TOP LOCAL News
By TAPINTO BAYONNE STAFF
May 30, 2025
BAYONNE, NJ - Bayonne senior citizens that meet certain income thresholds are eligible to receive produce vouchers for use at the Bayonne Farmers’ Market during the 2025 season. As previously reported, the Bayonne Farmers’ Market kicked off on Tuesday, May 27. Those eligible for the market vouchers ...
BAYONNE, NJ - A group of Bayonne High School 11th grade students visited the VFW Post 226 Veterans Museum recently.Accompanied by their teacher, Mr. James Murphy,on the day after Memorial Day, the students hear from Veterans Commander Glen J. Flora (Army), Juliet Foster (Air Force- Director of ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Hudson County’s first-ever Affordable Housing Task Force affirmed County Executive Craig Guy’s agenda to address the affordable housing crisis through a letter advising the use of county-owned land to construct affordable housing for residents, a statement announced earlier this ...
BAYONNE, NJ – Bayonne scored a run in the bottom of the seventh for a 5-4 softball victory over Union in the first round of the NJSIAA North 2, Group 4 tournament on Wednesday.Lilah Gomez' one-out single in the seventh inning brought home Mia Urbanski with the tiebreaking run. Urbanski had led off ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Columbia got off to a fast start and advanced in the opening round of the NJSIAA North 2, Group 4 baseball tournament with an 11-1 victory over Bayonne on Tuesday.Zach Barron went 3-for-3 with two doubles and five runs batted in for seventh-seeded Columbia (13-11-1), which scored ...
BAYONNE, NJ - A site that has previously been home to a car wash and auto repair shop is now under consideration for redevelopment.The lot, located at 958 Broadway between 46th and 47th Street, got the designation as in need of redevelopment following a study conducted by the Bayonne Planning ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Should Bayonne have an official bird? At least one resident thinks so. At a recent meeting of the Bayonne City Council, Mike Resigno, a member of the local bird-watching society, asked the city council to consider giving the Yellow Crowned Night Heron that status.Reflecting on a move ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - A $1.5 million grant from the New Jersey Department of Transportation would help promote bicycle safety along John F. Kennedy Blvd. in Bayonne.According to county officials, the work will replace existing unprotected bike lanes and sharrows with protected/buffered green surface ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Not all went as planned as the annual Bayonne Memorial Day Parade set off on its annual march on Monday, May 26. While the weather was amazing as the procession started on 5th Street, and hundreds of people lined the streets to watch, former Mayor Richard A. Rutkowski, this year’s ...
BAYONNE, NJ - This Memorial Day, we pause to honor and remember the brave men and women who gave their lives in service to our country. Their sacrifice represents the highest form of devotion—not just to the flag they served under, but to the ideals of freedom, democracy, and unity that define the ...
BAYONNE, NJ - With changes to the initial plan pending, the Bayonne Planning Board delayed until their June meeting a hearing on a proposed development on F Street.Under the plan, four existing properties along Avenue F bordered by East 21st Street and East 22nd Street, would be combined to ...
BAYONNE, NJ - The former Irwin’s Department Store at 474 Broadway will be transformed into a six-story building containing 30 residential units -- 10 two-bedroom units, 15 one-bedroom units and five studio apartments, under a plan recently approved by the Bayonne Planning Board. The site will ...
BAYONNE, NJ - The late Dorothy Adams, a long-time Bayonne resident, will be honored with the renaming of West 44th Street between Avenue C and Avenue B as Dorothy Adams Way, according to Chester Banks, NAACP Bayonne Branch President. The renaming ceremony will take place on Tuesday, May 27 at 4:00 ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Sharing his opinion that social media sites may be responsible for the youth mental health crisis that has plagued the United States, Superintendent John Niesz last week supported the Bayonne Board of Education’s decision to join more 500 school districts across the country in a ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Francesca Mani, a Westfield teen who has been advocating for stronger laws surrounding AI, was with President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump when the President signed into law the “Take it Down” bill on Monday.The new law bans nonconsensual online publication of sexually ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Should the Junior Bees sports program be open to any child that resides in Bayonne?Sharon Ashe-Nadrowski, former president of the Bayonne City Council, thinks so, an opinion she shared with the Bayonne Board of Education during the body’s May 20 meeting.Ashe-Nadrowski, who has been a ...
CAMDEN, NJ – Bayonne scored six runs in the fifth inning and went on to a 7-2 victory over Eastern Regional at Rutgers Camden on Friday.Bayonne (12-14) received good pitching from four different moundsmen on Friday, with starter Jack Pozo allowing an earned run in four innings with one walk and ...
BAYONNE, NJ - The Bayonne Farmers’ Market is set to return for the 2025 season on Tuesday, May 27. This year’s market will once again operate every Tuesday, rain or shine, from 2:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. through Tuesday, October 28. Operated with the support of the Bayonne Urban Enterprise Zone ...
BAYONNE, NJ - After much discussion and some concern expressed by members of the Bayonne City Council, the Bayonne Planning Board gave its blessing to the redevelopment of a former bank site at Broadway and West 45th Street.Known mostly as the former Bank America property at 935 Broadway, the site ...
BAYONNE, NJ - “The City of Bayonne lost someone who dedicated much of his life to the service of our city,” Bayonne OEM Director Edoardo Ferrante said of the May 21 passing of Jim Noble. Noble, along with his wife, were the original founding members of the Bayonne Fire Canteen, an organization ...
VERONA, NJ – Senior Caitlin Gaetani pitched a no-hitter to lead Bayonne to a 9-0 softball victory over Verona on Wednesday.Gaetani struck out 13 batters and walked four and, at the plate, she was 2-for-3 with a home run and two runs batted in.Sophia Diaz hit two home runs and drove in four runs for ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - Representatives of Hudson County Community College (HCCC) paid a visit to Cinelease film studios in Jersey City recently as part of a new college program that offers New Jersey Film Academy Industry credentials.An old adage claims that people should not see how laws or sausages ...
BAYONNE, NJ – Cranford scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning and held on for a 3-2 baseball victory over Bayonne on Tuesday.Bayonne (11-14) took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning on a two-run double by Yona Vargas.There were no earned runs against Bayonne pitching in the game.
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Dignitaries from across Hudson County gathered at the side of the Passaic River in Kearny on Monday, not merely to celebrate the successful opening of a boat ramp that will benefit the nearly 100 year old school boating program, but also to mark the 20th anniversary of the ...
BAYONNE, NJ - The Bayonne Memorial Day Parade will take place on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, 2025. This will mark fourth consecutive year the City of Bayonne has worked in conjunction with the veterans of the Memorial Day Parade Committee to organize the parade. “As the son of a proud Korean War ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Members of the Bayonne Police Department no longer have to travel out of town for their mandatory firearms training.Recently, Mayor James Davis, Public Safety Director Robert Kubert, Bayonne Police Chief Robert Geisler, and other local officials joined together to dedicate a new range ...
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – Top-seeded Weehawken scored a run in the top of the eighth inning and held on for a 4-3 softball victory over Bayonne on the Hudson County Tournament championship game on Saturday.Second-seeded Bayonne (17-7), trailing, 3-1, had scored runs in the fourth and fifth innings to tie ...
BAYONNE, NJ – The Bayonne softball team advanced in the semifinal round of the Hudson County Tournament with a 10-1 victory over Kearny on Thursday.Top-seeded Bayonne will host second-seeded Weehawken in the championship game on Saturday.Caitlin Gaetani and Sophia Diaz combined on a three-hitter.
UNION CITY, NJ – Union City scored a run in the bottom of the seventh inning for a 9-8 baseball victory over Bayonne in the semifinal round of the Hudson County Tournament on Thursday.Union City scored its run in its last at-bat on an error, a single and two walks.Steven Kass went 2-for-3 with a ...
NEW JERSEY - NJ Transit has an alternate service plan in place, should the rail strike continue.The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), which represents roughly 460 engineers, went on strike at 12:01 a.m. Friday, which was the deadline for a contract renewal between NJ Transit ...