Full-time workers, immigrants, armed services veterans, single moms and fifty-something-years-young men and women among the 1,060 students who will receive Associate degrees at the College’s 34th Commencement.
May 18, 2012, Jersey City, NJ – “We all have a story; our stories consist of both amazing and horrific moments. We all have experienced bumps and tribulations along the way, and at one point we have made choices that sometimes leave regret.†So wrote Danielle Travelino of Bayonne, referring to her own experience and those of her fellow graduates in Hudson County Community College’s Class of 2012.
The 28-year-old mom first began her college studies at a university in 2001, but after just a month, she withdrew from classes. Three years later, Danielle attempted to restart her college career at the same university, but at the time she considered going to school “a chore.†Continue reading Hudson County Community College’s Class of 2012 Reflects the ‘New’ Face of College Students
In observance of National High Blood Pressure Month, the Bayonne Economic Opportunity Foundation (BEOF) sponsored a blood pressure screening for seniors at the 4th Street Nutrition Site. Here, Stella Rakowski has her blood pressure checked by Maureen Williams, a registered nurse at Bayonne Medical Center. The BEOF has expanded its community outreach and will present special events for seniors at its two nutrition sites. For more information, please call the BEOF: (201) 437 – 7222. 
SURROUNDED BY LOVE – Dignora Aquino sits at one of the tables in the Bonetti Children’s Room at the Main Library, surrounded by the 27 books she has donated to the Children’s Room in loving memory of her son, Mathew Angelo Scarpa, who dies of SIDS on January 3, 2012, at the age of three months and four days.
If you grew up in New Jersey it’s likely you knew somebody who had a friend whose second cousin had a brother-in-law whose uncle was connected to “the Mob.†Born in Jersey City and raised in Union City and then Secaucus, Jon D’Amore had family members who were “connectedâ€. An accomplished musician and songwriter, D’Amore kept mental notes of a Las Vegas casino caper that went down back in the day and tells the fascinating and sometimes nail-biting story in his new book, “The Boss Always Sits in the Back.†Here’s an excerpt: