Category: HUB News

  • Borough seeking to collect 10% more in property taxes

    Revaluation has allowed governing body to cut tax rate by 56 percent BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer Borough seeking to collect 10% more in property taxes BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — Tax rates in the borough are going down dramatically, but the same cannot be said for actual property tax payments. With the…

  • Compromise is hinted in

    dispute over St. Peter BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer dispute over St. Peter’s plan BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — A settlement on St. Peter’s proposal to build a new priests’ house and student retreat house for the prep school on Ocean Avenue could be in the making. Albert A. Zager, the attorney for…

  • Speed limits to go down on two local roadways

    BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer Speed limits to go down on two local roadways BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer LITTLE SILVER — The speed limit will be coming down on Little Silver Point Road and Kings Road. The Borough Council on Monday night approved ordinances reducing the speed limit on both roads from 35 mph to…

  • From corn to condos soon for Laurino farm

    Hearings on proposal for active adult community are under way BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — Soon strawberries and corn won’t be the only things sprouting come spring on the Laurino farm. Though officials say it is hard to tell when exactly the traditional farm crops will…

  • Metered parking plan meets mixed reaction

    Debate concerns whether visitors will pay parking fees BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer The meters are coming! The meters are coming! And members of Red Bank’s business community have mixed views on whether the coin-eating parking meters that will be installed along streets throughout the downtown will be business-friendly. "As much as I…

  • New garbage, recycling system being implemented

    BY NICOLE GERAGHTYStaff Writer BY NICOLE GERAGHTY Staff Writer FAIR HAVEN — They’re gray and roughly 4 feet tall, and they can hold up to 95 gallons of trash, depending on your needs. At a town meeting on March 25, borough administrator Julie Keizer introduced the new garbage cans that will be distributed to residents…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Red Bank’s Matthew Lankley, 17 months, ponders an invitation from the Easter Bunny at Eastside Park, Red Bank, on April 3.

  • Zest

    Local globe trotter helping others travel on a shoestringBook is chock fullof cost-saving, helpful tips for fellow travelers BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Zest Local globe trotter helping others travel on a shoestring Book is chock full of cost-saving, helpful tips for fellow travelers BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer Local globe trotter helping others travel on…

  • Pallone announces more funds for park ferry plan

    Resident says ferry won BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Pallone announces more funds for park ferry plan BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer On seven summer weekends last year, people heading to the beaches at Sandy Hook were turned away because parking lots were full to capacity and couldn’t handle any more cars, according to a National Park Service…