Category: HUB News
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Sea Bright retailers form new business alliance
Long-term goal is to bring events to the borough BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT – A newly formed business community group is “taking a bite out of Sea Bright”with newideas to spice up the town and its businesses. The Sea Bright Business Alliance is made up ofmembers of the Sea Bright business community…
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Spiffed up Woman’s Exchange reopens
Little Silver shop has been benefiting charities for 75 years BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer LITTLE SILVER – After 24 years at the same location, a longstanding borough nonprofit has gone through some changes over the past month. The Woman’s Exchange of Monmouth County, 32 Church St., closed in mid-January for renovations and reopened…
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Election hearing rescheduled
BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT – A hearing on the validity of the Sea Bright mayoral election results has been rescheduled for a second time. The hearing was originally scheduled for Jan. 30 but was pushed back to Feb. 21. The newly scheduled hearing will take place Feb. 29 at 2:30 p.m. before…
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Centennial plans taking shape in R.B.
Parade, community picnic among 100th year festivities BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer RED BANK – Centennial preparations are under way in Red Bank with the official 100th Anniversary logo to be announced this week. The 100th Anniversary Committee was appointed by Mayor Pasquale Menna last March and has been working on events to take place…
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Skudera: Council should have ’08 budget in hand
Council members want time to study boro spending plan BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer TINTON FALLS – Borough officials discussed the lack of a budget at the Feb. 19 council meeting. Council President Mike Skudera brought the subject up during the miscellaneous business segment of the meeting.” About the budget,” said Skudera to Mayor Peter…
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Fair Haven taxpayers in line for tax relief
2008 budget trims taxes; hearing set for March 10 FAIRHAVEN- TheBoroughCouncil introduced an $8.4 million spending plan last week, which could decrease the tax rate by half a cent per $100 of assessed valuation if approved. The budget,which represents a $1.14million increase from last year’s municipal budget of $7.3 million, was introduced by a unanimous…
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CHRIS KELLY staff Matthew Laytham, Oceanport, and Kelly Mooney, Tinton Falls, ride down Wolf Hill in Oceanport Feb. 22 after the season’s first snowfall.
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CHRIS KELLY staff David Rosone, 14, shows pride for the country he represents, Venezuela, for the Markham Place School Eighth-Grade Carnival on Feb. 25.
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Demolition contract awarded
TINTON FALLS – The Borough Council awarded a contract for the demolition of the former borough hall building at its Feb. 19 meeting. Star Contracting Inc. of Hillsborough, was awarded the contract with the lowest responsible bid of $42,000. Thirty-two bids were mailed and 16 were received on Feb. 8, according to the resolution awarding…
