Category: HUB News
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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…
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Training facility for horses mulled
Plan could help N.J. have racing year-round BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The closing of Fort Monmouth in 2011 means that some of the choicest real estate on the East Coast will be available for public and private investment. One group would like to see 80 acres of the now-federal property in Oceanport, close to…
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63rd season starts at Monmouth Park racetrack
Racing officials hope for big year despite looming industry crisis BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer OCEANPORT – And they’re off! Monmouth Park’s 63rd season of live thoroughbred racing began on May 9. The meet will run for 99 days through Sept. 28, with purses averaging $330,000 per day. Highlights of the meet will include the…
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Strawberry Fair
From top: A fairgoer waves to her child riding the Trapeze, one of the attractions at the Oceanport Lions’ Strawberry Fair held May 20-25. Kids of all ages feel the excitement on one of the rides at the annual event, held at the fair grounds across from Monmouth Park. Robert Everett, of Howell, gets acquainted…
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Canterbury Fair set for June 14
St. George’s-by-the-River, Waterman Avenue in Rumson, will host its 60th annual Canterbury Fair on June 14. The fair will run from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and will take place rain or shine. The fair features a wide variety of sale items including the famous Canterbury Kitchen, plants and flowers, books, jewelry, silent auction items,…
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YMCA offers swim program for youths
REDBANK- To help ensure the safety of children and provide amuch-needed service to the community, the Community YMCA is offering a series of water-safety lessons June 16-21. Designed as a community outreach program for nonswimmers who aren’t members of the Y, the program gives children and youths ages 3-17 the chance to learn basic swimming…
