Category: HUB News
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Collier offers path to positive changes
Open house event reveals high school in Marlboro that serves diverse group of teens BYAMY ROSEN Staff Writer Collier High School in the bucolic Wickatunk section of Marlboro offers an alternative educational experience to students who are not succeeding to the best of their abilities in a traditional high school setting. Collier High School enrolls…
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New parking system to offer more time, options
Red Bank opts for parking pay stations to boost the downtown BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer RED BANK — State-of-the-art parking pay stations are the first step Red Bank is taking to jump into the 21st century in terms of parking. A resolution awarding a contract to Integrated Technical Systems Inc. (ITS) for new multispace…
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Sea Bright nixes written exams for some police promotions
Corporal, sergeant positions to be evaluated by the chief BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — Police officers eligible for promotions to the position of corporal or sergeant in Sea Bright will no longer have to take a written test to qualify. The Borough Council approved a resolution at its Dec. 20 meeting, amending…
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New year, new programs at R.B. Library
REDBANK— The list of special and regularly scheduled programs offered in the Adult and Children’s Departments of the Red Bank Public Library will continue to grow in 2012. Starting at 1 p.m. on Jan. 6, the library will offer a free weekly one-hour Friday yoga class for adults. Amy Richardson, a graduate of the Institute…
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Height variance delays Hampton Inn proposal
Attorney reminds planners that ordinance sets 50-foot height limit at riverfront BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer RED BANK — An overlooked zoning ordinance became a sticking point at the Planning Board’s Dec. 19 meeting regarding a proposal to build a Hampton Inn at the foot of Cooper’s Bridge. While the Planning Board listened to testimony…
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Activist arrested for disorderly conduct at FMERA meeting
Board passes 2012 fiscal plan, expects $31M from land sale in first year BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — Less than 30 seconds into his public comment at the Dec. 21 meeting of the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA), an outspoken activist about environmental and transparency issues at the fort was arrested for…
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Lunch Break looks to ‘spark a movement’
Significant contributions create new ways to connect to community BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer Howard Leipzig (l), his wife Karen Leipzig and their dog Missy, of Dogs on the Farm doggie day care in Middletown, deliver donated pet food to Lunch Break in Red Bank on Dec. 21. ERIC SUCAR staff Despite being down nearly…
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Festival of Lights
Rabbi Harry Levin, of the Open Synagogue, Fair Haven, lights the menorah at the train station in Red Bank on Dec. 20. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Dakota Diehl (front) and her sister Jaiden Diehl, of Long Branch, observe the menorah lighting on the first night of Hanukkah. Participants celebrate the Festival of the Lights…
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First-class brass
Xavier White and band mates perform under the direction of Devin Amato during the fifth grade Winter Concert at Swimming River School in Tinton Falls on Dec. 19. LAUREN CASSELBERRY
