Quiet community stalwart snags Civic Award
James McHugh, a born-and-bred Ridgeite who has dedicated himself to a host of community endeavors, has been named as the Bay Ridge Community Councils Civic Award winner for 2013.
McHugh — who now lives in Staten Island, though you wouldnt know it for the amount of time he spends on this side of the bridge — is a quiet force in the community.
A past president of the Cathedral Club of Brooklyn, he is currently president of the St. Patrick Society of Brooklyn, as well as being a member of the executive board of the Brooklyn Council Boys Scouts of America, an advisory board member of the Bay Ridge Senior Center, a Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, a committee member of the Bay Ridge/Bensonhurst/Dyker Heights Relay for Life, and a member of the Bayfort Association, the Colonial Club and the 12:30 Club.