Category: HUB News
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6th Motor Battalion Marines return from Iraq
Families greet reserves who were called upto active duty in January By Sherry conohanStaff Writer Families greet reserves who were called up to active duty in January By Sherry conohan Staff Writer SHERRY CONOHAN Marines from the 6th Motor Transport Battalion, most of them reservists, march smartly Sunday to the community center at Fort Monmouth,…
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Voters to have say on merging targeted taxes
By Sherry conohanStaff Writer By Sherry conohan Staff Writer SHREWSBURY — The borough is moving toward a ballot question in November to merge two special funds financed with a penny of tax into one. Mayor Emilia M. Siciliano reported at the July 7 Borough Council meeting that she was proposing the merger of a fund…
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Building up from a solid foundation
New leader at Monmouth plans to start by making good programs better By sherry conohanStaff Writer By sherry conohan Staff Writer farrah maffai photo Paul G. Gaffney II In keeping with the advice of that old show tune, Paul G. Gaffney II plans to "accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative," in his approach to presiding…
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Cooking class teaches teens to feed their souls
By sandi carpelloStaff Writer By sandi carpello Staff Writer RED BANK — Roasted chicken, potatoes au gratin, and custard-filled profiterole may not be traditional soul food. But for at-risk teens from the Aslan Youth Ministry, concocting those recipes is food for the soul. "We cook from scratch," said Traci Turi, of Rumson, an Aslan volunteer…
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Extraordinary state aid cuts boro’s tax increase
By sandi carpelloStaff Writer By sandi carpello Staff Writer RED BANK — The borough’s 2003-04 municipal tax increase will be less than originally anticipated. After receiving a $100,000 extraordinary aid grant from the state’s Department of Community Affairs, the borough council trimmed down this year’s tax levy from 5.5 cents to 4.4 cents per $100…
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Reverse 911 up and running in five towns
In emergency, system can call all listed phonenumbers in communities By Sherry conohanStaff Writer In emergency, system can call all listed phone numbers in communities By Sherry conohan Staff Writer SHREWSBURY — The Police Department has put into service the long-awaited community telephone notification system called Reverse 911. Last Friday, as the system went online,…
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Budget hike chopped; ready for adoption
By elaine van develdeStaff Writer Budget hike chopped; ready for adoption By elaine van develde Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — They waited and they whittled. In doing so, officials managed to get the highest proposed municipal budget hike in history down a few cents and ready for adoption July 22. When the $16.8 million spending…
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NPS clears way for fort development
Regional director saysproject will have By gloria stravelliStaff Writer Regional director says project will have ‘no significant impact’ By gloria stravelli Staff Writer The National Park Service has cleared the way for a private developer to line up financing for a controversial $75 million redevelopment project at Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook. The Finding of…
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Boro, Sea Bright men killed by trains
By sandi carpelloStaff Writer By sandi carpello Staff Writer RED BANK — In two separate incidents last weekend, two NJ Transit commuter trains struck and killed two men who were standing on the train tracks. Edward Kraft, 26, of West Sunset Avenue, was pronounced dead at 6:49 a.m. last Friday. Michael Moses, 37, of Sea…
