Category: HUB News

  • S.B. mayor advocates for tighter budget

    Fernandes seeks to mitigate effects of probable hike in school taxes BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Mayor Maria Fernandes wants to see a “zero increase for taxpayers” in the 2010-11 municipal budget introduced during the Sea Bright Borough Council’s meeting April 6. Last Thursday, Fernandes, a Democrat, said she wants to see the $5.16 million…

  • Meridian team lends expertise in caring for injured in Haiti

    Volunteers remark about the Haitians’ strong spirit BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Meridian Health sent medical equipment, supplies and a full medical team to Haiti on Feb. 26 for a weeklong mission as part of the organization’s continued support for earthquake relief. Above: Forty patients are crowded into a medical tent after the January earthquake…

  • R.B. BOE cuts $1M, 13 positions from budget

    One candidate for three open seats on Board of Ed. BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer The Red Bank Board of Education (BOE) introduced a revised budget for 2010-11 that cuts spending by 9 percent, and unanimously passed the $18.9 million budget during the March 30 meeting. The board slashed the proposed $19.9 million budget by…

  • Amendments to fort reuse bill give locals more say

    Legislature must approve changes proposed by Beck BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Oceanport Borough Council President Joseph Irace announced during the April 1 council meeting that the borough received a package containing 17 new amendments to Senate Bill 917 and Assembly Bill 597, the Fort Monmouth Redevelopment bills, from Sen. Jennifer Beck (R-12th District). Joseph…

  • From Signal Corps to satellites, fort’s role documented

    Fort Monmouth archives will follow base to Md. BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer An important chapter in Monmouth County history will come to an end in 2011 when the gates of Fort Monmouth close. Monmouth Park Grandstand blown down 1899 The Department of Defense’s Base Realignment and Closure Commission decided to close Fort Monmouth and…

  • Sea Bright’s Dune’s Day will replenish beaches

    Badge sales at a peak; boro rushes to ready shoreline for season opening BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — Plans are in place for a borough-wide Dune’s Day volunteer effort to re-fence and replant the beach sand dunes at borough beaches. The event has been scheduled for Sunday, April 25, and will be…

  • Spring festivities

    Above: A youngster hunts for eggs during the Fair Haven Easter Egg Hunt held at McCarter Park on April 3. Below: Families and children wait for the start of the egg hunt. PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY

  • RFH 10th annual Enviropalooza

    RUMSON — Nineteen local environmental groups participated in the 10th annual Enviropalooza hosted by Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School’s Environmental Club on March 25. The groups are invited to interact with students to raise awareness of the efforts being made to improve the ocean, waterways, land and atmosphere of the coastal region. Display tables were…

  • Fun in the sun

    Top to bottom: Children of all ages explore the beach at Sea Bright on a sunny spring afternoon April 2. Sarah Von Etten (l), Albany, N.Y., and Riley Cushing, Rumson, look out at the ocean. Danny Dibenede, Red Bank (center), has some fun on the playground adjacent to the beach. More photos at gmnews.com. PHOTOS…