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FINDING A WAY TO PAY FOR IT ALL – As the new public safety director, Jason O’Donnell has to make ends meet. But he also has to be aware of the cost to the taxpayers. O’Donnell takes over as Public Safety Director
Review and recommendation will be principle duties in new job

Three weeks into his new job as Public Safety Director, Jason O’Donnell’s desk is already a pile of daily reports. “This is what my job is about,” he said. “I review and I recommend.” O’Donnell, ...
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STRAIGHT TALK – Rep. Albio Sires recently sat down for a candid interview with the Hudson Reporter to discuss important issues concerning the 13th District. What’s up in the 13th congressional district?
Rep. Sires gives status report on critical issues

Rep. Albio Sires met with the Hudson Reporter this week to give an update on various issues concerning the 13th Congressional district, including healthcare initiatives, immigration reform, hom...
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INDUCTION SPEECH – With Hall of Fame Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski (left) presenting him, Jersey City’s Bob Hurley makes his acceptance speech into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Photo by Jim Hague. In company of Michael Jordan, Larry Bird
Legendary JC Coach Hurley talks about Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame induction

He had just finished the best acceptance speech among all the newest members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame when Jersey City’s Bob Hurley stepped away from the podium and down t...
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UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY – Members of Bayonne’s Ukrainian community gathered in front of Bayonne’s City Hall for a flag-raising ceremony in honor of Ukrainian Independence Day. Ukraine declared its independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991. Community leader Luba Berezny read a statement about Ukraine’s struggle for freedom and democracy. The group sang the Ukrainian national anthem. City Council President Terry Ruane read a proclamation from Mayor Mark A. Smith. He was joined at the event by Second Ward Council Member Joseph Hurley. BAYONNE BRIEFS
Holiday Hudson Reporter editorial and advertising deadlines Because of the Labor Day holiday, some of the Hudson Reporter newspapers will have special advertising deadlines. For the Sept. 8 edi...
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UNDERWAY – Officials toured the new mall, which is scheduled to open earlier than expected. Going vertical
Bayonne Crossing is ahead of schedule

To the moan of bulldozers and the stench of oil, Bayonne Crossing Mall is taking shape, rising out of the once-contaminated property where some remember playing baseball decades ago. These days,...
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GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN – Howard Fitch has stepped down as chairman of the Bayonne Local Redevelopment Authority after nearly a decade. Time to go
Fitch steps down as BLRA chair

Saying he is leaving the city in good shape, Bayonne resident and Local Redevelopment Authority ( BLRA ) Chairman Howard Fitch is stepping down, after overseeing the redevelopment plans for the f...
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DOING IT FOR HER – DPW workers joined members of the ILA local 1588 for a softball game to benefit Autumn Trackawicz. Clash of the titans?
DPW plays BMW ILA local to help an 8-year-old cancer victim

It was touch-and-go for the Bayonne Department of Public Works softball team in their fund-raising game against players for the BMW warehouse team, but in a late surge, the DPW pulled off a 2...
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REPUBLICAN RUNNNING – Henrietta Dwyer is the Republican candidate in the race for the 13th Congressional District this fall. She is running against incumbent Albio Sires. Republican on the run
Congressional candidate takes on politics in a Democratic county

Though “diminutive” in size, West New York resident and Union City native Henrietta Dwyer has been ruffling a few big feathers in Hudson County politics lately, and she’s not making any apologies...
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AGAINST MOVING THE MONUMENT – Bob Terzi says no other view will do for Bayonne’s 9/11 monument, which is why he’s against moving it. Keeping Bayonne clean
Taxi driver committed to anti-litter campaign

The sign on the front dash board of “Capt.” Bob Terzi’s Yellow Cab says it all: “Please don’t litter.” A former stagehand from a family of Broadway and off-Broadway stagehands, Terzi, a resident ...
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OVERTURNED TRUCK ON ROUTE 440 – Three people were treated for injuries after the Bayonne Fire Department responded to the southbound loop of Route 440 on Aug. 17. Police had pulled the driver out, but fire fighters had to deal with diesel fuel leaking from side tanks and concentrated soap from ruptured containers. BAYONNE BRIEFS
Sweeny calls for raising of Bayonne Bridge Coinciding with a visit to Bayonne on Aug. 19, Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney said the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey should begin work...
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WELCOME TO BAYONNE – Behind the sign at the entrance to Bayonne is the wreck of an old gas station. The city wants to take it and another property in order to expand a park. Dressing up gateway to Bayonne
City plans to expand park by purchasing two old gas stations

The city of Bayonne is looking to dress up a blighted gateway section of the city by purchasing two former gas stations that they say mar the northernmost point of Avenue E – a place where many p...
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BACK IN ACTION – Willmont Griffin is seen here shipping out to Iraq last January. Returning home from a war zone
Bayonne welcomes back 55-year-old vet

Willmont Griffin – often called “Griff” – is a Vietnam-era veteran even though his tour of duty only required him to serve in that country for two days. He was one of the U.S. Marines pulling ter...
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