Bayonne News

• Tense negotiations as Bayonne cop talks 17-year-old boy out of suicide leap from Bayonne Bridge
  A Bayonne police officer yesterday morning helped talk a 17-year-old boy out of committing suicide by jumping off the Bayonne Bridge, officials said. Port Authority Police Department spokesman Al Della Fave said his office received a call at about 9:20... […]
• Carlo's Bakery, Sen. Lautenberg team up on Super Bowl bet in Hoboken
  U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg joined Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer this afternoon at Carlo's Bakery, home of "Cake Boss" Buddy Valastro, to pick up special New York Giants themed cake as part of a Super Bowl bet with fellow Democrat, John Kerry. […]
• Naming contest for baby tortoise at Liberty Science Center in Jersey City opens
  The Liberty Science Center in Jersey City needs help naming its new baby redfoot tortoise. The center is holding a contest to name the baby Geochelone carbonaria, which was hatched Jan. 20 and is now on display in the... […]
• Bayonne offers same-day pet adoption opportunities at Petland Discounts
  Google MapsThe League’s same-day adoption event is scheduled for noon to 5 p.m. at Petland Discounts, 533 Broadway. North Shore Animal League America will be offering same-day adoptions of cats, kittens, puppies and dogs in Bayonne this Sunday, The Jersey... […]
• Bayonne Community Museum to be made available for special events
  Google MapsObtained by the city at no cost from Fleet Bank in 2002, the museum is located inside the old Bayonne Trust Company building at 229 Broadway. The Bayonne Community Museum, which has never opened to the public, will now... […]
• Marist shows off newfound chemistry in 74-46 drubbing of Union City in Bayonne
  Cliffside Park transfer Manny Suarez building chemistry with new teammates […]
• Editorial cartoons: A look at two GOP presidential hopefuls
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• Movies timetables
  BAYONNE FRANK FAMILY THEATRES SOUTH COVE CINEMA 12 (201-437-6600) Beauty and the Beast. (G) Fri. 1:15.Sat.-Sun. 11:00. Beauty and the Beast 3D. (G) Fri. 3:20, 5:25, 7:30.Sat.-Sun. 1:10, 1:15, 3:20, 5:25, 7:30. Big Miracle. (PG) Fri. 1:40, 4:10, 7:15,... […]
• News, notes
  Unit moving to college The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (NJMC) and Bergen Community College announced an economic growth partnership that will move the NJMC Business Accelerator to the college. The move will give Accelerator clients opportunities to grow their businesses... […]
• Bayonne's Petland Discounts will have same-day pet adoption opportunities
  North Shore Animal League America will be offering same-day adoptions of cats, kittens, puppies and dogs in Bayonne this Sunday. Based in Long Island, North Shore Animal League is the largest no-kill animal rescue and adoption organization in world. The... […]
• Bayonne says its Bayonne Community Museum, never opened to the public, will be made available for special events
  The Bayonne Community Museum, which has never opened to the public, will now be available as a venue for special events, city officials announced this week. “As the owner of the building, the City of Bayonne looks forward to offering... […]
• Bayonne 'body-in-suitcase' murder trial ends with guilty verdict
  A Bayonne man who represented himself at trial was found guilty yesterday of choking his girlfriend to death and dumping her body in the Bronx in 2007, The Jersey Journal reports. Shawn Southerland, 50, betrayed no emotion as Hudson... […]
• Bayonne High School's Polish Cultural Society sets Feb. 24 benefit to help Dawid Strucinski, 23-year-old city man beaten into coma by teens last summer
  The Polish Cultural Society of Bayonne High School will host “An Evening of Polish Poetry & Benefit for Dawid Strucinski,” a fund-raiser to help pay medical expenses for a Bayonne man who was beaten into a coma by a teen... […]
• Retired Bayonne podiatrist comes out with photo book of rare Bonsai trees
  Lauren Casselberry/The Jersey JournalPhotographer Jonathan Singer is photographed in his studio in Bayonne on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. A retired Bayonne foot doctor whose large format photographs of rare and exotic plants have stunned both the art and science world... […]
• Meet the Merchant: Bayonne gallery Ferdez gives owner, other artists a place to display their work
  Tired of not having an outlet to express himself, local artist Fernando Fernandez has opened his own art studio and gallery on Broadway to display his work and that of other artists. Fernandez said the gallery is a place... […]