Matteo was arrested by members of the Bayonne Police Detective Bureau for his role in the thefts of lottery ...

BAYONNE, NJ- Three Bayonne High School wrestlers are set to make history on Sunday as they head to Red Bank to compete in the first ever girls wrestling state regional tournament. While females have long competed against boys on the mat this season marks the sport was officially recognized by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA), the body that oversees high ...