Category: HUB News

  • Boro seeing largest tax increase in years

    Municipal rate expected to rise 11 percent to cover operations By sandi carpelloStaff Writer By sandi carpello Staff Writer RUMSON — Borough property owners will see a municipal tax increase in 2003. "It’s not a good year," said Business Administrator Gary Sammon. "It’s been a very tough budget." The introduction of the municipal budget, which…

  • Prices join parking as problem in downtown Red Bank

    The timing appears right for Karen Grieco’s decision to open an eatery catering to office personnel in a Tinton Falls office building. Local commercial realty brokers say the borough and neighboring towns like Eatontown and Shrewsbury are looking more attractive for office space rental, compared to the neighboring downtown Red Bank business district. The transition…

  • Seeking a new home for Century House

    Red Bank Charter School leading effort to relocate historic building By gloria stravelliStaff Writer By gloria stravelli Staff Writer GLORIA STRAVELLI The Century House, located at 87 E. Front St., was built in 1865 and is the only remaining local example of Second Empire architecture, once popular among the Red Bank merchant class. The mansion…

  • Boro tries to reassure Hispanics on rental rules

    Renter registration being held up while borough develops proper forms By GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer By GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer GLORIA STRAVELLI Susanna Baumann, of the Red Bank Language and Cultural Center, acted as translator for Borough Administrator Stanley Sickels during a town meeting with members of the Hispanic community at St. Anthony of Padua Church…

  • Long settling into councilwoman role

    By Sherry conohanStaff Writer By Sherry conohan Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — Taking office as a member of the Borough Council has brought a swift immersion in local issues for Dina Graygor Long. Long was sworn in to her council seat on March 4 and, two weeks later, she had to cast a very big…

  • Narozanick will run for seventh freeholder term

    By dick metzgarStaff Writer By dick metzgar Staff Writer Ted Narozanick Ted Narozanick has announced that he will seek a seventh consecutive three-year term on the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders on the Republican ticket. Narozanick, 82, of Freehold Borough, said he wants to continue as a freeholder because he thinks he has much more…

  • Women’s work: never done, usually underpaid

    Mary Gatta tackles issue as director at Rutgers U. Center for Women By gloria stravelliStaff Writer By gloria stravelli Staff Writer VERONICAYANKOWSKI Mary Gatta’s own experience in low-wage jobs has provided insight for her research at Rutgers University’s Center for Women and Work. Summer jobs during high school and college provided Dr. Mary Gatta with…

  • Chalk and slate giving way to electrons at RFH

    By sandi carpelloStaff Writer By sandi carpello Staff Writer RUMSON — Standing before a 27-inch screen, crammed with notes from that morning’s calculus class, Kevin Bals presses his index finger on the white screen’s surface. "It’s amazing. With the touch of a button, you can e-mail the entire lesson to the student’s in-box," said Bals,…

  • Redevelopment proposal officially off the table

    Resident opposition ends planning effort thatbegan with town study By Sherry conohanStaff Writer Resident opposition ends planning effort that began with town study By Sherry conohan Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — Bowing to the opposition voiced by residents, the Borough Council has scrapped the "town study" undertaken to draw up a blueprint for future development…