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With the Jersey City and New York Skyline in the background, the Space Shuttle Enterprise rests on a Weeks Marine barge.
The Space Shuttle will sit at Weeks until Tuesday morning then transferred by Barge to Port Elizabeth before its last journey to The Intrepid Sea,  Air and Space Museum  in New York   where it will be permanently on display.
Mayor Mark A. Smith announced that Dr Pepper Snapple Group and national non-profit KaBOOM! have awarded the City of Bayonne a $15,000 Let’s Play Community Construction Grant. The funding will support the reconstruction of the playground at Cottage Street Park. The grant is part of the Let’s Play initiative introduced in November of 2010 – a $15 million, three-year commitment from Dr Pepper Snapple Group to KaBOOM!, the national non-profit saving play by ensuring there is a great place to play within walking distance of every child. Together through Let’s Play, Dr Pepper Snapple Group and KaBOOM! will build or fix up 2,000 playgrounds by the end of 2013, benefitting an estimated five million children across North America. Continue reading Bayonne Awarded $15,000 Let’s Play Grant From Dr Pepper Snapple Group
Formerly the Library on Story Court
 Bayonne Recreation & DON NAGLE’S AOKA INC KARATEÂ
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Be prepared to defend yourself, do not become a victim, or a casualty.  Dress casual, bring a friend, all who attend can participate or observe, questions answered and simple basic solutions will be suggested.
         Wednesdays in February 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29thÂ
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            This class is for women only, teens and adults
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  Bayonne  Mayor Mark A. Smith announced that a crew from New Jersey’s Clean Shores program has finished clearing debris this summer from several waterfront locations in Bayonne. The clean-up spanned a period of three weeks in June and July. Staffed by minimum-security prisoners who work under state supervision, the Clean Shores crew removed wood and other solid materials from shorelines across the state. Continue reading State Program Cleaned Bayonne’s Shores
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Broadway actress Tammy Blanchard starts performances on February 26th at the Al Hirshfield Theater, 302 West 45th Street, New York, (212 239-6200) in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying starring Harry Potter’s Daniel Radcliffe, and actor John Laroquette. Opening night is set for March 27th, 2011.
Ms.Blanchard, a Hudson County resident will star as seductive secretary Hedy La Rue.
This is Ms. Blanchard’s second trip to Broadway having appeared as Louise in Gypsy in 2003 starring Bernadette Peters. Ms. Blanchard, a 2003 Tony Nominee for her performance also won a Theater World Award for her role.
Ms. Blanchard also won an Emmy playing a young Judy Garland in Me and My Shadows.
Currently she can be seen in the film Rabbit Hole as “Izzy” Nicole Kidman’s troubled sister.
In 2011 expect to see Ms.Blanchard in Moneyball starring Brad Pitt and in Union Square, The Music Never Stopped and Certainty.
Ms. Blanchard’s other film and televison credits include: The Good Shepherd, Cadillac Records, Amish, Grace, Sybil, Deadline, Ramen Girl and Bella.
For more information visit Broadway.com
Dear Editor!
Please help me! I went on the small white bus on Saturday, January 15, 2011, in Bayonne, about 4:15 PM. I took the bus at 19 th street / Kennedy Blvd – bus stoped at 49 street! My camera fell down on the bus floor, I lost my used camera. There are very important pictures on SD Card inside this camera (from 93 yrs old woman birthday, who is sick in the bed), and my own pictures. If some passenger who found my camera, perhaps read this letter to editor. I believe, a passengers in Bayonne are honest persons! Return camera to the owner, plz! Thanks from above! Contact: 201-744-4838
River View Observer Best Pick for Pet Care: Dogtopia-“Doggie Daycare in Bayonne, New Jersey at Its Finest”
By Evelyn Bonilla
Bayonne residents Donna Ostrowski and Elise  Tomczak have been caring for animals for many years. Ostrowski has been caring for animals since childhood and Tomczak a lab technician in the healthcare industry is an avid dog lover. The two have worked hand in hand, in and in-house pet care business so they can empathize with the importance of having to trust someone with one of their own.
