Delayed Opening for Bayonne Schools Tuesday

BAYONNE, NJ - The Christmas spirit, and a bit of holiday magic, filled the Catholic War Vets on Saturday as Bayonne children, along with the elves that have taken up residence in their homes until Christmas Day, celebrated the Hometown Fair Association's Elf Meet Up. While this was the Fair's third annual holiday gathering it was the first to feature the elf-inspired theme.

Most the of the ...

BAYONNE, NJ - For the fourth year in a row the Third Ward celebrated its own tree-lighting event, thanks to Councilman Gary LaPelusa

“For a long time, I went to tree lightings in other parts of the city,” LaPelusa said as hundreds of people crowded into Dr. David G. Morris Park on Broadway near 47th Street for the annual festivities on December 5. “It seemed to me that the Third Ward was ...

BAYONNE, NJ -- The Bayonne wrestling team will open its 2019-2020 season by hosting the Battle At The Bay Tournament on Saturday, Dec. 21 at 9 a.m.

The Bees were 15-13 last season and have a lineup that head coach Jared Luciani believes is balanced enough to indicate the team will have a competitive season this winter.

"Our strength is that we are well rounded without too many holes in the ...

BAYONNE, NJ - Bayonne children are being reminded to leave a carrying case open for their Elf on the Shelf so that they may attend the Hometown Fair Association's first annual Elf Meet Up on Saturday. The event is will be held at the Catholic War Veterans, 18 West 23rd Street, from noon until 5:00 p.m. and is free.

Children will know that touching your resident elf takes away their magic, but ...

BAYONNE, NJ - The Bayonne UEZ-SID and The Bayonne Youth Soccer Association (BYSA) want to make Christmas brighter for children in families in Division of Child Protection programs. 

A toy drive will be held at the Bayonne Museum on Sunday, December 22, from noon until 2:00 p.m. New unwrapped toys, gift cards and monetary gifts will be accepted.

For more information email Marissela Taveras ...

BAYONNE, NJ - Residents living in the Red, Green, and Yellow Zones as designated and enforced by the Bayonne Parking Utility are being reminded that current parking permits will expire on December 31.

There will be a one-month grace period before enforcement of the new permits starts on February 3.

Similar to other parts of the community, in these zones parking sticker permits will be ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — “We are on the precipice of the next industrial revolution, a cyber industrial revolution,” Denise Brouder, The Founder of SWAYworkplace, told a group of businesspeople who gathered in Westfield to mark the launch of The Future of Work Alliance New Jersey recently.

The alliance is a coalition of organizations that advocate for a collaborative effort to educate, innovate, and ...

BAYONNE, NJ - City of Bayonne officials, residents, and guests will participate in a ceremony Saturday to close the time capsule that will be shut until 2069, the year the city marks its 200th anniversary.

The event will take place in the gallery on the second floor of the library and begin at 10:00 a.m. 

“A time capsule is a container that holds objects that reflect what is important to ...

BAYONNE, NJ - Jersey City Police Det. Joseph Seals, a Bayonne native, as well as two walking Jersey City patrol officers may have averted a planned terrorist attack on a Jersey City yeshiva, said law enforcement officers investigating the attack on a Jewish grocery store that had most of the city at a standstill Tuesday. 

Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said Wednesday the two suspects who ...

BAYONNE, NJ - An 18-year-old Jersey City man was arrested Tuesday in connection with an online threat that violence was going to occur at Bayonne High School on Wednesday.

According to Bayonne Police Captain Joseph Scerbo, Deandre Jefferson, 18, was taken into custody from his McAdoo Avenue home at approximately 11:20 p.m. and charged with False Public Alarm, False Reports to Law Enforcement, ...