Category: HUB News
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Furloughs, salary freeze on table for Red Bank budget
Tax rate to rise 2.3 cents per $100, to 48.5 cents BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer The Red Bank Borough Council voted last week to introduce a proposed $19,223,635 spending plan that calls for furloughs, no raises for non-union workers, and possible layoffs for borough employees. “This is an extremely difficult year,” Mayor Pasquale Menna…
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Members of Little Silver Boy Scout Pack 3, Den 3 pose with New Jersey State Police Major Kevin Burke (l-r) and den leader Mike Gilson. The troop visited the state police headquarters in Holmdel, where Burke gave the boys a tour and they viewed a movie on state police practices and procedures. The Scouts had…
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Paint the town pink
Above: Eliza Ford (center) and friends fly pink kites during the Paint the Sky Pink event held at “Pink Beach” (Monmouth Beach) on May 2. The pink kites were part of Paint the Town Pink, a community event aimed at raising awareness of breast cancer prevention, education and treatment. PHOTOS BY LAUREN CASSELBERRY Left: Micaela…
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Sea Bright, MCSPCA team up for feral cat control
BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — Mayor Maria Fernandes and the Borough Council are considering entering into a partnership with the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MCSPCA) to solve the borough’s feral cat overpopulation problem. MCSPCA representatives gave a presentation proposing the borough implement a trapneuter return (TNR)…
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Save the Satos Dog Show & Fair May 15
TINTON FALLS — Members of the Animal Friendly Organization at Monmouth Regional High School will hold the third annual Save the Satos Dog Show and Fair to raise money and awareness for the homeless animals, called “satos,” in Puerto Rico. Last year’s event raised $2,000, and this year’s proceeds will go to Save a Sato,…
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Marianne and Steve Morse, of Sea Bright, are among the hundreds of volunteers clearing debris from local beaches during the statewide Clean Ocean Action Spring Beach Sweeps April 24. CHRIS KELLY
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Gov.’s Earth Day pledge: No LNG, offshore drilling
Christie’s stance applauded by environmental advocates BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Gov. Chris Christie marked Earth Day by reaffirming his administration’s commitment to environmental protections at the oceanfront in Sea Bright on April 22. Clean Ocean Action Executive Director Cindy Zipf (l) and former Gov. Tom Kean applaud Gov. Chris Christie’s opposition to liquefied natural…
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Eight sites added to Weekend in Old Monmouth
40 historic Monmouth sites to be open for visits on May 1 and May 2 The 18th-century Georgianstyle Burrowes Mansion in the heart of downtown Matawan will be one of the stops on the county’s third annual “Weekend in Old Monmouth,” a two-day historic-sites tour on Saturday, May 1, and from noon to 5 p.m.…
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Beck: Fort bill balances state, local interests
Locals want greater voice in future of Fort Monmouth property BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Residents queue up to pose questions to local legislators regarding Senate bill S-917, which would create the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority, at a public meeting held at Shore Regional High School April 21.WEST LONG BRANCH — Amendments to Senate…
