Category: HUB News
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Environmental initiatives under way in Red Bank will transform two undeveloped tracts on the west side into areas where students and residents can study and enjoy native plants and wildlife along the banks of the Navesink.
Environmental initiatives under way in Red Bank will transform two undeveloped tracts on the west side into areas where students and residents can study and enjoy native plants and wildlife along the banks of the Navesink. CHRIS KELLY The grounds at the Red Bank Primary School, now littered by Canada geese, will be turned into…
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Boro may offer incentive ordinance for volunteers
Staff Writer By JOHN BURTON Boro may offer incentive ordinance for volunteers SEA BRIGHT — In an attempt to attract and retain quality members, the Borough Council was scheduled to vote this week on an ordinance offering incentives to first aid and fire department volunteers. "The focus was to reward and to entice people to…
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Dems and GOP reach accord Bennett and Codey will split Senate president position
Staff Writer By SHERRY CONOHAN Dems and GOP reach accord Bennett and Codey will split Senate president position The two incoming state Senate presidents have agreed on a method of dividing up the leadership responsibilities when the new Legislature is sworn into office in January, with a plan on how to post bills that Senate…
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Officials make new sewer plant construction official Authority’s name change delayed for nearly a year
Staff Writer By SHERRY CONOHAN Officials make new sewer plant construction official Authority’s name change delayed for nearly a year MONMOUTH BEACH — It may have been the ceremonial groundbreaking for the present expansion and upgrade of the sewer plant, but Elwood Baxter, chairman of the Two Rivers Water Reclamation Authority was looking further into…
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Sponsorship of signs rejected Residents’ opposition to idea kills plan to save borough money
Staff Writer By Elaine Van Develde Sponsorship of signs rejected Residents’ opposition to idea kills plan to save borough money There will be no commercial sponsorship of welcome signs in Fair Haven. The plan for commercial sponsorship of signs that had been proposed became defunct at Monday’s meeting of the Borough Council. After grappling with…
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VERONICA YANKOWSKI Carly Villane and Erin Short, both 8, of Middletown frost their own gingerbread cookies at the St. James Elementary School Santaland festivities held at the school Dec. 8.
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Private group may get foothold on Sandy Hook Plans call for 60-year lease on rehabilitated Fort Hancock buildings
Staff Writer By gloria stravelli Private group may get foothold on Sandy Hook Plans call for 60-year lease on rehabilitated Fort Hancock buildings Environmental groups are weighing in on a recent announcement that the National Park Service plans to lease a portion of historic Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook to a private developer. The developer,…
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New Numa one at Count Basie Theatre Director of College of
New Numa one at Count Basie Theatre Director of College of Numa Christopher Saisselin Staten Isl. arts center named to head theater By GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer New audiences and a greater variety of performing arts offerings will be on the program at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, which announced the appointment of…
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Council considers combining zoning and planning boards
Staff Writer By ELAINE VAN DEVELDE FAIR HAVEN — When it comes to the borough’s planning and zoning boards, whether or not together is better or two boards are better than one is an issue about which the borough is still ambivalent. Councilman Thomas Gilmour, who sits on the borough’s Planning Board, broached the subject…
