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By TAPINTO BAYONNE STAFF
September 12, 2025
BAYONNE, NJ - Mayor Jimmy Davis, members of the Bayonne City Council and Bayonne Board of Education, advocates, and parents held a flag raising ceremony at City Hall to commemorate September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.The event, organized by Sharon Romano and Marie Costantino, who are ...
BAYONNE, NJ – The Bayonne girls tennis team defeated McNair Academic, 3-2, on Wednesday.Bayonne improved to 3-1 on the season. McNair is 1-2.FIRST SINGLES: Liana Lall (M) def. Avery Downey, 6-3, 6-1.SECOND SINGLES: Giselle Quintos (B) def. Anisha Kodali, 6-4, 6-0.THIRD SINGLES: Simran Randhawa (M) ...
BAYONNE, NJ - An exhibit curated by Jim Mock, a retired union carpenter who spent eighteen months working on recovery operations in Lower Manhattan with numerous other building trades workers, is now on display at Bayonne City Hall. Mock’s artifacts include steel from September 11 and a flag that ...
TRENTON, NJ – A recently approved bill credit program that will give New Jersey households $100 to help offset the rising cost of electricity has become the subject of an attempted scam, NJBPU officials have warned.According to a statement, the NJBPU has received reports of unsolicited calls from ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - The 767 New Jerseyians murdered on September 11, 2001 as well all of the New Jersey 9/11 responders and survivors that have died due to the attacks in New York City, as well as Pennsylvania and Washington D.C. will be remembered at a special ceremony to be held at New Jersey’s ...
BAYONNE, NJ - For many long-time residents of the Bergen Point section of the city, the brick building on the corner of 5th Street and Broadway had been a local bank. They also likely knew about H.I.G.H.W.A.Y.S. from its thrift store on Hobart Avenue.Now the non profit organization, a staple in ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Although storms were predicted for later on Saturday, sunny skies prevailed for Bayonne’s first Pride Festival on Sept. 6.The tents of vendors and various civic groups filled the sprawling public space in 16th Street Park for the inaugural event.This public display of support for the ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Captain Javier Toro, commander of the Special Victims Unit for the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office, graduated Thursday from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, joining 254 law enforcement officers from 20 countries who completed the 10-week program. The program ...
After the less structured summer months, going back to school can be a stressful time for any student. When transitions like these are compounded by stressors like academic expectations, social media ideals and the pressure to fit in, young people may be at greater risk for developing an eating ...
ELIZABETH, NJ – The Bayonne football team rebounded from a close opening loss for a 26-21 victory over Elizabeth on Friday night.Nico Sampson Jr. threw two touchdown passes to Jared Edwards. The first one covered 27 yards with 11 seconds left in the first quarter to give the Bees a 6-0 lead.After ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Bayonne will host its first Pride Festival on Saturday, September 6, with festivities taking place at G. Thomas DiDomenico Park on 16th Street from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., rain or shine.The festival, organized by the Bayonne Heritage Association, will feature music, entertainment, food and ...
BAYONNE, NJ – The Bayonne girls soccer team opened its season with a 7-0 victory over Union City on Thursday.Jenna Gaetani finished with two goals and one assist and was one of three Bayonne players who scored two goals in the game.Julieta Hernandez and Kylie Galano also scored two goals apiece.
As young adults prepare for college, Alexis LaPietra, DO, FACEP, Medical Director of the RWJBarnabas Health Institute for Prevention and Recovery (IFPR) and Director of Addiction Medicine for Emergency Services at RWJBarnabas Health, asks parents and young adults to pack naloxone among other first ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Hudson County Executive Craig Guy and the Hudson County Improvement Authority (HCIA) will host a used clothing drop off at Stephen R Gregg Bayonne Park from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 27. The event offers the opportunity for people to donate shoes, clothes, and ...
NEWARK, NJ - U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, the US Senate's perpetual bachelor, has announced in a social media post that he is engaged.The bride-to-be is Alexis Lewis, a vice president of Investments at Brasa Capital Management, a real estate investment manager with residential and commercial assets ...
