Category: HUB News
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Host towns plan for emergencies post-fort
Tarantolo: Cost of losing fort emergency response is $10M BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent As the time grows closer to the Army’s announced closing of Fort Monmouth in 2011, and plans for how the land and buildings on site are being worked on, attention is being given to the gap that will be left in the…
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GOP: Politics at play in e-mail disclosures
Kahle says council members need municipal accounts BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer An Oceanport councilwoman is calling for borough email accounts for the municipality’s governing body in order to protect the council members, as well as the pockets of taxpayers. Ellynn Kahle councilwoman Councilwoman Ellynn Kahle said her request comes in the wake of multiple…
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‘You’d Better Sweat It’
PHOTOS BY GLORIA STRAVELLI The 32nd annual Clearwater Festival, New Jersey’s oldest and largest eco-festival, was held Saturday and Sunday at Sunset Park in Asbury Park. The theme of this year’s event, which is presented by Monmouth County Friends of Clearwater, was “Global Warming – You’d Better Sweat It!” The family-friendly event combines information on…
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Police merger study gets $40K in state funding
Little Silver, Fair Haven, Rumson look at sharing services BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer Astudy of the feasibility of merging the police departments of Little Silver, Fair Haven and Rumson is under way, funded by a SHARE Grant awarded by the New Jersey State Department of Community Affairs. Declan O’Scanlon Councilman The approximately $40,000 grant…
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More summer campers in line for federal food program
House bill would expand summer food program to all 50 states BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer Congressman Frank Pallone (D-6) speaks with youngsters who attend the Red Bank Recreation summer camp on Aug. 16. RED BANK – – With stomachs rumbling and lunch bells ringing in their heads, Red Bank summer campers sat still Aug.…
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Riding high: Horse-drawn carriages make a comeback
U.F. resident participates in new Monmouth Coaching Invitational BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer PHOTO COURTESY OF BILL DENVER, OF EQUI-PHOTO Joe Jennings, of Allentown, drives his team of horses on a practice run through Locust with some friends in preparation for a carriage drive from Locust to Monmouth Park in Oceanport, which will take place…
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Robot & Science Camp
Robot & Science Camp PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above: Rosie Mazzeo, 8, Rumson, and Francesca Zoppi, 8, Sea Bright, work as a team Aug. 17 to build a robot during a Robot & Science Camp held at the Children’s Cultural Center in Red Bank. Below: Eric Hershberger, 11, constructs a moveable robot during the…
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Smart car for a Hip Town
Scaled-down auto fits two to a parking space BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff The smart fortwo stopped at Red Bank last weekend as part of a road show designed to introduce the small, high-fuel efficiency vehicle to consumers. RED BANK – – The answer to the parking crunch in the downtown may…
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United Way to fund 63 local agencies
Sixty-three local health and human service agencies will receive $914,000 in funding this year from the United Way of Monmouth County. This year, volunteers reviewed 68 applications, made on-site visits to applying agencies and conducted interviews with agency staff, board members and key volunteers. Of the $914,115 to be distributed, the largest amount granted was…
