Category: HUB News
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Fort reuse panel enters home stretch
FMERPA officials address concerns of three host towns BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer FORT MONMOUTH TINTON FALLS — With a deadline fast approaching, the Fort Monmouth reuse authority addressed concerns raised by the fort’s three host towns during last week’s penultimate meeting. The Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Planning Authority (FMERPA) met in Tinton Falls on…
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Horsing around in the sand
Clockwise from top left: Richard Isgard, Freehold, works on his entry for the Fourth Annual Sand Sculpting Competition held at Monmouth Park racetrack on Aug. 23. A completed sand sculpture created by Bill Cichone, Bridgewater, is ready for judging in the equine-themed Sand Sculpting Competition. Matthew Deibert, Smithville, refines the details on his entry for…
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Web site to name restaurants with unsatisfactory inspections
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Internet Web site, food-borne diseases cause approximately 76 million illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations, and 5,000 deaths in the United States each year. No state, county or municipality is immune from this problem, according to a press release from Monmouth County. Monmouth County Freeholder Barbara J. McMorrow, the…
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Lessons from a dark chapter in world history
Holmdel teacher tours Holocaust sites in Europe BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer The atrocities of the Holocaust during World War II may be covered in history courses throughout the United States, but for one high school teacher, a trip through Europe was a real education. ERIC SUCAR staff Holmdel High School teacher Jill McCracken…
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Saturday in the Park 5K to help women
2007 start of Saturday in the Park 5K HOLMDEL — More than 500 women runners and walkers are expected to join together at Holmdel Park on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend, Aug. 30, at 9 a.m., to raise funds for and promote awareness of organizations that provide essential services to women and their children…
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Bethel Christian Center, Red Bank, will hold its second annual silent gift auction from noon to 4 p.m. Sept. 6 at 49 River Street Commons, Red Bank. For more information, call 732-219-9135. ***** A concert by tenor Eduardo Villa will be presented at 7 p.m. Aug. 31 at the First Presbyterian Church at Tower Hill,…
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Bill Cichone, of Bridgewater, works on his equine-themed entry for the fourth annual Sand Sculpting Competition held at Monmouth Park racetrack in Oceanport on Aug. 23. More photos, page 19.
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Canvas ties bind Ocean Grove ‘tenters’
Some have been summer homes for generations of families Living in close proximity makes for strong ties among tenters. OCEAN GROVE — The most coveted summertime address on the Jersey Shore may also be the most unusual: the tent colony in Ocean Grove, which has a 20-year waiting list for rentals. One reason for the…
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Pallone slams racetrack for creek pollution
DEP imposes $140K fine on NJSEA BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer Rep. Frank Pallone (D-6th District) had sharp criticism for Monmouth Park officials during a town meeting at the Oceanport track on Saturday. Pollution of local waterways was not a major item on the agenda for the Aug. 23 meeting, but the recent discharge of…
