TOP LOCAL News
By TAPINTO BAYONNE STAFF
April 9, 2026
BAYONNE, NJ - Bayonne officials have been put on notice that a lawsuit may be filed on behalf of a local woman who died in a fire in December 2025. As previously reported, members of the Bayonne Fire Department responded to the 11-story Post Road Gardens Center, 537 Avenue A., at approximately 7:30 ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Bayonne roads crews filled 1,062 potholes from January 5th through March 30th, 2026, Mayor Robert Kubert announced recently.“The winter of 2025-2026 featured severe snowstorms, which included the first blizzard to hit Bayonne in several years,” Kubert said. “This difficult winter ...
BAYONNE, NJ - The Bayonne Elks will host their 21st annual Bike Blessing on Saturday, April 18.The event, open to all motorcycle riders, will take place from noon until 4:00 p.m. at 364 Broadway and is an opportunity to celebrate a good and safe riding season. Guests are asked to make a $20 ...
BAYONNE, NJ – Chris Lopez and Aidan Petisco combined on a one-hitter to lift Bayonne to a 3-0 baseball victory over Union City on Wednesday.Lopez pitched 5 ⅔ innings, allowing one hit, striking out 10 and walking two. Petisco came on to throw 1 ⅓ hitless innings with a walk and a strikeout.Bayonne ...
BAYONNE, NJ — Bayonne residents can once again receive COVID-19 and seasonal flu vaccines this April during the city’s monthly vaccination clinic at the Bayonne Public Library, located at 697 Avenue C, with the next session scheduled for April 23. The 2025–2026 flu vaccine will be available for ...
BAYONNE, NJ - The Bayonne Little League will kick off the new season with their annual parade on Saturday, April 11.Players, coaches, managers and well-wishers will march from the Bayonne Library on Avenue C to Broadway, then down Broadway to First Street, before ending up at Gorman Field. The ...
BAYONNE, NJ - The meeting of the Bayonne Planning Board scheduled for April 16 has been cancelled.The next meeting is scheduled to be held on May 5.
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – Christina Lee pitched a three-hitter to lift East Brunswick to its third consecutive softball victory, 5-1, over Bayonne on Monday.Lee struck out nine batters and walked three. The only run against her was unearned.Eva Munoz went 3-for-4 with two doubles and a run batted in for ...
BAYONNE, NJ - While hospital officials have said the layoff notices sent to nearly 1000 employees at Bayonne University Hospital were little more than a formality, leadership at the Health Professionals and Allied Employees (HPAE), the union that represents many of the workers, isn’t taking the ...
UNION CITY, NJ – Bayonne scored all its runs in the sixth inning and went on to an 8-3 baseball victory over Union City on Monday.After right-hander Jack Kelly pitched five shutout innings for Bayonne (3-1), the Bees gave him all the run support he needed in the top of the sixth inning.Brandon ...
BAYONNE, NJ — Bayonne’s annual Holocaust Remembrance Service will be held on Monday, April 13, at 6:00 p.m. in the Dorothy Harrington City Council Chambers at 630 Avenue C.The program, sponsored by the United Jewish Appeal (UJA) Federation of Bayonne and the Bayonne Interfaith Clergy and hosted by ...
PRINCETON, NJ - Governor Mikie Sherrill and her husband, First Gentleman Jason Hedberg, who currently live in Montclair, announced on April 3 that they will be moving to Drumthwacket this summer. “From Day One, this administration has committed to getting to work in Trenton to deliver on our ...
BAYONNE, NJ – Alex D'Angelo drove in three runs to lead Ridgewood to a 7-3 baseball victory over Bayonne on Saturday.D'Angelo went 3-for-4 for Ridgewood (2-0), which erased an early 2-0 deficit and then scored three runs in the top of the seventh to extend a 4-3 lead.Gavin McCrone also was 3-for-4 ...
TINTON FALLS - More than 300 police chiefs from throughout the state gathered here Thursday, April 2, to recognize and honor the 25thanniversary of John’s Law, named in memory of a young Navy Ensign from Egg Harbor Township, who was killed in a crash with a drunken driver in July, ...
