Category: HUB News

  • NJ Rep founders partners in life and in art

    BY KATHY HALL Correspondent BY KATHY HALLCorrespondent MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Gabor and SuzAnne Barabas are surrounded by theater memorabilia in the lobby of New Jersey Repertory Theatre, which they founded in Long Branch. SuzAnne and Gabor Barabas, founders of the NJ Repertory Co. in Long Branch, met at a Halloween party when they were teenagers,…

  • LOSAP on ballot in Oceanport

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer OCEANPORT — On Election Day, Oceanport voters will not only be electing three council members, they will also be asked to approve a Length of Service Awards Program (LOSAP). On Nov. 2, borough ballots will include the question, “Shall the mayor and council of the Borough…

  • The Oceanport Candidates …

    Richard Gallo (R) Biography: Lifelong resident of Oceanport; served as soccer, basketball and baseball coach, presently a committee person for Troop 58 and an Eagle Scout of the same troop; volunteer firefighter for the Oceanport Fire Department for 25 years, served as president of the Port-au-Peck fire company for four years and as captain for…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Kansis Calabrese, 7, Red Bank, pulls clown-mates Briana Calabrese, 8, and Sandra Morris, 8, during the annual Red Bank Halloween parade on Broad Street Oct. 24.

  • The Oceanport Candidates … Council: three three-year terms

    Gerald Jay Briscione* (D) Biography: Grew up in Oceanport; appointed to council in January to unexpired term; member of the Planning Board for seven years, board vice chairman in 2003 and current member of the master plan review committee; youth sports coach for the past five years; appointed to the Monmouth Park Stakeholders’ Committee. Occupation:…

  • Accounting of skate park funds urged

    R.B. councilman asks Panther to query YMCA, DCA on grant BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Questions continue to be raised about the long-awaited skate park that was to have been built at the Community YMCA of Red Bank, but there are few answers. Red Bank Councilman Pasquale Menna recently sent a…

  • Educator, detective among Latino American honorees

    LONG BRANCH — An educator and a city law enforcement officer were honored recently by the Latino American Association of Monmouth County Inc., Long Branch. Maria Ann Crespo-Rodriguez, a teacher at Long Branch Middle School, and Detective Juan Vasquez, of the Long Branch Police Department, were among four honorees cited by the association at its…

  • Municipal-complex costs shock Borough Council

    Tinton Falls still has to pay $3 million bill BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer The Tinton Falls Borough Council is grumbling about climbing costs associated with the new $11.8-million municipal complex, and Councilman Peter Maclearie is saying, “I told you so” again. “Last week council just had to authorize…

  • Recreation complex on its way to being built

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer TINTON FALLS — Another recreation goal in the borough is on its way to being scored. After years of discussion, a deluxe $1.2 million recreation complex in the southern section of town is becoming a reality. The West Park Avenue swath of open space…