Category: HUB News
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Play ball!
PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above: Christian Segura, 12, tries to clear a loose ball out of the corner while playing indoor soccer at the Red Bank Middle School during a Feb. 3 program sponsored by the Red Bank Parks and Recreation Department. At right: Andrew Gaffney, 11, takes control…
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Historic commission put on hold for now
BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer SHREWSBURY – As promised, Mayor Emilia Siciliano recommended to the Borough Council that an ordinance to establish an Historic Preservation Commission be withdrawn. The council voted unanimously to pull the ordinance at the Monday night meeting, which was attended by a group of residents who opposed…
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O’Scanlon makes 2nd bid to run for Assembly
LS councilman: State Legislature has gotten worse since 2005 BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer “The residents of District 12 are still seen as a collective ATMmachine for the rest of the state by the people in Trenton, and that has to stop.” – Declan O’Scanlon LITTLE SILVER – – Borough Councilman…
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Oceanport will share CFO with Eatontown
Interlocal agreement gives boro time to replace finance chief BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Oceanport will share a chief financial officer with neighboring Eatontown while the borough looks for a replacement for its CFO, whose contract was not renewed. At a special meeting Jan. 8, the Oceanport Borough Council took formal…
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Woman rescued from fire is in critical condition
BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent BY LIZ SHEEHANCorrespondent SEA BRIGHT – – A woman rescued from the second floor balcony of her condominium during a fire Monday morning is in critical condition, Robin Lally, a spokesperson for St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, said Tuesday. Debra Yuhasz, 47, was brought by helicopter to the hospital, Sea…
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Library project on track to wrap up by summer
Expansion work closes Eastern Branch library through Feb. 12 BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Renovation of the Eastern Branch library is ongoing SHREWSBURY – When the Eastern Branch library in Shrewsbury closes temporarily for construction reasons, it means the newly renovated and expanded library is getting closer to completion. But then…
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Monmouth freeholders propose $472M budget
“We are pleased the tax levy increase was held to 3 percent without sacrificing the many quality services county residents expect.” – William C. Barham freeholder director The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders will be taking its 2007 budget “on the road” this month with a program that will feature a PowerPoint presentation on the…
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Man pleads guilty to R.B. bank robbery
Red Bank – A Monmouth Beach man pleaded guilty last week to robbing a borough bank branch on Aug. 29. Martin N. Racioppi, 41, entered his plea before U.S. District Judge Freda L. Wolfson to a one-count indictment, which charges bank robbery. At his plea hearing in Trenton, Racioppi admitted that he entered and robbed…
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Coastal study unveiled to local stakeholders
County study divides region into four subgroups BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH – A planning study divides the Monmouth County’s Coastal Region into four subregions and focuses on the commonalities among those subregions, according to the project’s supervising planner, Joseph Barris. Barris spoke at last week’s Fifth Wednesday…
