Category: HUB News

  • Parent forum at RBR on ‘Surviving the Teen Years’

    LITTLE SILVER – Red Bank Regional High School (RBR) and the Shrewsbury Alliance will host a forum Thursday, April 17, for parents fromall communities to take part in a very important conversation. Panelists with expertise in guidance, law and psychology will discuss ways for parents to survive themost challenging times of their parenting- the teenage…

  • T. F. may drop health insurance for council

    BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer TINTON FALLS- Rising health insurance costs have the borough looking into more cost-efficient plans for borough employees. Had the borough remainedwithHorizon, the current provider, health-care costswould have put the borough over the budget cap, Director of Finance Stephen Pfeffer explained at theApril 1 council meeting. “We’re going to ask everybody…

  • NOTES

    Phoebe Ryan performs during the Shakespeare Competition held at Brookdale Community College in March. The Red Bank Regional High School student was the winner of the competition, which is sponsored by the English Speaking Union. The ESU will host a Shakespearean Tea at Bingham Hall in Rumson 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, April 13. For more…

  • Newspaper group takes home 30 awards in NJPA contest

    Greater Media Newspapers received 30 awards from the New Jersey Press Association for excellence in writing, photography and advertising in the NJPA’s Better Newspaper Contest for 2007. Eric Sucar, “Reindeer,” Independent first place, Feature BobWaitt, advertising director for Greater Media Newspapers, said the Classified Department, and Production Department, which designs many of the ads, are…

  • R.B. project requires variances

    Zoning Board begins hearing bifurcated application BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer Architect’s rendering of a proposed Monmouth Street project RED BANK – An application for a mixed-use project on Monmouth Street began hearings before the Zoning Board of Adjustment April 3. The applicant, Siros of Monmouth, proposes to demolish the existing commercial building at 120…

  • Advocates aim to protect ‘genius of Saarinen’

    Design charrettes for Bell Labs site set for April 11-13 BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer Members of a coalition dedicated to preserving the Bell Labs site inHolmdelmet lastweek on awooded tract across from the historic site, then made their way tentatively onto the property before being stopped by security guards. ERIN O. STATTEL Representatives…

  • Boro urged to go green in ways big and small

    On DuPont list: Green Fair, Cool Green committee BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer RED BANK – Transit Village status, hybrid municipal vehicles and banning the use of plastic shopping bags are among the initiatives being advocated by Councilman Michael R. DuPont as ways for the borough to go “green,” or opt for sustainable programs. “It…

  • Irace: O’port blindsided by state aid cuts

    Public hearing on budget to take place April 3 BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer OCEANPORT – The Borough Council introduced a 2008municipal spending plan last week that calls for a tax increase of 3.1 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. The $6.5million total budget, if approved, will bring last year’s tax rate of 31.2 cents…

  • Home overcrowding in N.J.’s crosshairs

    Red Bank drafting ordinance aimed curbing abuses BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer RED BANK – A bill currently making its way through the state Senate could have an impact on towns such as Red Bank if it eventually becomes law. The proposed legislation addresses residential overcrowding in private homes, but not apartment complexes. Overcrowding in…