Bayonne, New Jersey

• Bayonne police say woman tried to steal jar of wrinkle cream at supermarket
  

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• Jersey Journal front and back page news: Thursday, Sept. 3, 2010
  

  Board members at Liberty Humane Society have allegedly received death threats. Protesters also rallied at a vigil on Thursday night.

• Bayonne fire chief says home blaze started in dishwasher's control panel
  

  PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> NJASA successfully brought a court case against the Administration to challenge 2008 regulations for a new funding formula for state aid.

• Bayonne fifth-grader's fire safety poster wins top prize in state...
  

  PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> NJASA successfully brought a court case against the Administration to challenge 2008 regulations for a new funding formula for state aid.

• Bayonne's new business administrator will continue to serve as...
  

  PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> NJASA successfully brought a court case against the Administration to challenge 2008 regulations for a new funding formula for state aid.

• Schools prepare for fall term
  

  As summer draws to a close, and students are getting ready to head back to school, the Bayonne school district is busily preparing for another school year.

• Jersey City man out on bail charged with again selling drugs
  

  A Jersey City man who was out on $270,000 bail after he was charged with being the leader of a narcotics trafficking ring has been arrested again on new drug charges.

• New Jersey comptroller's report missed the mark on tax abatements: Bayonne Mayor Smith opinion
  

  Bayonne Mayor Mark Smith delivers his 2009 State of Bayonne Address mentioning plans for the $400 million Bayonne Energy Center which would provide enough energy for 500,000 homes.

• Bayonne teacher spends
  

  When Marie Aloia goes back to school next week, she won't write the traditional "What I Did on My Summer Vacation" essay.

• 5 Pamrapo Savings Bank officials fined a total of $80K for overlooking illegal transactions
  

  Former Pamrapo board member Patrick Conaghan, who made two unsuccessful bids for mayor, was fined $15,000. He's shown here at a Jersey Journal mayoral forum in 2008.

• 2 plead guilty to embezzling from NJ trucking firm
  

  Two former employees of a northern New Jersey trucking company have admitted participating in a scheme to steal more than $630,000 from the firm.

• African Ancestry visits Jersey City to publicize its services in...
  

  When state Sen. Sandra Cunningham of Jersey City began to delve into her ancestral history about 15 years ago, she quickly realized that most records concerning African Americans only date back to the period shortly after slaves won emancipation in 1865.

• Bayonne's new school business administrator says he's making every...
  

  He's the new business administrator of the Bayonne school district and his younger brother is mayor.

• Light rail service cut; Hoboken council candidate responds
  

  Over the weekend, N.J. Transit implemented cuts to its Light Rail service. Effective Aug.

• Bayonne police say driver faces several charges - including DWI -...
  

  Bayonne police say driver faces several charges - including DWI - after hitting gate at Gordon Terminal and driving away Tuesday, August 31, 2010 A Berkeley Heights man was charged with DWI after Bayonne cops found him slumped over the wheel of his car Saturday night, reports said.

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• NJ Light Rail just got less convenient
  

  You must now travel to Pavonia/Newport in both directions - and change trains to make the commute.

• Get bikes off sidewalks: letter
  

  Bicycles belong on the streets, not on the sidewalks, letter writer Hilda Klapperstuck of Jersey City writes in today's Jersey Journal.

• Youth Notes
  

  The Kearny Recreation Department, 402 Kearny Ave., will be holding registration for a new fall baseball league for kids ages 9-12, now through Friday, Sept.

City Description

Bayonne is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, south of Jersey City. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 61,842. Bayonne is also 9 miles (14 km) east of Newark, which is part of Newark Bay. According to tradition, the city derives its name from the city of Bayonne in France. It is said that French Huguenots settled there some time before New Amsterdam was founded. French-speaking Walloons were a large percentage of the population of New Netherland during the mid-seventeenth century and may have given the name. However, there are no historical records to prove this, and it has been alternatively suggested that, when the land was purchased for real estate speculation, it was named Bayonne because it is on the shores of two bays, Newark and New York, hence Bay-on, or "on the Bays." Bayonne is a diverse city, with large communities of Italian, Irish and Polish Americans . Bayonne was originally formed as a township on April 1, 1861, from portions of Bergen Township. Bayonne was reincorporated as a city by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 10, 1869, replacing Bayonne Township, subject to the results of a referendum held

City Contained By:

• Hudson County
• New Jersey

City Contains:

• Robbins Reef Light, New Jersey
• First Reformed Dutch Church of Bergen Neck
• Bayonne Truck House No. 1

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 29.0078668358 km squared

Adjoining Cities:

• Bayonne
• Bayonne

City Featured in Films:

• The Wrestler
• Strangers with Candy

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