Category: HUB News
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Council joins effort to change law on Earle kids
Boro wants Senate bill passed to reflect contract with Navy BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer TINTON FALLS – The Borough Council has stepped up to join the Board of Education’s campaign to save residents from paying more in taxes each year to educate children who do not reside in the borough. Under an agreement with…
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Holiday Express
PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Clockwise from top: Kathy Dorn Severini belts out a solo during the Holiday Express Concert and Town Lighting in downtown Red Bank Nov. 23. Santa’s appearance and other happenings on stage were visible to the crowd of several thousand on a large projection screen. Bundled up against the cold, concertgoers…
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For the Record
After having the measure on the books for six months, the borough of Red Bank repealed a keg registration ordinance Nov. 26 at the request of the state Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC). An article in the Nov. 21 issue stated that the ordinance was approved at the Nov. 12 Borough Council meeting. It…
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Boro EMS gets $45K in homeland security funds
Federal grant will be used to purchase protective equipment BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer TINTON FALLS – Tinton Falls EMS South received a $45,000 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grant in October, the first of its kind to be awarded to an EMS unit in the borough. The United States DHS Assistance to Firefighters Grant…
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Parking at L.S. train station will cost more
Permits, meter rates go up to fund lot repairs BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer LITTLE SILVER – After seven years of static pricing, commuters will see an increase in 2008 parking prices at the Little Silver Train Station. The Borough Council passed an ordinance outlining the price increase for a six-month permit, which will go…
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Lantern Tour, holiday bazaar in Shrewsbury Dec. 7, 8
SHREWSBURY – Christ Church will hold its annual holiday bazaar Dec. 7 and 8 in conjunction with the annual Historic Four Corners Lantern Tour Dec. 7. The bazaar will be open 5-9 p.m., Friday, Dec. 7, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 8, in the parish house, 380 Sycamore Ave. On Dec. 7,…
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Count Basie Park to get new playground
Boro seeks grant funds for Marine Park upgrades BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer RED BANK – Borough children may have a new place to play as soon as Jan. 1, after the council unanimously passed a resolution authorizing the purchase of playground equipment for Count Basie Park. At the Nov. 26 Borough Council meeting, Miracle…
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State funds available for removal of storage tanks
Owners of properties with underground storage tanks that need removal or replacement may be eligible for financial assistance from the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The DEP operates a grant and loan program, which is available to both commercial and residential applicants who own regulated or nonregulated underground storage, tanks. The Underground Storage Tank…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Kevin Soldo of Holmdel, volunteer with the environmental education group Waterwatch, carries away a discarded mattress at a cleanp at Liberty II Park in Tinton Falls Nov. 18.
