Category: HUB News
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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…
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S.B. seeks referendum on reg’l school funding
Boro pays $80K for each of 27 students at SRHS BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer Sea Bright Borough Council members hope to add a ballot question to the Shore Regional High School (SRHS) September referendum. Mayor Maria Fernandes The borough’s School Formula Advisory Committee recommended the ballot question tactic to council as one avenue to…
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Council OKs parking permits for Hudson Avenue
Parking will be for residents only from Harding to E. Bergen BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer RED BANK – Residents have taken backHudsonAvenue, as the Borough Council approved a measure to restrict parking on the street. Both sides of Hudson Avenue from East Bergen Place to Harding Road will soon require residential permits at all…
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S.B. police bust up underage drinking party
BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT – About 19 juveniles were taken into police custody for underage drinking at a party when police responded to a disturbance complaint on Ocean Avenue in Sea Bright, according to Sea Bright Police Chief William S. Moore. Moore said when officers arrived on the scene March 14 at…
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Sea Bright budget calls for 3.1-cent tax increase
Council members look at ways to generate more revenue BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT – The Borough Council discussed a $4.8 million budget March 18 that will increase the municipal portion of the tax rate around 3.1 cents per $100 of assessed value, if the budget remains the same by the time it…
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R.B. police arrest man on weapons charges
RED BANK – A 23-year-old Little Silverman was arrestedMarch 16 after he allegedly was found to be in possession of numerous weapons, including a loaded 9 mm handgun, according to the Red Bank Police Department. Devon T. Cashes was apprehended by Red Bank police officers after it was reported that his car struck a parked…
