Category: HUB News

  • 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…

  • HABcore marks 20 yrs. of housing the homeless

    Nonprofit has helped 300 people with housing, services BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer HABcore’s Laural House residents in Asbury Park attend the annual holiday party where they receive gifts from local churches. Here advisory board member Sissie Redden, residents Susan and Fred and Sea Girt’s St. Mark’s Church volunteer Jane Fair unwrap gifts. Coffey House…

  • To approve or not, that is the question

    Two River Theater seeks approval for housing for actors BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer MELISSA KARSH Two River Theater Company is seeking approval to use this single-family home to house actors who perform at the theater. RED BANK – An application involving housing for a group of actors took center stage at the Red Bank…

  • X-er Game Center to open at Red Bank YMCA

    The Community YMCA’s Family Health & Fitness Center in Red Bank will host an opening event to celebrate their new X-er Game Center, featuring the latest in video fitness technology, for select guests and community members on Monday, Feb. 25, from 4-7 p.m. The new center will expand the Y’s efforts to combat childhood obesity…

  • In the Service

    Air Force Airman 1st Class CameronA.Ashe has arrived for duty at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Great Falls, Mont. A missile security forces member, Ashe is assigned to the 341st Missile Security Forces Squadron. A 2007 graduate of Monmouth Regional High School, Tinton Falls, she is the daughter of Charlotte Hardy of Colts Neck, and Cora…

  • Former official pleads guilty to child porn

    FREEHOLD – William Acker, 52, of Fair Haven, entered a guilty plea Feb. 11 before state Superior Court Judge Anthony J. Mellaci Jr. to the fourth-degree crime of endangering the welfare of a child. Acker is scheduled to be sentenced April 25, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Acker was employed by the borough…

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    DAVID BEALES Actress Lorraine Stone performs as Sojourner Truth during a Black History Month program at Fisk Chapel A.M.E. Church in Fair Haven Feb. 17

  • Stickers will identify Mid’town teen drivers

    School district will require decals for senior parking permits BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer Bright yellow stickers with the letters "GDL" may soon be affixed to the bumpers of cars driven by Middletown Township high school students as part of a pilot program for teen driver safety. ERIC SUCAR staff Monmouth County Sheriff Kim Guadagno…

  • O’port future may include equine center

    Boro explores idea of training facility on fort land BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer Oceanport officials are considering a thoroughbred horse training facility as part of plans for the reuse of Fort Monmouth acreage. Mayor Michael Mahon introduced the subject of a training facility at the Feb. 7 Borough Council meeting during which Councilman Gerald…