Category: HUB News
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Island retreat in R.B.
RED BANK – Red Bank RiverCenter, Red Bank’s downtown alliance,will turn the Red Bank Elks Lodge into aHawaiian oasis on theNavesink as it hosts the sixth annual Tiki Party holiday decorations fundraiser. The island-themed Tiki Party will take place 6-10 p.m. June 25 at the Elks Lodge, located at 40West Front St. Each year, RiverCenter…
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Autopsy results: Little Silver man drowned
RUMSON – A 71-year-old Little Silver man, whose body was sighted floating in the Navesink River on May 25, died of asphyxia due to drowning, according to New Jersey State Police Sgt. Julian Castellanos. The body of Joseph Roffler was spotted on a sandbar in the Navesink River by two kayakers at 10:56 a.m, said…
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Corzine proposal would cap tax increases at $100
Towns say restored state aid has little impact on budgets BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer A proposal by Gov. Jon Corzine to restore a portion of municipal aid to municipalities with populations below 10,000 has gained the support of District 12 legislators. "Cutting aid to municipalities is not a spending cut, it is shifting the…
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Barbara Denegar, of Eatontown, portrays a victim in need of aid during a mass-casualty response exercise involving more than 100 first responders, emergency management and intelligence experts held at Fort Monmouth on May 28. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Boro forms corporation to steer housing project
Housing authority will run affordable housing complex BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer The borough of Red Bank has formed a nonprofit housing corporation to oversee development of an affordable housing project that will put home ownership within the reach of low- and moderate-income households. The borough has entered into a development agreement with the Red…
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Shared services studied for fort towns
BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer EATONTOWN – A consultant retained by the Fort Monmouth reuse authority will spend the next two months looking at how the fort’s three host towns could share emergency services. The Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Planning Authority (FMERPA) met at the Eatontown Borough Hall May 21 and heard an update on…
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Sheehan Classic race weekend
2007 start of the Sheehan Classic RED BANK – The George Sheehan Classic 5-Mile Run is set for 8:30 a.m. Saturday, June 14. More than 3,000 runners from around the world are expected to participate in what has become one of the Jersey Shore’s most popular road races. In addition, thousandsmore participate in the pre-…
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Boro extends temp. budget
LITTLE SILVER – The Borough Council approved a resolution to extend the borough’s temporary budget at the June 2 meeting. Although the council has yet to introduce a 2008-2009 spending plan, the resolution extended the temporary plan from July 1 to Sept. 30. The total amount of the extended temporary budget is $2.1 million and…
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Nonprofit meets need for used furniture
RED BANK – Over the past 14 years, Love In the Name of Christ (Love INC), a local charitable organization, has provided rental and utility assistance, used furniture and used cars to the disadvantaged. According to Carolyn Eyerman, founder and executive director of Love INC, the nonprofit experienced a 20 percent increase in calls for…
