Category: HUB News
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Visually impaired get a chance to be a cut above Culinary program opens doors in food-service industry for graduates
Staff Writer By JOHN BURTON Visually impaired get a chance to be a cut above Culinary program opens doors in food-service industry for graduates FARRAH MAFFAI Hilma Codrington, East Orange, starts to pack leftovers to take home after cooking class at the Oakland House restaurant, Red Bank, on Feb. 28. Prescila Gardner, Franklin Township, thinks…
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Dowd gets minimum on charge of DWI
Staff Writer By CAROLYN O VERONICA YANKOWSKI Bill Dowd, Monmouth County Republican chairman, appears in Monmouth Beach Municipal Court Tuesday evening. MONMOUTH BEACH — Monmouth County Republican Chairman William F. Dowd pleaded guilty to a driving while intoxicated charge on Tuesday. Long Branch Officer Michael Vogler observed Dowd, 58, a resident of Ocean Avenue, driving…
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Mayor tells RiverCenter door still open on garbage Business owners seeking way to defray costs they face under new rules
Staff Writer By gloria stravelli Mayor tells RiverCenter door still open on garbage Business owners seeking way to defray costs they face under new rules Cast in a new role, Red Bank RiverCenter is attempting to reopen dialogue with the borough on changes recently adopted to municipal garbage ordinances, which would have a major impact…
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Locust Ave. site promotes
Locust Ave. site promotes ‘blue trail’ concept Sierra Club volunteers expected to begin work on site in early June By GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer RED BANK — A nature area on the west side of the borough would become part of a "blue trail" of points along the Navesink River in a plan unveiled by…
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Visitor Center director named
Margaret Mass has been named to head the Red Bank Visitors Center which is scheduled to be in place at the Red Bank Train Station by summer. Mass was named executive director by the Visitors Center board and will head the new nonprofit formed to promote local facilities, public events and businesses. "We’re going to…
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Council seeks to replace trucks
Staff Writer By john burton SHREWSBURY — In an attempt to update borough equipment, the Borough Council is moving ahead with plans to acquire two new vehicles for the Department of Public Works. At this week’s meeting, the council voted to approve a resolution, authorizing the purchase of a new dump truck. The new truck…
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Normandie Place home approved Planning/Zoning Board approves 18-foot-wide house on 25-foot-wide lot
Staff Writer By Sherry conohan Normandie Place home approved Planning/Zoning Board approves 18-foot-wide house on 25-foot-wide lot SEA BRIGHT — The 18-foot-wide house proposed for a 25-foot-wide lot on Normandie Place came back to the Planning/Zoning Board last week 14 feet shorter, 3 1/2 feet lower, 530 square feet smaller and 7 feet farther back…
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Wall man now faces stalking charge Same man was charged with harassing three minors in early February
Staff Writer By john burton Wall man now faces stalking charge Same man was charged with harassing three minors in early February RED BANK — Borough police again arrested a Wall man for allegedly stalking, less than a month from the last time he was arrested. David Frank Hohsfield, 45, Belmar Boulevard, was arrested last…
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Founder of Lunch Break, HABcore passes at 88 Ed Rogers’ legacy includes four decades of helping area’s less fortunate
Staff Writer By john burton Founder of Lunch Break, HABcore passes at 88 Ed Rogers’ legacy includes four decades of helping area’s less fortunate Ed Rogers of Middletown, a lifelong community activist, died last week. One activity among the many Rogers was instrumental in helping establish was Lunch Break, Red Bank’s soup kitchen and food…
