Category: HUB News
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Welcome home, heroes!
ERIC SUCAR staff Maria Thottukadavil hugs her son Charlie James, one of the U.S. Marine reservists with the 6th Motor Transport Battalion who returned home from a seven-month tour of duty in Iraq, at the Red Bank Marine Reserve Center on Newman Springs Road in Red Bank March 22. More photos on page 3. U.S.…
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Town centers in plans for fort host towns
Fort re-use vision calls for green industry, open space, housing BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer Three town centers linked by trails and public transportation are envisioned for three local towns following the closure of Fort Monmouth, according to plans unveiled last week. The Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Planning Authority (FMERPA) retained the San Francisco- based…
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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…
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Fleeing suspect leaves car on tracks
BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer RED BANK – NJ Transit rail service in Red Bank was disrupted for more than an hour when a vehicle, which belonged to a suspect who eluded police, was removed from the railway, according to the Red Bank Police Department. DiegoAlpizar-Fernandez, a 23-year-old Farmingdale man, allegedly eluded police in Red…
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Oceanport debates impacts of fort reuse plan
Mahon: Boro will keep focus on less housing, no train station BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer OCEANPORT – Shared services and the borough’s future were debated at the March 20 Borough Councilmeeting the day after plans for the reuse of Fort Monmouth lands were revealed to the public. The Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization and Planning…
