Category: HUB News
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Nonprofits would pick up tab for some refuse collection
Boro will limit refuse pickup to three cans RED BANK – Not-for-profit entities in the borough now must pay for their own garbage pickup. The Red Bank Borough Council unanimously passed an ordinance March 24 amending the borough’s sanitation rules for nonresidential collection. The measure does not include municipal and local public entities’ and agencies’…
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R.B. library reopening set for April 12
RED BANK – The public is invited to attend the grand reopening celebration for the Red Bank Public Library/Eisner Memorial Library April 12 at 11 a.m. “The reopening of the library ushers in a new phase in providing library service to all the people of Red Bank,” said Library Board President Ivan Polonsky. Highlights of…
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S.B. begins repaving, storm drainage projects
BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT – A roadway drainage project in the borough is set to begin this week. The $300,000-plus project was partially funded by a New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) grant in 2007. The project entails working on the storm drainage system and repaving streets in the North Beach section…
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F.H. adopts guidelines for police promotions
Mayor: Ordinance anticipates shared services agreements BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer FAIR HAVEN- An ordinance creating a police promotions process was passed by the Borough Council with an eye toward a future that may include shared services. The ordinance, which pertains to the procedures to be followed in the promotions of captain, lieutenant and sergeant,…
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Former county officer faces 10 yrs. behind bars
Jury finds man guilty for eluding police in Sea Bright BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT – A former Monmouth County Sheriff ‘s Department corrections officer was convicted of eluding police, stemming from a 2006 police chase that began in Sea Bright, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Sean Chinsoon, 31, of Highlands,…
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CHRIS KELLY staff Cynthia Auerbach, Fair Haven, does spring cleaning outdoors, adding to a pile of branches and brush during the second annual Cleanup Day at Fair Haven Fields on March 29.
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Four locals charged in alleged mortgage scheme
Detectives from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office arrested four individuals on March 13, as a result of an investigation into a mortgage fraud scheme they say cost mortgage lenders over $4 million in bad loans. The individuals arrested included John Pereless, 39, of Colts Neck, Kevin Deickmann, 34, of Red Bank, Ramon Iglesia, 24, of…
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Boro urged not to sell riverfront lot
Mayor says sale would help offset budget increase BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer There is growing opposition to the possible sale of one of the last remaining borough owned riverfront properties on the east side of town. CHRIS KELLY staff The borough may sell this vacant waterfront lot at the end of Maple Avenue. The…
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Curley gets GOP nod for freeholder
R.B. councilman’s call for unity resonates within party BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer With a call for unity, Red Bank Councilman John P. Curley won the Monmouth County Republican Party endorsement to run for county freeholder March 26. Freeholder Director Lillian Burry, John Curley and GOP County Chairman Adam Puharic celebrate Curley’s candidacy. “Let us…
