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A VERY CONERNED CITIZEN – Frank Perrucci founded a civic organization in 1970 that has taken on a life of its own. Forty years strong
Concerned Citizens of Bayonne celebrate anniversary

Frank Perrucci could not have known how big an impact the Concerned Citizens of Bayonne would have when he founded the group in 1970. “I was running for council in the Third Ward,” he said during...
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HOW IS IT GOING? Halfway through its first school year as an independently run school, Holy Family Academy appears to be on the right track. A whole lot of changes going on
Holy Family Academy is determined to continue into the future

Considering that two years ago Holy Family Academy was told it would have to close its doors in June 2009, every day it remains open is a blessing, and administrators say the most significant pro...
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Two tickets for mayoral race
Election looms with independents caught in middle

Although hardly yet settled, two full tickets appear to be emerging for the May 11 municipal election, with incumbent Mayor Mark Smith at the top of one ticket and Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone a...
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Police Beat
Compiled by Al Sullivan 3/10/10

A whole lot of food Shawn O’Donnell, 29, of 31st Street in Bayonne, was detained by ShopRite security about 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 26 after he allegedly tried to steer a shopping cart full of unpaid...
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A TOUGH CHOICE – A career police officer, Mayor Mark Smith may have to retire if a recent court ruling applies to Bayonne. Smith to choose: be mayor, or cop?
Court ruling in Wildwood may have impact

More than 600 people showed up at Mayor Mark Smith’s reelection fundraiser on Feb. 26, urging him to run for reelection a week after an appellate court put his double role as mayor and police off...
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STEPPING DOWN AS CHAIR – Freeholder Doreen DiDomenico said serving a year as chair of the Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders was an enlightening experience. Her job done
DiDomenico looks back at term as freeholder chair

When Doreen DiDomenico took over as chair of the Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders in January 2009, things did not look hopeful. The world had plunged into the worst economic times since ...
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GETTING STRONGER EVERY DAY – All Saints Academy is working towards the goal of providing a Catholic education in Bayonne for the next 100 years. Hope on the horizon
Change in Trenton could be good for All Saints

After a year and a half in operation as Bayonne’s sole parochial elementary school, All Saints Academy has a lot to be thankful for. The school population at almost 500 students is precisely wher...
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A LITTLE COMMUNITY – Atlas Yacht Club was founded in the 1930s when local fishermen took over an abandoned pier at the site of the former Port Johnson in southeast Bayonne. Historic yacht club saved
Lease agreement with the city is formalized

Action by the Bayonne City Council on Feb. 17 will likely save the historic Atlas Yacht Club near Fifth Street, and is also expected to bring significant revenue to the city from the sale of unus...
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Police Beat
Compiled by Al Sullivan 3/3/10

Staten Island/Bayonne riot Police claim that a group of people, including some from Staten Island, came to Bayonne on Feb. 20 to avenge a girlfriend being spat on at some earlier date. Several ...
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SHOPPING DISTRICT COULD BE AFFECTED – As the state takes funds dedicated to the Bayonne Urban Enterprise Zone, programs designed to promote business could be cut back. Governor freezes UEZ funds
State to seize business district money to fix budget

Gov. Christopher Christie recently told municipalities that he intends to drain the state’s Urban Enterprise Zone accounts to help balance the $29.8 billion state budget. The UEZ is a program i...
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THERE TO HELP – Kristy Schmicking, of Bayonne, joined about 20 others from the tri-state area to help at a Haiti clinic. With a little help from her friends
Local woman lent a hand in Haiti relief

On the night before she was scheduled to fly down to Haiti to help in a clinic there, Kristy Schmicking took a break from packing and had dinner with her family at San Vito Restaurant. The owner,...
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MAKING IT WORK – Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise said times are hard, but the county is doing its best to keep the county’s finances stable. Good news in bad times
DeGise says county is holding its own

The old adage that when life hands you lemons, you should make lemonade pertains very much to the state of the county this year as county officials hunker down in bad economic times. In comments ...
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