Category: HUB News
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Twenty-four Boy Scouts with Shrewsbury Troop 50 pose with rangers who led them for part of a 12-day high adventure trip through the mountains of New Mexico in the 215-square-mile Philmont Scout Ranch in August. Backpacking through often inclement weather in elevations ranging from 6,500 to 12,441 feet, the Scouts hiked between 70 and 85…
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Super-size Safety Fair to provide lifesaving training, information
Spend a few hours on Sunday, Sept. 21, learning how to protect yourself and your loved ones. Greater Media Newspapers, Monmouth County Sheriff Kim Guadagno and the Sheriff ‘s Office are joining forces for a Child/Adult Safety Fair to be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Ocean Township High School on West Park…
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Fort panel puts off vote on reuse plan
COAH data lacking, but mayors fail in bid for 30-day delay BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer Held up by unanswered questions about the affordable housing component for the redevelopment of Fort Monmouth, the fort’s reuse authority postponed a vote to approve the reuse plan last week. Oceanport Mayor Michael Mahon The Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization…
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Tour de Force 9/11 aids families of fallen officers
More than 100 police officers from throughout the United States will participate in the 2008 Tour de Force 9/11 Memorial Law Enforcement Bicycle Ride on Sept. 8-11. Some 134 cyclists participated in the 2007 Tour de Force. The ride is held in honor of those murdered in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. About…
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Hours extended at county 9/11 Memorial
The eagle sculpture with a beam from one of the fallen World Trade Center towers. ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS — Mount Mitchill Scenic Overlook, on Ocean Boulevard in Atlantic Highlands, will be open from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday, Sept. 10,11,12 and 13, to provide additional opportunities for park patrons to visit Monmouth County’s…
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New principal poised for new school year
Interim gets top post at Red Bank Middle School BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer Maria Iozzi RED BANK — Just in time for the new school year, Maria Iozzi has been named principal for the Red Bank Middle School. Her appointment was announced at the Aug. 28 Board of Education meeting by Red Bank Public…
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Two signal interest in vacant council seat
BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — Two borough residents have expressed an interest in filling the Borough Council seat vacated by the resignation of former council President Brendan Tobin two weeks ago. Charles Lomangino and Andrew Mayer have picked up petition packets, the first step toward appearing on the November ballet as a…
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Street parking rules eased for residents
BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer RED BANK — At the Aug. 25 meeting, the Borough Council approved an ordinance relaxing the requirements for residents to qualify for street parking. The amended ordinance approved does not have the stipulation the previous ordinance did that residents can park on the street only if they do "not have…
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BOE: Fort reuse plan would burden schools
Members say taxpayers would bear the cost of building new schools BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — Borough schools cannot absorb the influx of students from development planned for Fort Monmouth, Board of Education members told the fort reuse panel last week. Tinton Falls Board of Education President Peter Karavites and member Steven…
