Category: HUB News

  • Red Bank shuts offices to close budget gap

    Three-day closure aims to save $90K BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer RED BANK — The second of three mandatory government shutdown days took place Friday, July 23, as implemented under the borough’s amended $19.22 million spending plan. The Red Bank Borough Council unanimously passed the 2010 budget at a special public meeting June 18, which…

  • Construction to begin on affordable housing project

    Cedar Crossing will provide 36 affordable units BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer RED BANK — A groundbreaking ceremony for the Cedar Crossing affordable housing project on the east side of the borough is imminent, borough officials said July 12. The Red Bank Borough Council approved an ordinance transferring 1.9 acres of land to the Red…

  • New York City children get a breath of fresh air

    For many, visit to N.J. is first time outside of city BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Twelve-year-old Marcus Brooks of Brooklyn, N.Y., loves the beach — and for one week only, he’ll get to soak up the sand and the sun free of charge. New York City youths who will be spending summer vacation with…

  • Vans Warped Tour 2010

    Clockwise from top: A member of the security staff guides a crowd surfer safely back to earth during a performance by Sum 41 at the 16th annual Vans Warped Tour 2010 held at Monmouth Park, Oceanport, on July 18. Sum 41 performs on the Glamour Kills Stage. Some of the tens of thousands of fans…

  • Red Bank approves trial run for sidewalk signs

    Reaction to sandwich boards, which were once banned, will be monitored BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Several Red Bank eateries, like Pizza Fusion and No Ordinary Joe, both on Broad Street, placed signs outside their businesses after the Borough Council approved a trial ordinance allowing sandwich-board signs on sidewalks. JACQUELINE HLAVENKA RED BANK — Sandwich-board…

  • Fifth annual Kortney’s Challenge to be held Aug. 29

    Kortney Rose OCEANPORT — The Kortney Rose Foundation (KRF) will host the fifth annual Kortney’s Challenge Two-Mile Fun Walk/Run on Sunday, Aug. 29, at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport. Kortney Rose Gillette was a vivacious 9-year-old girl who attended Wolf Hill School in Oceanport. She was diagnosed with a terminal brainstem glioma and died on…

  • T.F. considers reducing use of pesticides

    Council mulls which parks should be pesticide free BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — The Borough Council is expected to consider reducing the use of chemical pesticides on borough properties. Environmental Commission members Jonathon Cohen and Jeff King at the July 6 workshop meeting presented the council with a rough draft of a…

  • Foundation launched to benefit animal rescue groups

    SHREWSBURY — On June 18, 150 guests celebrated the 40th anniversary of Purr’n Pooch, a pet resort owned and operated by the Palazzo family with locations in Tinton Falls and Wall. At the celebration, held at the Shadowbrook in Shrewsbury, daughters Betsy Palazzo and Koren Spadavecchia announced the launch of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit Purr’n Pooch…

  • Pallone, Holt seek liaison for Fort Hancock

    Urges NPS to lease buildings for noncommercial uses BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Local representatives hope to facilitate restoration of the Fort Hancock buildings by requesting that the National Park Service appoint a lease liaison position and proceed on a building-by-building basis. On July 7, U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D- 6th District) and Rush…