Category: HUB News
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Officials call for query into plans to close fort
Maclearie: Reversal of fort closure will result in additional expenses BY MELISSA KARSH, DANIEL HOWLEY & JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writers Agroup of Monmouth County Assembly members are claiming that the decision to close Fort Monmouth was based on false and misleading information. Six Assembly members are asking for further investigation into the decision-making process regarding…
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In the Service
Army Staff Sgt. Christine M. Moriarty has been mobilized and activated for deployment overseas to a forward operating base in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The staff sergeant is a civil affairs specialist normally assigned to the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion, Fort Dix, and has served in the military for more than 18 years. A…
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Rumson’s Alyssa O’Connor, 14, participates in Clean Ocean Action’s 23rd annual Beach Sweeps in Sea Bright on April 26. About 3,000 volunteers removed and catalogued thousands of pieces of debris. Data collected from the beach cleanups aids in identifying pollution trends and supports efforts to keep New Jersey beaches clean and healthy for residents and…
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Ocean advocates seek to block LNG facilities
Groups rally against proposed LNG facilities off the Jersey coast BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer Local environmentalists have drawn a line in the sand and continue to voice their opposition on proposals to build liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage facilities off the coast. A rally, sponsored by Clean Ocean Action, is held on the beach…
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‘Weekend in Old Monmouth’ features tour of historic sites
Monmouth County’s first "Weekend in Old Monmouth" historic tour will open the doors of 32 local historic sites all at the same time- from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. onMay 3 and from noon to 5 p.m. on May 4. "Independent and local historic sites are generally operated independently of one another," said Monmouth County…
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Red Bank mayor: No sale of riverfront lot
Resident: Volunteers needed for lot cleanup on June 1 BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer RED BANK – Red Bank Mayor Pasquale Menna has called off the potential sale of one of the last remaining borough owned riverfront properties on the east side. "The mayor has discontinued the process of investigating whether to sell the vacant…
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County awards historic preservation grants
Local treasures get ‘bricks & mortar,’ receive matching funds The Monmouth County Historical Commission awarded preservation grants recently for 25 restoration projects in 18 municipalities. The awards totaled $100, 000. Stained glass at Christ Church Local projects awarded grants include window restoration at Christ Church in Shrewsbury and restoration of the barn at Van Mater…
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Earth Day cleanup
The Poricy Park Conservancy hosted the second annual Earth Day Cleanup and Celebration on Saturday, April 19. Organized by NJ Community Water Watch, the clean up at Poricy Park involved volunteers with the Brookdale Community College andMonmouth University chapters of NJ CommunityWaterWatch along with members of the Red Bank and Middletown Environmental Commissions. Bottom, Zach…
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O’port OKs $6.5M budget
State-aid cuts lead to talk of shared services BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer OCEANPORT – The Borough Council adopted a 2008 spending plan that increases the local tax rate by 3.1 cents per $100 of assessed valuation at the April 17 meeting. The $6.5million total budget calls for an increase of about $358,620 from last…
