Abraham Santiago award-winning author, and film documentarian, has become the most prolific writer on acappella music, over the past fifteen years. Santiago has appeared on the radio from California to New York. He received numerous awards, his latest being the Vinyl City Hall of Fame Award in October 2019. As of this date, no one has come close to, giving us the historical and social connection to the birth of Acappella music that began in the 1960s. Moreover, he was the first person to write, produce, and direct the first documentary film on the history of acappella as a genuine regional art form. He was also the first to produce an animation cartoon on acappella groups singing in the R&B style.
The newest series of Westerns by Dusty Saddle Publishing is a genre-expanding, steam-punk universe of action and suspense interwoven with moral ambiguities, cultural allegories, and a dash of political satire. To top it off, the author of these fatalistic yarns hails from a land far from America’s former frontier, Jersey City – Timothy Herrick – believed to be the only New Jersey author in the Dusty Saddle roster, the largest Western Fiction publisher in the industry.
BAYONNE, NJ – Freelance journalist Joseph Passantino won eight awards from the Garden State Journalism Association in its 70th Annual Memorial Journalism Awards competition.
Three of his honors were for work performed for the Hudson Reporter newspaper group, and five were for the TAPinto Bayonne news website.
Passantino received the Hildy Johnson Award for his story, “Smack Surges in Hudson County,†which appeared in The Weehawken Reporter. The GSJA bestows the honor for the “outstanding print or broadcast news story of the year.â€
Along with Hudson Reporter colleague Al Sullivan, Passantino took home a second-place award in the Print/Investigative Reporting category for “Electronic Cheating? School District Investigates Possible Smart Phone Cheats.†The story ran in the Bayonne Community News.
“Snow Daze”- Photo by Joe Passantino
Passantino won second place in the Photography, Essay category for “Snow Daze; After the Blizzard,†which ran in the BayonneCommunity News. The photo series chronicled the city following a 20-inch snowfall.
For TAPinto Bayonne, Passantino won in the photography categories of Spot News, General News, and Portraits & Personalities.
In Spot News, he won first place for his photo titled “Sad Day,†taken following an apparent suicide in a downtown Bayonne park.
In General News, Passantino took both first and second places for “Just Super,†a picture of a super moon taken from The Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor, and for “A Tale of Two Bridges.â€
“My Turn” photo by Joe Passantino
“May I Help You” photo by Joe Passantino
In Portraits & Personalities, he again took the two top spots; for “My Turn,†where he captured the image of a child waiting anxiously for his father to share ice cream, and “May I Help You?â€, a shot of a dog “manning†the counter in a veterinarian’s office.
The honors were presented for work completed in 2016.
Actor Harrison Ford crashed his 1942 single-engine World War II training plane, a Ryan Aeronautical model ST3KR on Thursday. Ford crashed shortly after taking off from Santa Monica Airport and landed on Penmar Golf Course in Venice California.
According to NBC4 News the actor is fine and has been treated for some gashes.
A later report indicated that Ford walked away from the accident to a waiting ambulance.
Ford has survived previous plane and helicopter crashes in the past.
A video released by NBC4 News shows the plane Ford was piloting right before the crash.
By Ricardo Kaulessar- Photos by Ricardo KaulessarÂ
The casket of slain JCPD Officer Melivin Santiago carried into St. Aloysius Church, Jersey City
Outside St. Aloysius Church in Jersey City after the service for Officer Melvin Santiago
Fellow Police Officers carry JCPD Officer Melivn Santiago’s casket into St. Aloysius Church
The funeral for Jersey City Police
Fellow Officers from as far as Philadelphia fill the church for Police Officer Melvin Santiago’s funeral
Officer Melvin Santiago on Friday offered a somber pause, a reflective respite from a very tense week for law enforcement and the public at large.
The 23-year-old was laid to rest at St. Aloysius Church on West Side Avenue, mourned by grieving family and friends, his fellow officers, and elected officials. Also, hundreds of officers from locations as far away as Philadelphia lined the street outside when his casket was brought into the church. Continue reading Fallen Jersey City Police Officer Melvin Santiago Remembered at Funeral→
At the funeral mass for slain Jersey City Police Officer Melvin Santiago the following eulogy was said by Jersey City’s Mayor Steve Fulop.
Jersey City Police Officer
Melvin Santiago
Archbishop Hebda, members of the clergy, to Kathy and Al McBride, Melvin’s brother Alex, all of his family and friends that are here today. On behalf of the City of Jersey City and the Jersey City Police Department, I offer to you our deepest condolences.
Melvin Santiago was everything we would want in a police officer. He was hard working and conscientious, good and courageous, strong and considerate. To quote the National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington, D.C., “It was not how these officers died that made them heroes; it is how they lived.â€
Mayor -Elect Jimmy Davis greets his supporters at Casa Maria Restaurant on election night
Photo of Mayor -Elect  Jimmy Davis by Ricardo Kaulessar Â
Mayor Mark Smith and Team election night at Chandelier Restaurant
 Photo of Mayor Mark Smith and Team by Steve A MackÂ
James Davis walked into the Villa Maria restaurant in Bayonne on Tuesday night like the conquering hero, with hundreds of supporters cheering him on as soon as he entered the place.
There was good reason for the elation as Davis won the mayoral runoff election in his hometown over the incumbent Mark Smith by a 51% to 49% margin as of election night.
Davis greeted the numerous tired and sweaty followers like himself who were energized by seeing their leader give his victory speech.
“Tonight we enjoy but tomorrow we get to work,†said Davis to raucous applause. “It’s going to take everybody in this city to change this city, whether they voted for us or against us.†Continue reading BAYONNE ELECTS A NEW MAYOR→
In a series of firsts a new Pope was choosen by the Cardinals  today in Vatican City   His given name Jorge Mario Bergoglio will forever be known as Pope Francis.
Pope Francis, 76 years old of Buenos Aires, Argentina a Jesuit and Latin America’s first Pope.
Rome time 8pm, the new Pontiff gave his first blessing to the thousands that jammed St. Peter’s Basilica and the watching world.
JERSEY CITY – Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy and Police Department officials announced the city will host another gun buyback from 12 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 5, 2013 at the Evangelismos Greek Orthodox Church, 661 Montgomery Street. There, residents can turn in rifles for $100, handguns and automatic weapons for $150, respectively, with no questions asked. Continue reading Jersey City Gun Buyback Saturday January 5th- NO QUESTIONS ASKED→
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In a series of firsts a new Pope was choosen by the Cardinals  today in Vatican City   His given name Jorge Mario Bergoglio will forever be known as Pope Francis.