TRENTON, NJ - Bayonne residents may finally get some relief from the recent fires that have struck a scrap metal facility on Second Street.Local officials have lamented that despite fires in March, as well as in both September and October that drew the attention of the surrounding community and ...
BAYONNE, NJ - The NAACP Bayonne Branch will give residents an opportunity to hear from all three candidates running for mayor in the Mayor 12 election.According to the organization, Sharon Ashe Nadrowski will be welcomed on Thursday April 16, while Mary Jane Desmond will participate on Tuesday, ...
WASHINGTON, NJ - Great Value fully cooked Dino Shaped Chicken Breast Nuggets have been recalled due to unsafe level of lead. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). some product may still be in consumers’ freezers. These items were shipped to ...
BAYONNE, NJ – Bayonne scored seven runs in the second quarter and went on to a 15-5 softball victory over North Bergen on Thursday.Annalyse Colombani hit two doubles and a single and drove in four runs for the Bees (1-1), who led, 9-0, after two innings.Leanna Pelliccia hit a home run, Megan Beebe ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Maud Dahme had just turned six years old when authorities told her she would have to wear a gold star in 1942.Dahme, a Holocaust survivor and former President of the New Jersey State Board of Education, is now in her 90s, a small woman with all white hair, but a powerful voice that ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ – Chris Lopez and Aidan Petisco combined on a three-hitter to lift Bayonne to a 5-2 baseball victory over Hudson Catholic on Wednesday night.Lopez went six innings, struck out nine batters, walked two and allowed three hits and one earned run. Petisco struck out two of the three ...
BAYONNE, NJ - A series of violent incidents beginning on Saturday has led to charges against eight individuals, including three juveniles, Bayonne Police Chief Joseph Scerbo announced.According to a statement, an investigation was launched following a shooting in the area of West 26th Street on ...
BAYONNE, NJ - 153 seventh and eighth grade students from across Bayonne’s 11 community schools competed in the 22nd Annual Math Olympiad, held at Bayonne High School earlier this month.The event featured two separate competitions: an individual competition and a team competition, allowing students ...
BAYONNE, NJ – The Bayonne baseball team opened its season with a 6-2 victory over Hudson Catholic on Monday.Brandon Drago, Cody Guthrie and Mikey Boehm all hit home runs for Bayonne, which scored three runs in the fifth inning to open a 6-2 lead.Jack Kelly pitched four innings, struck out eight, ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit is seeking the public’s help in locating a 57-year-old man wanted in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred in Union City on Monday, March 23, 2026. Luis Marin, North Bergen, has been charged with Murder, Unlawful ...
BAYONNE, NJ - The real challenge during the first round of this year’s Special Needs Easter Egg Hunt wasn’t finding the eggs, although a few were cleverly hidden, but rather to select the appropriate colors.The deep chill of a day earlier was gone by the time the kids came to the ballpark, and the ...
BAYONNE, NJ –John Armstrong has been appointed as Bayonne’s Acting City Engineer.Armstrong, an employee of the city since 2020, has an expertise in water structures and sewerage systems and played a role in upgrading the 63rd Street pumping station as well as a role in the city’s lead abatement ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Bayonne voters will have a chance to cast their ballots early in the upcoming municipal election.While Election Day is Tuesday, Early Voting will take place May 8-May 10.Times and locations for Early Voting will be announced at a later date.
BAYONNE, NJ -- The Bayonne baseball team will open its 2026 season at home against Hudson Catholic on Monday at Don Ahern Veterans Memorial Stadium on the waterfront.Dave Hoffmann is beginning his 13th season as the Bees' head coach and is closing in on 200 career victories. He's 181-128, so if he ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - A mystery novel is often referred to as “a who done it,” but for the new work published by Jersey City author, Gene Ritchings, the label doesn’t completely fit.“The Reckoning of Adrienne Monet” has so many threads that it is impossible to lump it in with any traditional genre. It ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - With a March 31 deadline approaching, the Hudson County Sheriff’s Office is actively recruiting candidates to join its ranks as sheriff’s officers, offering what officials describe as a pathway to a career in public service.Led by Sheriff James M. Davis, the agency is seeking ...