Category: HUB News

  • Notes

    Oceanport Borough Clerk Patty Varca will retire on March 31, after serving the borough for 30 years. A retirement party will be held on April 3 at the Channel Club in Monmouth Beach from 5-9 p.m. Tickets are $45 and include appetizers, a buffet and a gift. There will be a cash bar. To purchase…

  • Eatontown reappoints Menna as prosecutor

    Red Bank councilman has served in municipal post since 1992 BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer EATONTOWN — For the 14th consecutive year, veteran Red Bank Borough Councilman and noted area attorney Pasquale Menna has been appointed borough prosecutor. With five of six council members present, Menna was unanimously and…

  • BlueClaws ’05 schedule filled with promotions

    LAKEWOOD — The Lakewood BlueClaws, single A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies, will begin and end their fifth anniversary by sending lucky fans home with $4,000 in cash. Fans will be handed a total of $2,000 on Opening Day, April 7, and run after $2,000 dropped from a hovering helicopter Sept. 5 after the season’s…

  • Opponents say zoning ordinance bad for boro

    Beck: Measure would allow developers to dictate zoning policy BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer With a proposed zoning ordinance in place to be voted on at the next Red Bank Borough Council meeting, some council members still have serious concerns about the measure. Councilwoman Jennifer Beck said in an interview earlier…

  • In the Arts

    ArtX, a two-day event that will feature performance art, spoken word, film, video art and alternative and experimental music and dance, will take place Feb. 25 and 26 at The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts, 20 Third Ave., Long Branch. The event will feature videos by Robert Mataranglo, Jude O’Connor and Doreen Laperdon Addison;…

  • Officials caught in FBI sting

    WLB mayor, councilman charged with taking bribes from contractor BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer West Long Branch Mayor Paul Zambrano and Borough Councilman Joseph DeLisa have been released on $50,000 bail following their arraignment Tuesday in a federal court on one charge each of extortion. Zambrano and DeLisa, both Democrats, were arrested early Tuesday…

  • Sea Bright council agrees to raise state budget cap

    Municipal budget scheduled for public intro on March 15 BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer SEA BRIGHT — The Borough Council is giving the town’s number crunchers a little bit of breathing room as those financial professionals finish crafting the upcoming 2005 municipal budget, which is expected to be unveiled…

  • Photo

    CHRISKELLY staff Joseph York, who plays Horton the Elephant, and other Shore Regional High School students rehearse a scene from the musical “Seussical,” which opens at the West Long Branch school Friday.

  • Three women chosen as outstanding achievers

    Greater Media Newspapers launches new awards program BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Chris Kelly staff Greater Media Newspapers Publisher Kevin Wittman presents an award to Dr. Ann Sweany (r), a finalist in the Greater Women of Central New Jersey awards program in the field of health care. Women of…