Bayonne News

Salutatorian, Shivangi Parmar, lead her class through the Atheian Oath during the Bayonne High School graduation ceremony for Class of 2013 which took place in the school's ice rink located on Avenue A in Bayonne.

The Bayonne Motor Vehicle Commission center, at Kennedy Boulevard and Rt. 440, will be closing their department that handles restoration of driving privileges, surcharge payments and vehicle suspensions, effective July 1, 2013.

A Jersey City man and a Bayonne man were busted Monday after they were caught in a drug transaction in Uptown Bayonne, police said.

The Jersey City Kappa League held its first annual College Signing Day on Friday, May 31. The event was a part of the National Kappa League Signing Day Iniative, sponsored by the National Guide Right Committee of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated.

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.