Category: HUB News
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Furniture store owner indicted
MIDDLETOWN – A Monmouth County grand jury returned an indictment charging a furniture store owner of consumer fraud Oct. 29. William C. Neumann Jr., 61, of the Leonardo section of Middletown, was charged with second-degree theft by deception, third-degree theft of movable property, second-degree misconduct by a corporate official and one count each of the…
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NOTES AROUND TOWN
Students from the Marine Academy of Science and Technology on Sandy Hook were among the approximately 2,000 volunteers who participated in Clean Ocean Action’s 22nd annual Fall Beach Sweeps at 60 sites throughout New Jersey Oct. 20. Harter Equipment donated equipment to help in the cleanup by transporting the trash bags collected by hundreds of…
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Roadwork begins on Little Silver Point Road
BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer LITTLE SILVER – Roadwork began last week on the portion of Little Silver Point Road extending from Seven Bridges Road to the Shrewsbury River. The project, which is part of the 2007 Roadway Improvement Program, includes paving, curbing and drainage and repaving the Little Silver Women’s Club lot located at…
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Rumson incumbents seek to continue service
BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer Mayor John E. Ekdahl RUMSON – While no new faces will appear on the Borough Council this year, since the mayor and two incumbent council members are running unopposed, new developments may change the face of Rumson. Republican Mayor John E. Ekdahl is seeking re-election for a second four-year term.…
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O’port officials go to D.C. to keep fort open
OCEANPORT – Mayor Lucille Chaump traveled to Washington, D.C., Oct. 23 to meet with congressmen and senators in an effort to prevent the closure of Fort Monmouth. Chaump was joined by Councilman Jay Briscione and Oceanport Board of Education Vice President Bill McVitty. The borough officials presented Rep. Solomon Ortiz, D-Texas, with a petition opposing…
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ERIC SUCAR staff Jockey Mike Smith is astride Tiago as the thoroughbred sprints down the final stretch of the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Monmouth Park Saturday.
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Menna opts out of boro health care
Council members may begin to pay in to health benefits BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer Red Bank taxpayers will no longer be picking up the tab for health-care benefits for their mayor, after Mayor Pasquale Menna opted to eliminate health insurance benefits for the position last week. Pasquale Menna “I have informed the borough that…
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Dems parse words on election signage
2007 council election caught up in partisan semantics BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer The use of the word “re-elect” vs. “elect” has become a campaign issue in Red Bank. PHOTO BY KATHY HALL Democratic Borough Council candidate Edward Zipprich filed an elections complaint last week against the “Red Bank Republicans ’07” for the use of…
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Ethics, school funding issues in Assembly race
BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer One incumbent is among the four candidates seeking election to a two-year term representing the 12th district in the state Assembly in the Nov. 6 election. The district covers Colts Neck, Englishtown, Fair Haven, Freehold Borough, Freehold Township, Little Silver, Manalapan, Marlboro, Millstone, Oceanport, Red Bank, Shrewsbury Borough, Shrewsbury Township…
