Category: HUB News
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Parkway project to upgrade fort access
Turnpike Authority will seek RFPs for $40M project BY KENNY WALTER & DAN HOWLEY Staff Writers The New Jersey Turnpike Authority announced Friday that improvements would be made to Exit 105 of the Garden State Parkway in Eatontown to improve traffic flow and facilitate access to the Fort Monmouth property. Improvements to the parkway will…
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Front Street upgrades will improve safety, traffic flow
County to undertake $600K project along portion of roadway BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Portions of West Front Street (above) and East Front Street will get upgrades including improved pedestrian crosswalks and signage and traffic calming measures. PHOTOS BY ANDREW DAVISON Front Street, also known as County Road 10 (CR10), will receive improvements to crosswalks…
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Sea Bright council sends Smart Growth draft to DEP
Fernandes: Plan ‘just thrown together’ BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — The Borough Council has sent a preliminary draft of its long-delayed Smart Growth plan to the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for approval, despite some council members’ concerns about the plan’s design. Approved at the council’s April 19 meeting, the draft…
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COA: Plastics still major source of beach litter
2010 data show record number of volunteers cleaned N.J. beaches BY KAITLYN D. KANZLER Staff Writer Cindy Zipf, executive director of Clean Ocean Action, discusses a report on data collected during the 2010 beach sweeps. Kim Smith (l-r), director of community investment with Comcast, and Tavia Danch, pollution prevention coordinator with COA, also spoke at…
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Pallone: Offshore drilling isn’t safe anywhere
Environmentalists protest bill to expand oil drilling to Eastern Seaboard BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer Clean Ocean Action Executive Director Cindy Zipf (center) is joined by Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-6th District, (r) and representatives of environmental organizations on April 20, the one-year anniversary of the Gulf oil spill, to protest legislation that would expand…
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S.B. council approves $5.2 million budget
Owner of average home will pay additional $90 in municipal taxes BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — The Borough Council unanimously approved its 2011 municipal spending plan that, despite cutting spending, calls for a $158,000 increase in taxes. Approved by a 5-0 vote at the council’s April 19 meeting, the $5.2 million budget…
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T.F. library grant would fund ADA renovations
BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer The Tinton Falls Library is in need of upgrades to be accessible to people using wheelchairs or walkers.The borough’s library may soon get a makeover that would give Tinton Falls seniors and others with limited mobility better access to library services. Tinton Falls Business Administrator Gerald Turning Sr. said last…
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Arc of Monmouth honors companies that hire individuals with disabilities
TINTON FALLS — The Arc of Monmouth and its BusinessAdvisory Council will hold an Employer Appreciation Breakfast to celebrate employers who have discovered that hiring or contracting qualified and welltrained individuals with disabilities contributes to their success. The Employer Appreciation Breakfast will take place 8-10 a.m. Friday, May 13, at the Sheraton Eatontown Hotel in…
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Community ties pay dividends for Riverview
$6.5M in donations fund new surgical wing BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Riverview Medical Center President Tim Hogan (l-r), David Flood, president of Meridian Health Foundation, John Lloyd, president, Meridian Health, pose with donors Joan and Robert Rechnitz, George Kolber and Domenic DiPiero. RED BANK — Several substantial donations have given Riverview Medical Center the…
