Category: HUB News
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Public hearing on Red Bank budget April 26
New law makes library appropriation separate line item BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer RED BANK – Discussion at a budget workshop held last week centered on the library tax appropriation for the Red Bank Public Library, which will now be separate from the main municipal appropriation, Borough Administrator Stanley Sickels explained on April 7. This…
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Time to pink your house!
Red Bank, Monmouth Beach and Fair Haven residents are being encouraged to support breast cancer awareness by decorating their houses in pink from April 30 through May 7. The week of this year’s “Paint the Town Pink” will see homeowners in Pink Bank, Pink Beach and Pink Haven turn their towns pink for seven days…
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Library celebrates National Library Week
RED BANK – The Red Bank Public Library, 84 West Front St., is hosting activities and raffles to mark National Library Week, which runs through April 16. Anyone visiting the library during the week receives a free raffle ticket to enter a drawing for one of several baskets containing gifts donated by local businesses including…
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Advocates slam new beach access rules
Surfrider, Baykeeper oppose giving towns say over public access BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer Local beach advocates’ worst-case scenario might come true in the next year if a proposed set of new beach-access regulations is approved by the state. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) released a set of proposed beach-access rules on April…
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Point Pleasant Beach: a shore town with much to offer
Beachfront, boardwalk and a thriving downtown draw visitors year-round BY KENNYWALTER Point Plesant Beach Point Pleasant Beach is a shore town that prides itself on being about more than its expansive beachfront. In fact, the borough, known as Point Beach in Shore parlance, boasts numerous special events that draw people into town. The Festival of…
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Sea Bright mayor set to end political career
Fernandes: Boro in better condition than it was 14 to 16 years ago BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — After 16 years in municipal government, Sea BrightMayorMaria Fernandes has announced that she will not seek re-election in November. “I have decided not to run for re-election for mayor,” Fernandes said in a prepared…
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Fair Haven Scouts help fight breast cancer
FAIR HAVEN — Each spring, the Cub Scouts of Pack 127 spend weeks preparing for the annual Scouts Fight Cancer Pancake Breakfast, to be held this year on May 1. The Scouts help distribute fliers, collect donations, bake cookies and cupcakes, decorate the dining hall and serve up thousands of pancakes all to support breast-cancer…
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‘Sinners and Saints’ art exhibit opens
RED BANK – Red Bank Community Church today announced the opening of an art exhibit entitled “Sinners and Saints” 3 p.m. Saturday, April. All are invited to attend this free event. The exhibit will present works that explore the theme of spiritual duality: good and evil, light and darkness, order and disorder. Included in the…
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Shore Regional District introduces $15.2M budget
Taxes would increase in three of four sending towns BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — If the proposed Shore Regional High School District budget is passed, taxpayers in three of the four sending towns that comprise the district will see a tax increase. The SRHS Board of Education voted unanimously at the March…
