Category: HUB News

  • Laurino Farm development up for approval Wednesday

    Road improvements expected to help mitigate increased traffic in area BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — The Laurinos just may get a full final planting season in on their farm before the frost hits and condos take root on the site. What was expected to be the…

  • Borough has two more murals in works

    Paintings plannedfor side of Elks Cluband Best Liquors BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Paintings planned for side of Elks Club and Best Liquors BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer Like the flowers in summertime, public art will be sprouting in Red Bank now that plans for two outdoor murals are moving ahead. The Borough Council recently gave…

  • School board accepts council’s budget cut

    Failed spending plan reduced by $61,200 BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer Once again, "making do with less," to borrow Superintendent Dr. John Krewer’s words, is exactly what Red Bank Schools will be doing. The failed school budget was reassessed and reworked by the Borough Council last week, and the council made…

  • Jesuits win approval for subdivision

    BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — After lowering the height of the proposed new three-story priests’ house, on the St. Peter’s site on Ocean Avenue, by a foot, the Jesuit community won Planning/Zoning Board approval to build their new facility. The board had knotted at 4-4 in the first…

  • RiverCenter taking valet parking out for a test drive

    Service will be offered Thursday-Saturday,starting in late afternoon BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Service will be offered Thursday-Saturday, starting in late afternoon BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer Beginning in June, coming to Red Bank for dinner and shopping won’t involve circling downtown streets in search of a parking space. Red Bank RiverCenter last week got the…

  • Unfounded water worries show warning system flaws

    BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer RED BANK — Borough officials will have to come up with a protocol for notifying the public about emergencies involving the water supply after news of contaminated water test samples was mishandled last week. "We want to review our procedures as far as notification and make…

  • Things will be cookin’ in Basie’s kitchen

    Saturday night showa special feature of Jazz & Blues Festival BY DREW BOLOGNINICorrespondent Saturday night show a special feature of Deanna Bogart Jazz & Blues Festival BY DREW BOLOGNINI Correspondent Unless you’ve been on another planet, you probably know the 18th annual Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival is taking place this weekend (no rain!)…

  • Administrator’s time off to teach questioned

    Earlier this year councilman raisedconcerns about having 1 man fill 3 posts BY LAYLI WHITEStaff Writer Earlier this year councilman raised concerns about having 1 man fill 3 posts BY LAYLI WHITE Staff Writer When a discussion turns to personnel issues, things get personal. At last week’s Red Bank Borough Council meeting, Councilman John Curley…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Robbie List, 6, of Fair Haven seems to be enjoying himself on the Sea Ray at the Oceanport Lions Club annual Strawberry Festival at Monmouth Park Racetrack on Sunday.