Category: HUB News

  • Work Out World wins approval for signs

    RED BANK — After scaling back the dimensions of a circular sign, Work Out World (WOW!) got Planning Board approval Monday for sign variances that will permit two facade signs and a 30-inch circular hanging sign for its proposed new fitness center at 30-32 W. Front St. in Red Bank. Renovations are under way at…

  • Fox Chase developer receives approval for final phase

    Staff Writer By ELAINE VAN DEVELDE TINTON FALLS — Phase four of the Fox Chase development off Asbury Avenue will finally come to pass, adding more of the same housing to the area. Last week the borough’s Planning Board OK’d the construction of 42 new townhomes on the builder’s 11.5 acres, Borough Administrator Anthony Muscillo…

  • Municipal complex plan draws positive response

    Municipal complex plan draws positive response Borough received funds for building from Dept. of Community Affairs By ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — Plans for a new municipal complex have been plagued by roadblocks since 1997. Now it looks like the way has finally been paved. Plans for the facility had vacillated in…

  • Inmates return to clean up river banks

    Staff Writer By JOHN BURTON RED BANK — One of the borough’s most valuable attributes is its proximity and access to the Navesink River, and keeping the river free of trash and as pristine as possible is important to many. To help keep the river and its red banks free of rubbish, the state’s Operation…

  • Drawing on the drama in courtrooms

    Staff Writer By GLORIA STRAVELLI John Cardinal Cushing and Sen. John F. Kennedy The mobsters and politicos, nefarious criminals and popular icons, judges, juries and legal pundits who were part of the most celebrated courtroom dramas of the 1970s and ’80s have one thing in common: They were the subjects of a diminutive courtroom artist…

  • Parking panel makes its meetings private Decision of task force created to get public input supported by mayor

    Staff Writer By john burton Parking panel makes its meetings private Decision of task force created to get public input supported by mayor When the task force was formed to explore options to address Red Bank’s parking issues, the only directive that Mayor Edward J. McKenna Jr. gave to members was to brainstorm, be creative…

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    CHRIS KELLY Red Bank Catholic High School’s Greg Rooney turns upfield after making a reception during a recent scrimmage against Red Bank Regional at Count Basie Park, Red Bank.

  • Inn’s razing prompts call for protective measures Inventory of historic structures, creation of review panel urged

    Staff Writer By gloria stravelli Inn’s razing prompts call for protective measures Inventory of historic structures, creation of review panel urged Demolished on July 14, the Thomas Morford House on West Front Street dated back to the 18th century, when it was an inn. Demolition of one of Red Bank’s historic structures by a developer…

  • Sign denied; owner considers options

    Sign denied; owner considers options By gloria stravelli Staff Writer RED BANK — A local Cingular Wireless agent is mulling several alternatives after being denied a variance for the facade sign on the West Front Street building where his business is located. The Red Bank Zoning Board of Adjustment issued a resolution of denial several…