Bayonne News

A 36-year-old Jersey City man who is a registered sex offender was arrested yesterday after he was caught masturbating in his car outside Midtown Community School in Bayonne, police said today.

Alaris Health at The Fountains South Campus will hold a Stroke Prevention Program sponsored by Jersey City Medical Center's Stroke Center.

Jersey City boxer Tyrell Wright earned the second victory of his professional career Friday night when he defeated Moses Marshall of Springfield, Mass., by technical knockout in the second round of their heavyweight bout.

Bayonne officials say that they expect a 20 percent reduction in the average electricity bill for Bayonne residents and businesses.

Route 440 southbound and traffic is backed up in the northbound lanes after an 18-wheeler flipped on the loop underneath the New Jersey Turnpike extension in Bayonne this afternoon.

The blood drives are scheduled for July 1 at Newport Tower, 525 Washington Blvd., Jersey City, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and July 12, St. Henry's Catholic Church, 77 West 28th St., Bayonne, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. More information can be found at nybloodcenter.org.

Views like this will be a thing of the past if the town of Wildwood, N.J., gets its way.

Perhaps no group of New Jersey Democrats is more relieved that an internal civil war was averted last week than the leaders of the Committee of Bergen County Democrats.

Lincoln High School Class of 1983 reunion will take place on Saturday, June 22 from 6 to 10 p.m. at Casino in the Park in Jersey City.

For Jorge Diaz, the fall came suddenly. With one blow from Yenifel Vicente, he was on the precipice.

Michael Sears, 14, left, of Jersey City, celebrates sinking a putt at the sixth hole during three rounds of play with his twin cousins, Eric, second from left, and Dan Stumpf at the mini golf course on 24th Street and Del Monte Drive in Bayonne on Friday, June 14, 2011.

Police arrested a Brooklyn man yesterday after they say he lied to them about his involvement in a motor vehicle accident on Avenue E last night.

Teaming together more than 30 years of industry wisdom and fresh finance skills, father and son team Robert and Jason Tillis have taken on the octogenarian Bayonne business Imperial Bag & Paper Company, 59 Hook Road, expanding it into new territories.

According to nj.gov, "An improvement district is a defined area, generally in the central business district of a downtown or a mixed-use corridor in a larger city, that is authorized by state law and created by an ordinance of the local government to collect a special assessment on the commercial properties and/or businesses in that area.

A vote of county Democratic committee people held in Jersey City on Wednesday night made rumors official, naming Assemblyman Vincent Prieto new chairman, Jersey City Councilwoman-elect Diane Coleman First Vice chair, Barbara Stimato, Treasurer, and John Minella, executive director of the longstanding county political organization, the Hudson County ... (more)

Rabbi Gordon Gladstone will lead an Erev Shabbat service at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at Temple Beth Am, 111 Avenue B, Bayonne.

The first Bayonne Arts and Music Festival will be held tomorrow from 6 to 11 p.m. on Broadway between Ninth and Tenth streets.

The Bayonne PAL basketball program has begun registration for the upcoming 2013-2014 summer and winter seasons.

Peter Cresci appears in Central Judicial Processing court in Jersey City on forgery and theft charges.

A 36-year-old Staten Island man was arrested last night after officers conducted a routine traffic stop and a bag of pot fell from the man's waistband, police said.