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BAYONNE – On Wednesday, April 25, there will be a dedication of the Douglas O’Neill Point. The dedication starts at 11 a.m. across the street from the Bayonne Museum at 227 Broadway. Light refreshm...
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TOKIN’ IN BOKEN?
Ever since Gov. Phil Murphy said on the campaign train last year that he wanted to legalize recreational marijuana and expand medical marijuana access, Hoboken officials and residents have wondered...

Mayor Ravi Bhalla threw the opening pitch.
Hoboken is famous as the location for the first organized game of modern baseball. Last weekend, the city welcomed back its favorite pastime with the official opening of the Little League season. L...

LOTS TO TACKLE – The City Council discussed residential development in flood zones, the city budget, and adding basketball courts to the new Northwest Park.
At the Hoboken City Council meeting on Wednesday, the council revised the city’s flood ordinance (which regulates development in low-lying areas) so that some property owners who would have been fo...

LOVED SPORTS AND PERSHING FIELD – Anthony Bello perished in the park he loved. He was seen regularly in Pershing Field even after he retired.
Jersey City police have arrested a 68-year old man in connection with the stabbing death of former teacher and baseball coach Tony Bello, 77, who died in Pershing field on Sunday. “Charles Lowy has...

GOING THE LAST MILE – After cutting $50 million from the school budget, trustees still face a $25 million shortfall. This will likely lead to layoffs
Layoffs of teachers and other personnel are inevitable if the school board cannot find a way to close the remaining $25 million gap in the 2018-2019 budget, officials said at the April 17 board cau...

A VIEW FROM SPACE – Visitors to Liberty Science Center can get the same view of Earth many astronauts saw.
The phase “holding the world in the palm of your hand” is often attributed to poet William Blake, a metaphor for getting everything you want. While you might not be able to get everything you want,...

The Taste of Weehawken will take place on April 24. Restaurants and vendors will provide food from all over the world.
Thirty-two local restaurants, eateries, and caterers will provide samples of their delectable dishes at the 18th annual Taste of Weehawken fundraiser on April 24, taking place at the not-yet-open M...

The American Dream project, under construction.
Hudson County residents are accustomed to driving past the partly completed American Dream (formerly Xanadu) project off Route 3, and to wondering if the recreation/retail complex will ever be fini...

Rose Benshoshan of Weehawken and her family just returned from Florida Keys on spring break, where they kept up with the local news with the Weehawken Reporter. Rose is the founder of a Weehawken community blog.
If you’re going on vacation or just hanging out locally, take a photo with any Reporter newspaper, including the Bayonne Community News , and send it to us! We’d love to print it and show your neig...

Two black men are alleging racial profiling after a manager removed them from the local LA Fitness gym in Secaucus this week.
A local gym called police on Monday April 16, alleging two black men who were working out there, claiming they didn’t have membership passes. According to a Facebook post from Tshyrad Oates this we...

Secaucus will conduct its annual townwide cleanup for Earth Day on April 21.
Annual fishing derby coming May 5 The town will hold its annual Fishing Derby for kids at the Duck Pond on May 5. Registration runs from 8 to 9 a.m. at the pond located at Metro Way. The derby runs...

L-R: JASON O'DONNELL, MITCHELL BROWN, AND JAMES DAVIS
As the May 8 mayoral election nears, candidates Mitchell Brown, James Davis, and Jason O’Donnell debatedthe issues, pitchingtheir visions for the future of Bayonne. The debate took place on April 1...

Photos by Ed Gilligan
Dennis Collins Park, at the southern tip of Bergen Point, was officially rededicated last weekend after a six-month renovation project. In the first phase of two renovations, the park was remodeled...

City officials held two groundbreaking ceremonies on the former Military Ocean Terminal Base – for a Costco and a 525-unit residential development.
Bayonne firefighter placed on paid suspension after alleged racist social media posts A Bayonne firefighter, Keith Castaldo, was suspended with pay after he allegedly posted racially disparaging im...

Members of a Mayor Nicholas Sacco-backed school slate swept the competition at this year’s Board of Education elections in North Bergen. From left to right: Ruth Shaw, Haissam Jaafar, and Claudia Rodriguez.
The "Our Children First" school board slate of three incumbent Board of Education members – backed by Mayor Nicholas Sacco -- swept the school board elections Tuesday evening. Ruth Shaw, Haissam Ja...

North Bergen Police Chief Robert Dowd goes over the 2016-17 annual crime report at the April 11 Board of Commissioners meeting.
North Bergen Police Department Chief Robert Dowd shared the department's 2017 annual crime report at the April 11 Board of Commissioners meeting. The report shows that crime dropped in most categor...

Carepoint doctors, officials, and Union City Mayor Brian Stack gather at a ribbon cutting for Carepoint's latest neighborhood health center April 6. The center will accept anyone, regardless of their ability to pay.
Local elected officials and representatives held a ribbon-cutting for a CarePoint neighborhood health center in Union City April 6. The center is the fourth for CarePoint, and the first one not par...

The Taste of Weehawken will take place on April 24. Restaurants and vendors will provide food from all over the world.
Thirty-two local restaurants, eateries, and caterers will provide samples of their delectable dishes at the 18th annual Taste of Weehawken fundraiser on April 24, taking place at the not-yet-open M...

Rose Benshoshan of Weehawken and her family just returned from Florida Keys on spring break, where they kept up with the local news with the Weehawken Reporter. Rose is the founder of a Weehawken community blog.
If you’re going on vacation or just hanging out locally, take a photo with any Reporter newspaper, including the Bayonne Community News , and send it to us! We’d love to print it and show your neig...

Carepoint doctors, officials, and Union City Mayor Brian Stack gather at a ribbon cutting for Carepoint's latest neighborhood health center April 6. The center will accept anyone, regardless of their ability to pay.
Local elected officials and representatives held a ribbon-cutting for a CarePoint neighborhood health center in Union City April 6. The center is the fourth for CarePoint, and the first one not par...

The Taste of Weehawken will take place on April 24. Restaurants and vendors will provide food from all over the world.
Thirty-two local restaurants, eateries, and caterers will provide samples of their delectable dishes at the 18th annual Taste of Weehawken fundraiser on April 24, taking place at the not-yet-open M...

Rose Benshoshan of Weehawken and her family just returned from Florida Keys on spring break, where they kept up with the local news with the Weehawken Reporter. Rose is the founder of a Weehawken community blog.
If you’re going on vacation or just hanging out locally, take a photo with any Reporter newspaper, including the Bayonne Community News , and send it to us! We’d love to print it and show your neig...
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Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Marianne Williamson at Marble Collegiate Church Every Tuesday at 7:30pm
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
The Historic Trilogy
11:00 PM - 10:59 PM
Free Diabetes Self-Management Workshop Series
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Magnolia Landing at Journal Squared
11:00 PM - 10:59 PM