While working in their in-house pet care business, they noticed a demand from owners looking to find quality care for their pet dogs, so together they decided to find a concept that would offer them the opportunity to help. In their search they came across a franchise entitled “Dogtopia”, founded in 2002 by Amy Nichols, Tomczak and Ostrowski decided that this is what would fulfill the demand.
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Continue reading Dogtopia opens First Ever Franchise in New Jersey
Hudson County has become a haven for artists . On any street, at any given time, you’ll never know what art medium might be staring you in the face. Like this graffiti figure staring from behind bushes on Rt. 440 in Bayonne.
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or how about this one …
Here an artist has planted Coors Light Bottles to look like a hostas plant.
To bad it wasn’t Bud Light -then we could call this photo…
 “This Buds for you.”
 At left a bearded performance artists is seen juggling on Avenue C, in Bayonne.
As we discover newly created art on the streets of Hudson County will post them here for you to enjoy.
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More photos to come
You know you are from Jersey City if you remember…
I received  this in an email today. My Jersey City friends may remember many of the places and things. Have fun, I did.Â
Source:Â Truth Speaks- Icypeals Blogspot -Â Thanks Mimi
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*Seeing the Three Stooges Live at the Stanley Theater *Live Acappella Shows at the State Theater * Hudson Boulevard had islands. *Ferris High School *Singing Doo-Wop under the tresstle on Monmouth Street *Hanging out at Coletta’s Bar * You knew how O’Hara’s got it’s name. * You knew all the troublemakers before they became cops. – Martin Luther King Drive was Jackson Avenue – Christopher Columbus Drive was Railroad Avenue – Luiz Munoz Marin Boulevard was Henderson Street -Manila Avenue was Grove Street – Roosevelt Lanes & Putney’s Pub – Annual Holy Name Parade – What Harvard on the Blvd. and St. Richards on the Hill are – The color scheme of the bus lines: … Brown: Central Avenue; Red: Montgomery/West Side, Green: Bergen/Lafayette, Orange: Bergen Avenue – Getting Sunday suits at Robert Hall – Bettingers on the Square – Uncle Milties/Bergen Point – The Skyline Cabana Club – You shopped in Woolworth on Journal Square and went to the Griddle or Driftwood after a movie. – The Hudson Mall was a strip mall – Instead of the Hudson Mall there was: Two Guys from Harrison; Great Eastern, and Valley Fair – Instead of the dollar stores there was Johns Bargain Stores – You could actually swim in the Reservoir (on the sneak) – The giant roach in the exterminators window on Westside Avenue – Floor shows at the Canton Tea Garden Chinese Restaurant – You’ve said “Youse” about 100 times in one day  Continue reading DO YOU REMEMBER OLD JERSEY CITY? |
 
Bayonne, New Jersey resident Ron Inglesias celebrates Spain’s World Cup win on Sunday by running through the street of Bayonne. Captured here by our River View photographer Ingelisas proudly poses with Spains Flag.
 Today Spain became the eighth nation ever to win the World Cup, The win came over the Netherlands in a 1-0 extra time final score.
Spain’s game plan, and their relentless passing wore down the Dutch defense giving Spain the win in Spain’s only World Cup Final.
Leaving  four minutes of extra time left, the goal that secured the World Cup win for Spain came in the 116th minute of play. Fernando Torres shot rebounded off the head of a Dutch player and fell to the feet of Spain’s Cesc Fabregas, who passed it to Andres Iniesta. In the only goal of the match, Iniesta calmly took the ball and shot it past the Dutch goalie.
Now World Champions, Spain’s “Red Fury” has lived passed their reputation as underachievers in big tournaments to bring Spain and its people the World Cup Championship.
