Category: HUB News
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Public meeting on task force’s report considered
Staff Writer By JOHN BURTON RED BANK — Now that the mayor and Borough Council have the parking task force’s report, the discussion has turned to how the debate on the report’s findings, and any possible action, should proceed. Drew Horgan, chairman of the task force, told the mayor and council at last week’s meeting…
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Teens for Teens offers comfort and friendship
Staff Writer By JOHN BURTON Teens for Teens offers comfort and friendship FARRAH MAFFAI Brittany Chevalier, 15, helped establish Teens for Teens, a support group at Red Bank Regional High School where members meet to talk about their feelings about the tragedy at the World Trade Center and to pursue activities to help them get…
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Saving yesterdays for tomorrow
Staff Writer By gloria stravelli JERRY WOLKOWITZ Ira Matthews Jr. (l) and his son Ira III help to preserve bits of history by restoring and reproducing historic landmarks in the area. A recent project was the restoration of a gatekeeper’s house, which was returned to the spot at the Red Bank Train Station where it…
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Downtown improvements may include pool club
Two new councilmen sworn in at S.B.’s reorganization meeting By sherry conohan Staff Writer A pool club at the beachfront could lie in Sea Bright’s future. During the Borough Council’s annual organization meeting on Saturday, Mayor Gregory W. Harquail revealed that thought is being given to establishing a pool club. He said it was the…
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A North Jersey tradition moves 51 miles south Thompson’s Fish-N-Chips relocates to Sea Bright after 69 years in Kearny
Staff Writer By gloria stravelli A North Jersey tradition moves 51 miles south Thompson’s Fish-N-Chips relocates to Sea Bright after 69 years in Kearny Chris Kelly Arthur Ostrom is continuing a business his mother Doris ran for more than 40 years, though he has relocated the operation from Kearny to Sea Bright. Doris Ostrom was…
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Kapalko sworn in as Superior Court judge
Staff Writer By Sherry conohan Kapalko sworn in as Superior Court judge FARRAH MAFFAI Paul A. Kapalko takes the oath of office to become a judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey on a Bible held by daughters Casey and Christina at the Monmouth County Courthouse in Freehold Jan. 4. In the third and…
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Area residents named to state posts
Staff Writer By Sherry conohan A Little Silver man, Ronald Riccio, has been nominated by former acting Gov. Donald T. DiFrancesco for appointment to the Domestic Security Preparedness Task Force. Riccio of Winding Way, a law school professor at Seton Hall School of Law, Newark, is one of five area residents who have been nominated…
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Tragic events of 2001 a sad backdrop for 2002
Staff Writer By JOHN BURTON Tragic events of 2001 a sad backdrop for 2002 RED BANK — As the borough looks ahead to 2002, it is impossible to look back at the previous year without first thinking of the tragedy at the World Trade Center. "It’s very difficult to look back on the past year…
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5-day trash pickup for businesses might end Town, RiverCenter talk about cutting back on hauling for businesses
Staff Writer By gloria stravelli 5-day trash pickup for businesses might end Town, RiverCenter talk about cutting back on hauling for businesses Where to place it and how to collect it — the issue of the business district’s garbage is a topic being studied by a Red Bank/RiverCenter joint task force. "The borough has been…