BAYONNE, NJ -- The Bayonne High School girls soccer team will open its season on Thursday, Sept. 4 at home against Union City.The Bees are coming off a 19-4-1 season, which head coach Victor Pesantez says was the most victories in the documented history of the Bayonne girls soccer program.The Bees ...
BAYONNE, NJ - While the Jackson-Belle program that was initially scheduled has been canceled, the Bayonne Historical Society will still hold a program on September 9th in the O’Connor Gallery of the Bayonne Public Library at 7 PM.The speaker will be Manager Dan Klein from the Jersey City Public ...
BAYONNE,NJ - Bike lane advocates took to Bayonne’s streets recently, an effort, organizers said, to help dispel the myth that the road markings, prominent in neighboring Jersey City and Hoboken, aren’t desired locally. The bike, hosted by the Bayonne Green Team, launched from Bayonne High School ...
BAYONNE, NJ - The Beer Cats will play rock hits from the 1970’s, 1980’s, 1990’s, and 2000’s in the Summer Sounds by the Bay concert on Wednesday, September 3, at 7:00 p.m.The concert, which is an addition to the original schedule, will take place at the amphitheater on the lower level of ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Bayonne’s Young at Heart Club is hosting a trip to Atlantic City on Wednesday, September 17.The bus will leave from 4th St. and Broadway at 10 a.m.Tickets for the trip are $40 with attendees receiving $18 back on the card to use at the casino.For reservations and information, please ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The Bayonne football team opened its season with a competitive 21-14 loss to perennial state contender Morris Knolls at neutral site West Orange High School on Friday.Morris Knolls broke a 14-14 tie in the third quarter on Luke Shivas' 3-yard touchdown run.Chance Fischer scored ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Bayonne School Superintendent John Neisz is looking forward to welcoming students back into classrooms for the 2025-2026 school year, he said in a letter to parents and guardians.“It is exciting to begin another chapter of learning here at the Bayonne Public School district,”Neisz ...
TRENTON,NJ - Governor Phil Murphy has added his voice to those speaking out against helicopter noise.In an August 18 letter, in addition to referencing a deadly crash earlier this year that claimed six lives, Murphy requested that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) use its authority to ...
TRENTON, NJ - New Jersey residents who may, or have family members who may, need assistance in a disaster, are encouraged to become “register ready.”Register Ready is a free, secure, voluntary database designed to help emergency managers and first responders plan for and support people with ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - A delegation of Taiwanese law enforcement officials recently met with their counterparts from similar agencies in Hudson County.The delegation, which included representatives from the Taiwan National Police, the National Immigration Agency, and the Coast Guard Law Enforcement ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Hudson County Executive Craig Guy joined recently with a host of local, county, and state officials, as well as environmental activists, to celebrate the designation of the Hackensack River Greenway with new signs along the waterfront walkway of Stephen R. Gregg Park in Bayonne. An ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Bayonne officials recently joined with members of Bayonne’s Ukrainian community for a flag-raising ceremony at City Hall to mark the 34th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence from the former Soviet Union. Speakers, all reflecting on the devastating effects of the current war in ...
“Opioid overdoses are one of the leading preventable causes of death in the nation,” says Alexis LaPietra, DO, FACEP, Medical Director of the RWJBarnabas Health Institute for Prevention and Recovery (IFPR) and Director of Addiction Medicine for Emergency Services at RWJBarnabas Health. “With ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Bayonne now has an official fire museum. Long housed in the once abandoned fire house behind Dr. Morris Park, the Bayonne City Council has renamed it the John T. Brennan Fire Museum.The historic building, also known as Bayonne Truck House Number 1, is officially recognized as a ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Following a report in TAPinto Bayonne that passengers on the Hudson Bergen Light Rail in Bayonne may have been exposed to measles, Superintendent John Niesz shared that school district officials are monitoring the situation.Potentially exposed individuals, if infected, could develop ...