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jersey City Sailor Serves Aboard a Floating Airport at Sea

By Kayla Turnbow, Navy Office of Community Outreach 
Photo By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tim Miller 

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A Jersey City, New Jersey, native and 2016 William L. Dickinson High School graduate is serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington. 

Petty Officer 3rd Class Arian Alfelor is an aviation boatswain’s mate (fuel) aboard the carrier stationed in Newport News, Virginia. As a Navy aviation boatswain’s mate (fuel), Alfelor is responsible for fueling any type of aircraft that lands on the carrier. 

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Food Truck Festival Set for Bayonne on Saturday, May 18

Early day at last years 2018 Bayonne Food Truck Festival

            Mayor Jimmy Davis announced that Bayonne is hosting its second annual food truck festival on Saturday, May 18, from 12:00 noon to 7:00 p.m.  This year’s festival is being held in honor of the City of Bayonne’s 150th anniversary. The event will take place on Avenue E between 22nd and 24th Streets.  In order to accommodate the festival, portions of Avenue E will be closed to traffic. Thirty food vendors will be participating.  They will offer a great assortment of foods from a variety of cultures.  Italian, Korean, Greek, Polish, Thai, Cuban, American, and other cuisines will be featured.

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Year Up New York | New Jersey to Launch New Site at Hudson County Community College

Memorandum of understanding to be signed on May 16 at Hudson County Community College, with classes beginning in January 2020

New York, NY – May 10, 2019 – Continuing to expand its proven workforce development program, the nonprofit Year Up New York | New Jersey announced that it will sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) today with Hudson County Community College (HCCC) to launch a new Year Up site at the college, with the first class of students starting in January 2020.

The signing will take place at 10 a.m. on May 16, 2019, at HCCC. Dr. Chris Reber, President of HCCC, and John Galante, Executive Director of Year Up New York | New Jersey, will sign the MOU.

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art gala’s ‘big 3-0’

   JCs Cathedral Arts Festival to Host “Big 3-0” Gala, Sat, May 18

   Artists, Friends & Grace Church Community to Come Out & Celebrate

By Sally Deering



Gentrification Towers by Fermin Mendoza will be on view at CAF

It’s probably the hippest church in Hudson County: a congregation of people from all walks of life, where artists are not only welcomed, they’re celebrated.

On Sat, May 8, beginning at 7 pm, Grace Church Van Vorst on Erie Street in Jersey City will host its 30th Anniversary celebration of the CATHEDRAL ARTS FESTIVAL (CAF), a gala of friends and community members coming together to support the church’s outreach and regale in artworks by local artists. This year, five curators have put together an exhibition of eclectic art that will dazzle and inspire.  Beth Achenbach, Cat Hecht, Robinson Holloway, Andrea Morin and Amy Elise de Jong.

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Bayonne’s buddy baseball


Pictured: Met’s #4 Gabriel DeMaria high fiving the “Buddies” Coach David Hoffman’s BHS Bees.

Bayonne Buddy Baseball kicked off it’s 5th year last Saturday (5/4/19) with an amazing turnout… 100 players, aged 3-21, all with Special Needs.

What was started five years ago by Pete Amadeo and Elisha DeMaria has become an entire community effort. NYC’s Mr. Met and the Somerset Patriots mascot Sparkee along with the Bayonne High School’s own Bee (Stingers Up!) were all there.

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bOLLYWOOD FULL SWING

  JCs Shehnaaz Dance Academy Dancers Perform Sat, May 18

   Students of All Ages Present Classic Bollywood Dance

Founded in 2012, Shehnaaz Dance Academy in Jersey City offers Bollywood dance classes for adults and kids, and on Sat, May 18, the school’s students will present an afternoon of classic Bollywood moves. The show will be held at Cornelia Bradford Elementary School No. 16 in Jersey City; curtain rises at 3 pm.

Shehnaaz Dance Academy offers dance classes in several Jersey City locales including the Boys and Girls Club, and the Performing Arts Workshop. The classes are part of the after-school programs in several Jersey City schools including schools No.16, No. 37, No. 5 and Primary Prep.

“Our Adult BollyHIIT workout and dance choreography classes are popular and well-known in the Jersey City area,” Founder Shehnaaz Jagasia says. “Our students have performed at various cultural events in Downtown Jersey City, and Hoboken, as well as the NYC India Day Parade. In 2018, Shehnaaz Dance Academy and its Spring Recital 2018 participants were recognized by the Jersey City Council.”

Shehnaaz Dance Academy presents twice-yearly recitals for its students to showcase their talents and hard work, Jagasia says.

“These recitals offer an opportunity for our students to stand confidently on a huge platform, overcome their stage fright, and be lauded for all the efforts they put in throughout the semester,” Jagasia says. “Our audience is wowed by the sheer level of talent and professionalism displayed by our dancers.”

If you go

Sat, May 18, 3 pm

SHEHNAAZ DANCE ACADEMY RECITAL

Cornelia Bradford Elementary School No. 16

96 Sussex St, JC

(201) 245-0025

Shehnaazdanceacademy.com

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va claims clinic -tELL A vET

VA Claims Clinic Hosted by Office of Congressman Donald Payne Jr. (NJ-10) in conjunction with The Newark Regional Office

60 Nelson Place, 14th Floor Newark, NJ 07102

Tuesday, April 30, 2019/1PM – 5PM APPOINTMENTS PREFERRED To make an appointment contact Jennifer Myers at jennifer.myers6@va.gov

Learn about VA benefits, including compensation, pension, vocational rehabilitation & employment and education benefits, ebenfits enrollment and VA Healthcare entitlements/eligibility

VA Mobile Vets Unit will be on premises More information contact Jennifer Myers at 973-297-3384 or jennifer.myers6@va.gov Bringing the VA to Veterans

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Bayonne’s New Taco Bell hAS Ribbon Cutting

Bayonne’s Taco Bell restaurant located at 21-23 East 53rd Street had its Ribbon Cutting on Friday, April 26, 2019.

Niray Mehta CEO of Yum & Chill Restaurant Group along with his wife, daughter, Assemblywoman Angela Mc Knight, Bayonne Council members: Sharon Nadrowski, Juan Perez, Gary La Pelusa, Sal Gullace, Neil Carroll Jr. and Tom Coughlin President of Bayonne Chamber of Commerce and BCB Bank were on hand for the event.

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