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Saving the Memorial Day Parade ×
After having recent productive discussions with our local veterans, I am very happy that we will be able to bring back the Bayonne Memorial Day Parade in 2022. The outgoing Memorial Day Parade Committee, which was made up of the veterans, will be succeeded by a committee appointed by the City Administration. This change is taking place, because the number of Bayonne veterans is declining as they advance in age. My father is a proud veteran. I would not have been able to look him and other veterans in the eye if we had not found a way to revive the parade. The veterans will still be available for Color Guard requests and patriotic ceremonies throughout the year, such as Veterans’ Day, Pearl Harbor Day, the Holocaust Memorial Program, Flag Day, and marching in the Memorial Day Parade.
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Bayonne’s Memorial Day Parade will return
The historic event to make a comeback in 2022 ×
Bayonne veterans march in the Memorial Day Parade in 2017. Photo by Victor M. Rodriguez.
The Bayonne Memorial Day Parade will be back in 2022. In late April, the Bayonne Memorial Day Parade Committee announced that the 2021 parade was cancelled due to COVID-19, as was the case in 2020.
COVID-19 restrictions made it impossible to plan and organize bands, marching groups, public and private organizations, and anyone else who would have participated. However, due to the aging veteran population and the declining membership in the posts that have made up the Memorial Day Parade Committee, the committee announced the event was permanently cancelled.
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Can you identify this beautiful bird nestled in a tree in Bayonne? Photo by Victor M. Rodriguez.
Competitive swimming this summer
Introduction to Competitive Swimming will be offered at the 16th Street Pool, for Bayonne children in the 6th, 7th and 8th grades, Tuesdays, 6 to 7 p.m., beginning July 6, weather permitting. Experienced swimmers recommended.
$25 per swimmer. Registration will begin in June, at City Hall, Monday through Friday, f9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call Pete Amadeo at 201-858-6129 or email BAYONNEREC@AOL.COM.
Body found in tarp off Route 440
The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Bayonne Police Department are investigating a body found in a tarp on April 27 in a wooded area near the northbound side of Route 440 by the 63rd St. exit. No other information has yet been released.
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Memories of Bayonne past
Mayor James Davis recalled an encounter with two residents while driving them to get their vaccines during a snowstorm.
“Recently, I had the privilege of driving Bennett and Susan Klausner to Bayonne Medical Center for their vaccines,” Davis said. “Ben’s dad, Sam Klausner, was the owner of Sam’s Confectionery on 4th Street and JFK. As a young boy growing up downtown, many of us spent quite a bit of time in Sam’s store learning how to play pinball and drinking cherry Coke. Bayonne has many families whose lives intersect, and these stories are part of who we are!”