Category: HUB News
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State’s 11 lighthouses will be open to visitors Saturday and Sunday
Staff Writer By SHERRY CONOHAN JERRY WOLKOWITZ Sandy Hook Lighthouse watches over the harbor of Sandy Hook Bay. MIDDLETOWN — The Sandy Hook lighthouse has endured. Throughout more than 200 years, it has withstood raging storms, blistering sun, even cannon fire aimed at toppling it. Today it is the oldest standing and operating lighthouse in…
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Different plan for First Night in works
Staff Writer By john burton RED BANK — The world has changed since Sept. 11, and so much of our lives will now be altered to adhere to those changes. To accommodate our altered sensibility in light of the terrible, recent events, the organizers of the borough’s First Night celebration for New Year’s Eve are…
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Cost of WTC response may be reimbursed Borough seeking money for excess expenses from effort to provide aid
Staff Writer By JOHN BURTON Cost of WTC response may be reimbursed Borough seeking money for excess expenses from effort to provide aid RED BANK — The borough has begun the process of tallying its cost related to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, hoping to find reimbursement from state or federal entities. "They’re (the county…
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Military retiree day at
Fort Monmouth Oct. 20 U.S. Sen. Jon Corzine (D) will speak at the annual Military Retiree Appreciation Day on Oct. 20 at 9 a.m. at Fort Monmouth Officers’ Club, Gibbs Hall, Tinton Avenue. The event is free to all military retirees and families in Monmouth, Middlesex, Union, Morris, Warren, Essex, Hudson, Bergen, Sussex, Hunterdon and…
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Carrying a torch for lighthouses N.J. Lighthouse Society assists in preserving 20 lighthouses and their artifacts and lore
Staff Writer By gloria stravelli Carrying a torch for lighthouses N.J. Lighthouse Society assists in preserving 20 lighthouses and their artifacts and lore JERRY WOLKOWITZ Tom Laverty, president of the New Jersey Lighthouse Society, peers out from the north tower of the Twin Lights Lighthouse in Highlands. Whether they arrived via schooner or steamship, the…
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~ Notes Around Town ~
CHRIS KELLY A flag made of red and white chrysanthemums and blue asters has been created on the municipal center grounds at the southwest corner of the Sycamore Avenue and Route 35 intersection in Shrewsbury’s historic four corners. The flag was created to commemorate the victims and the rescuers in the World Trade Center and…
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Borough kids seek safe place to skate Mackenzie and Krystina Brown present petition for park to council
Staff Writer By ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Borough kids seek safe place to skate Mackenzie and Krystina Brown present petition for park to council TINTON FALLS — They don’t have to pave paradise to put up a skate park. A small spot with a few boxes and ramps would be nice. That’s what the Borough Council…
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Task Force 1 was on the scene early Several area residents are part of state’s Urban Search and Rescue Unit
Staff Writer By Sherry conohan Task Force 1 was on the scene early Several area residents are part of state’s Urban Search and Rescue Unit PHOTOS COURTESY OF JIM BASTAN Acting Gov. Donald DiFrancesco (above) takes some time to talk to New Jersey’s Urban Search and Rescue Unit, also known as Task Force 1, during…
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A special feel for horses and dogs Certified equine and canine therapist finds her calling in the barn
Staff Writer By gloria stravelli A special feel for horses and dogs Certified equine and canine therapist finds her calling in the barn FARRAH MAFFAI Carol Allan gets a kiss from Skip who wants more attention than the short massage she was just giving him. Some downsized execs trade their cubicles for a home office,…
