Category: HUB News

  • Health club successfully appeals tax assessment

    By sandi carpelloStaff Writer By sandi carpello Staff Writer RED BANK — The Atlantic Club, Maple Avenue’s posh and pricey fitness center, has succeeded with a $100,000 appeal of its property tax assessment. In a 4-1 vote, the governing body approved the appeal, relinquishing roughly $2,700 per year in taxes from the health club, according…

  • County arts council awaits word on funding

    State aid for arts, cultural programs is down about 11 percent from last year By gloria stravelliStaff Writer By gloria stravelli Staff Writer With $16 million in arts funding restored to the state budget, members of the arts community are celebrating the success of the uncharacteristic militancy they displayed in advocating for the funds. "Our…

  • First aiders set for first LOSAP program

    Council working onputting question before voters in November By elaine van develdeStaff Writer Council working on putting question before voters in November By elaine van develde Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — They’re calling it a small token of thanks for a tremendous job. Officials are looking to reward first aid department volunteers and offer an…

  • State’s beaches get a clean bill of health

    Federal legislationestablished extensive monitoring program By Sherry conohanStaff Writer Federal legislation established extensive monitoring program By Sherry conohan Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI Sen. Frank Lautenberg arrived via federal Environmental Protection Agency helicopter to speak to the media in Sea Bright about the EPA monitoring of clean ocean water. SEA BRIGHT — Come on in. The…

  • State money sought for road repairs

    By carolyn o By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer OCEANPORT — Borough officials are seeking state funding to improve more than a mile of roads within the borough. The total amount needed to improve sections of Burnt Mill Circle, Port-au-Peck Avenue and Horseneck Point Road is $527,900. If the state grants the borough’s funding request, town…

  • Seeing eye to eye across generations

    Students and seniors gain new perspective through memoir programCorrespondent By elizabeth welsh Students and seniors gain new perspective through memoir program Correspondent Jackie Cole, flanked by Courtney Benedict and Courtney Halligan-Cebulko, participated in the memoir program conducted by Maple Place School, Oceanport, in conjunction with the Oceanport Senior Citizen Club. In creating memoirs for members…

  • Tinton Falls receives a boost to open space funds

    By elaine van develdeStaff Writer By elaine van develde Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — The borough can count on a bit of a cushion to soften the cost of its open space acquisitions. Gov. James McGreevey recently announced that Tinton Falls was one recipient of a N.J. Department of Environmental Protection Green Acres Program grant…

  • Mix of summer sounds in Street Life

    By gloria stravelliStaff Writer By gloria stravelli Staff Writer Where will you be able to listen to musical styles ranging from experimental electronica to Middle Eastern ’70s rock on the same summer evening? Bet you didn’t guess downtown Red Bank, but that’s where an eclectic mix of musical and other types of performances will take…

  • Sales of homes to be built at Tradewinds set to begin

    By Sherry conohanStaff Writer By Sherry conohan Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — Kara Homes Development Corp. is almost ready to launch sales for 20 houses it plans to build overlooking the ocean on the Tradewinds property. Kara won the Planning/Zoning Board’s approval to put a sales trailer on the property, but was not able to…