Union Beach News

SILVANA CONNELLY, 73, of Whiting, MANCHESTER, with relatives in Monmouth and Ocean counties, passed away Monday, July 21, at home.

WALL - Dressed in a blue and white lab coat with the logo "Sparking Imaginative Learning" displayed across the back, Chrissy Caverly passed out paper airplane templates to the 12 children in her class.

SILVANA CONNELLY, 73, of Whiting, MANCHESTER, with relatives in Monmouth and Ocean counties, passed away Monday, July 21, at home.

Police are looking for two men who staged a home invasion robbery Saturday night that might be tied into two attempted break-ins that same night.

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Calling all Prince and Princesses to Soar Production's presentation of Cinderella, A Ragtime Musical.

While hundreds, or possibly thousands, of residents gathered to watch a 15-minute fireworks display, little thought was given to the hours of planning necessary for the event to be successful.

RONALD A. VACCARELLA, 61, of Commerce, Ga., formerly of Belford, MIDDLETOWN . He was born in Belford to the late Anthony and Dorothy Johnson Vaccarella.

The Township Committee is moving forward with its decision to dissolve the Hazlet Sewerage Authority - a move that officials say would save taxpayers as much as as $200,000 annually.

Monmouth County officials want a federal agency to delay the setting of flood zone maps that could lead to higher insurance costs for about 4,400 residents of Hazlet, Union Beach, Middletown and Keansburg.

INFOCUS EXHIBIT, a collaborative of six fine art photographers, at Middletown Arts Center, 36 Church St.

MARYANN E. HUMENIK O'LEARY, 67, of HOLMDEL, passed away Friday, June 27, at home.

DR. FRANCIS J. 'DOC' CHASEY, of HOLMDEL, passed away Tuesday, June 24, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel.

MARY BERNICE HOWARD, 53, of LAKE COMO, died Thursday, June 19, at home after a long illness.

Amanda Rae Negro of Tinton Falls and Marlena Ramoy of Union Beach came to Brookdale Community College recently to learn about life in Northern Spain.

ANNE MARIE MOHRBUTTER 66, of MATAWAN, passed away on Saturday, June 7, at Riverview Medical Center.

Barbara 'Carol' Gerlesky, 68, of Parlin died Monday, June 16, 2008, at home. Born in Sayreville, she lived in Sayreville all her life.

JAMES M. JACOB, 70, of West Keansburg, HAZLET, passed away Friday, June 13, at home, with his best friend, Oreo, at his side.

Keansburg and Keyport police have filed charges against a Union Beach man who is also accused of spray-painting and writing graffiti in several other Monmouth County communities.

UNION BEACH - Kids would prefer to see it rather than just hear it. Why else would a bunch of 6- and 7-year-olds become entranced while watching two cloth-made puppets instead of listening to two ...