Category: HUB News

  • Specifics of new school funding formula unfurled

    Red Bank in line for 18% hike; all districts would get at least 2% BY CHRIS GAETANO and MELISSA KARSH Staff Writers Red Bank public schools could receive an 18 percent increase in state funding for the second year in a row, bringing the 2008-2009 proposed state funding to the district to $2.424 million. “The…

  • Families giving others the gift of a holiday

    Salvation Army Christmas program reaches 300 families BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer ERIC SUCAR staff Clockwise from top: Salvation Army volunteer Nancy Poole helps a family select a toy during distribution of Christmas gift and food packages Dec. 14. Volunteer Beverly Starr stacks boxes containing provisions for Christmas dinner at the Salvation Army facility on…

  • $250K grant will fund Somers tract purchase

    Open space plans call for series of linking trails BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer TINTON FALLS – It’s official. At the Dec. 11 Borough Council meeting, Chief Financial Officer Steven Pfeffer announced that the county has approved a grant of $250,000 for the acquisition of open space in the borough. The $250,000 grant was the…

  • Reward offered for leads to suspect in shootings

    BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer Anthony J. Sims RED BANK – In an effort to entice those who may know more information about the whereabouts of the 19-year-old male who allegedly shot two men recently in the borough, a longstanding Red Bank social club has offered a $1,000 reward for information leading to his arrest…

  • Best Liquors hearing date reset to March

    Boro agrees to attorney’s request for postponement BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer RED BANK – The hearing date on the revocation of a west side liquor store’s license has been pushed back to March 5, the date it was originally scheduled for before the hearing was expedited. After prodding by local officials, the Best Liquors…

  • Restaurant, sports bar proposed for Chubby’s site

    BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer Architect’s rendering of the building proposed for 26 W. Front St. RED BANK – A longtime fixture of borough nightlife would be history if the Zoning Board approves an application to turn a West Front Street night club into a restaurant and sports bar. The applicant, 26 West Front Street,…

  • Middletown OKs $3.8M for Shadow Lake dredging

    BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN – About 40 people filled the tiny conference room at the Middletown Township Municipal building to witness the Township Committee’s final vote on the Shadow Lake bond ordinance. The ordinance, which will appropriate $3.8 million for the dredging of Shadow Lake, passed with a 4-1 vote with Committeeman Patrick…

  • Festival of Lights

    PHOTO BY CHRIS KELLY staff Fair Haven’s Marshall and Adriene Makstein and daughters Rachel (l) and Maddy read scripture during the Red Bank Menorah Lighting Ceremony held at the Red Bank Train Station Dec. 9. Below: Rabbi Harry Levin leads participants in prayer during the ceremony. PHOTO BY JOEY BASTELLI

  • New exhibits in the works at Huber Woods Park

    BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer Environmental Center at Huber Woods Park on Brown’s Dock Road. MIDDLETOWN – As the seasons change so do the exhibits at the Environmental Center at Huber Woods Park on Brown’s Dock Road. Areas of the center are temporarily closed until February for renovations to the exhibit rooms at the park.…