Category: HUB News
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Sea Bright council discusses $5.3M budget
Reduced state aid, decreased property values impact tax increase BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — The Borough Council discussed the $5.3 million municipal budget for the 2012 fiscal year at a special workshop onMarch 5. The budget calls for taxpayers to raise $3.9 million compared to last year’s $5.2 million budget that called…
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Red Bank library offers March programs for adults and children
RED BANK — Adoption reform advocate Carol Barbieri will discuss her experiences as an adoptee in New Jersey and her difficult search to find her biological family Thursday, March 29, at 7 p.m. at the Red Bank Public Library, 84 W. Front St. Separated from her twin sister at birth, abandoned as an infant, Barbieri…
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Little Silver, Shrewsbury introduce 2012 budgets
BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer LITTLE SILVER — The Borough Council introduced a $9.85 million municipal budget for the 2012 fiscal year at the March 5 council meeting. The budget represents a decrease from last year’s $10.2 million budget, but if approved, would result in a $98,390 increase in taxes. Taxpayers would raise nearly $6.5…
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11th Annual Keith D. McHeffey 3-Mile Fun Run and Walk
Troy D’Amico sprints to the finish line during the 11th Annual Keith D. McHeffey 3-Mile Fun Run and Walk along Ocean Avenue through Sea Bright and Monmouth Beach on March 10. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Carrie Adams (l-r) and Alice Adams, of Fair Haven, share a hug after finishing the run, which is held…
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Students explore their new books during the Read Across America Day program, which commemorates the birthday of children’s author Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel, at the Red Bank Primary School on March 2. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Red Bank Board of Ed finds state aid falls short
Rising enrollment means district must cut programs and staff, reallocate resources BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer Laura C. Morana Members of the Red Bank Public School District Board of Education (BOE) passed a preliminary budget for the 2012-13 school year on Feb. 28, noting their dissatisfaction with inadequate state funding. The district received $2.256 million…
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Red Bank Primary School students wear hats inspired by “The Cat in the Hat” during activities to mark Read Across America Day on March 2. The event is celebrated across the U.S. to celebrate the birthday of children’s author Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel. Primary school students also listened to guest readers, received new books and…
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FMERA in talks for Patterson clinic building
Steadman: Healthcare co. to invest $15M to renovate former Army hospital BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer A lthough plans originally called for demolition of the former Patterson Army Health Clinic building at Fort Monmouth, it may remain standing. During the Feb. 15 meeting, the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) entered into negotiations with AcuteCare Health…
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Mystery backer revealed; ordinance remains blurry
Competitor funding objector’s legal fees to oppose Hampton Inn BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer RED BANK — The case wasn’t exactly solved, but another piece was added to the serial Hampton Inn puzzle at the borough Zoning Board meeting on March 1: identifying the mystery opponent. Tinton Falls Lodging Realty LLC is funding resident objector…
