Category: HUB News

  • Atop R.B.’s Christmas list: a tree

    RED BANK — Red Bank RiverCenter is seeking a 15-20-foot full evergreen, preferably a blue spruce, to use in the business district as the borough’s Christmas tree for the 2009 holiday season. Each year RiverCenter sends out a request to the public to donate a tree that will be lit at the Dublin House Courtyard,…

  • Little Silver recreation wrestling, basketball, registration open

    LITTLE SILVER — Little Silver Recreation has announced the registration dates for rec basketball for boys and girls grades K-8. The program runs from December through February with older children playing in the Two River Rec Basketball League. Registration is scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon at borough hall on Thursday, Oct. 15, and Tuesday,…

  • Hearings continue on proposed asphalt plant

    Planner for opponent says plant would deter future development BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — Testimony on a proposed asphalt plant ran overtime at the Oct. 1 meeting of the Tinton Falls Zoning Board, which carried the hearing to the next meeting on Oct. 15. After nearly two hours of testimony, the Zoning…

  • Local projects receive county planning awards

    Red Bank’s Washington Street Historic District and Middletown’s Port of Belford revitalization plan received awards recently at the 56th Monmouth County Planning Board Awards Dinner. One of the homes located in Red Bank’s Washington Street Historic District. The dinner was held at the Robert B. Meyner Reception Center at the PNC Bank Arts Center in…

  • Top dog

    MATT DENTON Lori Van Pelt and Roxie (left) finish the 16th annual Dog Walk and Pet Fair sponsored by the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MCSPCA) and held at Brookdale Community College on Oct. 3.

  • Burry: Misconduct charges will not stop fort closure

    Pallone and Holt: Reports show critical data withheld from BRAC BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer County and local officials are skeptical that a pair of classified reports that found the decision to close Fort Monmouth was preordained and based on flawed information will alter the course of the fort’s closure. “None of us approve of…

  • Funding approved for beach replenishment, flood control

    U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6th District) announced that the U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Fiscal Year 2010 Energy and Water Conference Report, which will allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to continue critical shore protection and flood control projects in Monmouth County. The conference report reconciled differences between the House and…

  • Local bridge, road projects to receive funding

    Anumber of Monmouth County bridges and other transportation projects have been approved to receive funding for final design, right-of-way acquisition or construction in fiscal years 2010 to 2013 by the New Jersey Transportation Planning Authority. A total of 20 transportation projects have made the NJTPA’s list of projects and are included in its annual Transportation…

  • The ‘Kid from Red Bank’ is back where he belongs

    Basie bust gets prominent spot at train station BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer One of Red Bank’s most notable citizens, William “Count” Basie, a pioneer of swing music, was honored during a rededication ceremony of a sculpture of the jazz great on Oct. 2. CHRIS KELLY staff Phyllis Rudlow, Red Bank, shares memories of her…