Category: HUB News

  • Mulheren pushing office plan for former church

    Project requiresseveral variances, including for use and floor-area ratio By sandi carpelloStaff Writer Project requires several variances, including for use and floor-area ratio By sandi carpello Staff Writer John Mulheren means business. Standing before approximately 55 people at last week’s Rumson Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting, the Wall Street financier and local property developer declared…

  • 4-H Club plants seeds of youth development

    Program takes advantage of environment around boro primary school By sandi carpelloStaff Writer By sandi carpello Staff Writer RED BANK — Near a butterfly farm on the River Street school grounds, yellow daffodils are yearning for springtime, while a burgeoning vegetable garden awaits its day in the sun. "This school is in a pretty awesome…

  • Health inspections of eateries now regional responsibility

    Health inspections of eateries now regional responsibility Sidney Johnson Jr. went out to breakfast in Red Bank a few weeks ago and noticed the eatery’s annual health inspection certificate was a year out of date. "We’re finding some are a year behind. For whatever reason, there are a small percentage of restaurants not inspected according…

  • 90 year-old woman dies in fire in church rectory

    FAIR HAVEN — A small fire ignited a church rectory bathroom last weekend, causing the borough’s first fire-related death since 1976. Kathleen Nolan, 90, mother of the Rev. Jerome Nolan, pastor of the Church of the Nativity, was pronounced dead early Sunday after suffering severe burns and complications due to smoke inhalation, police Detective Joseph…

  • McLoone ensures local flavor in Pier Village

    Restaurateur hopes to have new eatery open by Valentine by Valentine’s Day By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — The first shovel is expected to hit the sand in a month, with a finished product — the first restaurant in Pier Village — to be open for business within a year. Tim McLoone, who…

  • Prown’s moving to new location on Monmouth Street

    Former antique storewill house homeimprovement operation By gloria stravelliStaff Writer Former antique store will house home improvement operation By gloria stravelli Staff Writer RED BANK — There will still be a Prown’s in Red Bank. When he closed the long-running Prown’s Has Everything on Broad Street last month, David Prown was determined to keep its…

  • Boro likely to see 5-cent municipal tax increase

    By sandi carpelloStaff Writer By sandi carpello Staff Writer RED BANK — Borough property owners are looking at a municipal tax increase for 2003, officials said this week. There is an estimated 5-cent increase per $100 of assessed valuation for the coming year, said borough Chief Financial Officer Bruce Loversidge. That means, for an average…

  • Police pull dog from Polly Pond

    By sandi carpelloStaff Writer By sandi carpello Staff Writer RUMSON — One moment Police Sgt. Scott Paterson was conducting his routine office duties; the next he was wading in the freezing Polly Pond — all for the life of a border collie. Paterson, with the assistance of Patrolman Robert Boyer and Animal Control Officer Bob…

  • Borough holding the line on property taxes

    As introduced, municipal budget eliminates small expected tax rate increase By Sherry conohanStaff Writer By Sherry conohan Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — A proposed municipal budget of $4,006,002.22 for 2003, which represents a decrease from last year’s budget and which will require no tax increase, has been introduced by the Borough Council. Michael Bascom, the…