Category: HUB News

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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.

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Police seek three men in assault

    RED BANK – A borough man was assaulted by a male loitering outside the victim’s Catherine Street apartment building Oct. 22, according to Red Bank police. Red Bank police responded to a 7:49 p.m. call to the residence, first for a report of a fight in front of the residence and later for a report…

  • Planners nix cell towers in residential zones

    Board: Amended ordinance not in step with master plan BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer TINTON FALLS – The Planning Board moved last week to restrict expanded uses in residential zones, including wireless telecommunications equipment. “The use of wireless telecommunications equipment in a residential zone is inconsistent with the master plan,” said board Chairman Joel A.…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Crabby Doctor” Laraine Gaunt, Red Bank, fills a grab bag for children who attended Holiday Express Halloween party at Children’s Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center Oct. 28.

  • Incumbent challenges Sea Bright mayor

    BY AMANDA BELING Correspondent Jo-Ann Kalaka-Adams SEA BRIGHT – Municipal elections in the borough are just two weeks away and incumbent Mayor Jo-Ann Kalaka-Adams is being challenged by Councilwoman Maria Fernandes for the mayoral seat . Republican Kalaka-Adams, of Ocean Avenue, was a first-time mayoral candidate in the 2003 election and won the seat over…

  • 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…