Category: HUB News

  • Municipal budget nears $25M in Tinton Falls

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Municipal taxes would increase for residents this year if Tinton Falls’s $24.9 million budget is adopted. “There is an increase. The residential taxpayer with an average residential assessment of $322,000 will see their municipal taxes increase by $48 a year,” Finance Director Thomas Fallon said after the Borough Council introduced…

  • Red Bank police reach out to Hispanic residents

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Issues related to documentation and overcrowding were discussed as the Red Bank Police Department held its first meeting to bridge the divide between police and the borough’s Spanish-speaking residents. “It was a great meeting,” said the Rev. Alberto Tamayo, pastor of St. Anthony of Padua Church, Bridge Avenue. “It was…

  • New safe house will shelter victims of domestic abuse

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer A rendering of a new safe house planned by 180 Turning Lives Around that will shelter victims of domestic and sexual abuse. Over the past five years, 180 Turning Lives Around has provided safe shelter for more than 400 adult victims of domestic and sexual abuse and 500 children,…

  • Snow day

    Michael Montague takes a ride down the sledding hill at Wolf Hill Recreation Area in Oceanport on March 6. PHOTOS BY MATT DENTON Children of all ages make the trek up the sledding hill.

  • Grant will help Rumson convert Piping Rock park to synthetic turf

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer RUMSON — The borough has been awarded a $250,000 Municipal Open Space Grant from Monmouth County for improvements that will be coming to Piping Rock Memorial Park on East River Road. Sarah Orsay, director of parks and recreation, said the funds would go toward the installation of a synthetic…

  • Photo

    MATT DENTON Rumson-Fair Haven High School fans were out in full force at the Shore Conference Tournament (SCT) cheering the boys basketball team on as the Bulldogs won their first SCT title, beating Christian Brothers Academy in the final, 50-24.

  • Budget keeps state aid flat

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Gov. Chris Christie Gov. Chris Christie seeks to maintain flat levels of aid to municipalities and school districts in his fiscal year 2016 budget despite making the largest-ever pension payment in New Jersey history. During his Feb. 24 budget address at the State House, Christie outlined a new set of…

  • Red Bank to seek proposals for tennis courts

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Red Bank officials will prepare a request for proposals (RFP) for the crumbling clay tennis courts located in Marine Park. The four clay courts, which are owned by the borough and overseen by the Red Bank Clay Courts Tennis Association, have been closed since incurring damage during superstorm Sandy…

  • Teens tell of post-Sandy journey in photo exhibit

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer Jack An exhibit set to open this weekend focuses on the journeys of 10 teens from Monmouth and Middlesex counties as they discover hope and healing in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy. “I think one thing that helps a lot with the healing process is doing something creative, and…