Category: HUB News

  • Report: O’port council should be reorganized

    Panel says boro admin. should be part-time post BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer The Oceanport Borough Council should be reorganized to function more efficiently, according to recommendations in a report by a panel that studied borough government. “A large part of the problem with the effectiveness of the borough organization is the present structure and…

  • $124M contract awarded for new Highlands bridge

    Advocates seek injunction to stop demolition BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer Just one day after opponents of the Highlands bridge demolition filed an injunction to stop the bidding process, a contract was awarded to seal its replacement. Highlands bridge The state Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded the contract to replace the 75- year-old drawbridge that…

  • ‘New Beginnings 2008’ Happy tales = happy tails

    Twelve new happy tales, 12 wonderful adoption stories are featured in the 2008 New Beginnings Calendar from the Monmouth County SPCA. This year’s photos were taken by photographers Joan LaBanca and Scott Longfield and volunteer Val Craig and highlight 12 heartwarming stories of pets (dogs, cats and even a rabbit) adopted from the MCSPCA. The…

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    ERIC SUCAR staff Holy Cross School eighth-grader Jack Curran leads a procession of students Dec. 21 at the Rumson school’s annual Posada, a re-enactment of the Nativity scene in which Joseph and Mary try to find lodging in Bethlehem before the birth of Jesus. More photos on page 19.

  • DEP acts to ensure public access to shore

    Written comments will be accepted until Feb. 15 BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer Before coastal communities can seek shore protection or Green Acres funds from the state, they will have to comply with new public access rules for waterways as part of a Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) proposal released Dec. 17. Along with the…

  • Bifani exits with sign ordinance as final note

    Measure barring signs on public property has council support BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer RED BANK – In his last move as Red Bank councilman, Robert J. Bifani came forward with recommendations for an ordinance about signage in the borough at his final council meeting Dec. 19. The early draft of the ordinance includes setback…

  • Markson appointed to Fernandes’ council seat

    Dem lost bid for election in November BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer Susana Markson SEA BRIGHT – About a month after losing the election for a Sea Bright Borough Council seat by about 40 votes, Susana Markson has been appointed to fill the seat vacated by Democratic Mayor-electMaria Fernandes. Markson, who ran as the only…

  • Sea Bright to put $153K grant toward skate park

    BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT – Borough skaters may have a new place to park their boards and practice their moves after Sea Bright received a $153,000 grant for the proposed Oceanfront Skateboard Park. The Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders approved the 2007 Monmouth County Open Space Trust fund grant at the…

  • Ex-R.B. officer pleads guilty, faces sentencing

    RED BANK – A five-year veteran of the Red Bank Police Department pleaded guilty Dec. 17 to charges that he falsified records and assaulted a suspect and was ordered to forfeit his position as a police officer, according to theMonmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Steven Adams, 28, of Beachwood, pleaded guilty before Superior Court Judge Ira…