Category: HUB News

  • Preservationist defends citing senator as SHP plan supporter

    Partial quote left off call for buildings to remain in public hands Within the past month, two supporters of a National Park Service plan to lease historic buildings at Fort Hancock to a private developer erroneously cited support from Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) to bolster their position. In a letter printed in the March 5…

  • Perspective

    Giving local focus to a global issueConference part of larger effortto spur change, create equity BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Perspective Giving local focus to a global issue Conference part of larger effort to spur change, create equity BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer Giving local focus to a global issue Conference part of larger effort to…

  • Zoners reject plan for former Prown’s building

    Board finds request for variance does not meet special reasons criteria BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Developers failed to gain approval for a plan to add a fourth story to the historic Prown’s building at 34-32 Broad St. in downtown Red Bank. Plans to redevelop the Prown’s building…

  • County grant will help fund work on Fisk Chapel

    Preservation association now raising money for 2nd phase of restoration BY NICOLE GERAGHTYStaff Writer County grant will help fund work on Fisk Chapel BY NICOLE GERAGHTY Staff Writer FAIR HAVEN — The borough’s most notable historic site will soon see a new day. Preparations for the restoration of Bicentennial Hall are under way, according to…

  • New rules could speed repairs for tenants

    Proposal would create fund to ensure properties are properly maintained BY NICOLE GERAGHTYStaff Writer BY NICOLE GERAGHTY Staff Writer RED BANK— If you are a tenant who is tired of leaky plumbing and a faulty heating — don’t fear — the borough is on your side. Councilman John Curley is sponsoring an Emergency Multiple-Dwelling Security…

  • Bucs show resiliency in return to title game

    RBR boys, Rumson and Shore girls all chasing sectional crowns BY MIKE McDONALDStaff Writer BY MIKE McDONALD Staff Writer The Red Bank Regional Bucs entered Tuesday night’s Central Jersey Group III final against Manasquan as confident as they have been all year. After a hard-fought 42-40 win over Willingboro on Saturday, the Bucs were a…

  • Boro holding the line on municipal taxes

    Increase in valueof taxable propertymitigates need for tax hike BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Increase in value of taxable property mitigates need for tax hike BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — This year the borough may be spending more but it is not taxing more. The introduction of the 2004 municipal budget…

  • Boro offers no answers to garbage problem

    Undetermined ownership of lot; responsibilityfor cleanup unclear BY NICOLE GERAGHTYStaff Writer Undetermined ownership of lot; responsibility for cleanup unclear BY NICOLE GERAGHTY Staff Writer RED BANK — Rosemarie Costa would like to be greeted by the trees and the picturesque potential that the ravine adjacent to her home has. Instead, each time she leaves her…

  • Vocational school district tuition may increase

    BY VINCE ECHAVARIAStaff Writer BY VINCE ECHAVARIA Staff Writer The Monmouth County Vocational School District introduced a $600 tuition increase for shared-time students that will take effect in the 2004-05 school year. Brian McAndrew, superintendent of the Monmouth County Vocational School District, said his Board of Education was expected to vote on the tuition increase…