Category: HUB News
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Parking plan revised for L.S. project
Planning Board hearing continues Sept. 6 at 7 p.m. BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer BY MELISSA KARSHStaff Writer LITTLE SILVER – – A revised parking plan for a proposed townhome development on Eastview Avenue was presented at the Little Silver Planning Board meeting Aug. 9. Engineer Peter A. Ciliberto Jr., testifying for applicant Eastview Associates…
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Freeholders adopt rules on campaign financing
The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has adopted what is believed to be the strongest pay-to-play reforms in New Jersey that caps all contributions from anyone doing business with the county. It also restricts the wheeling of campaign contributions from out-of-county special interests, political committees, candidate committees and political action committees. According to a press…
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CHRIS KELLY staff Siobhan Kenney and Nicole Sikowitz unfurl the spinnaker during the Junior Sweepstakes Regatta held Aug. 7 at the Shrewsbury Sailing and Yacht Club in Oceanport. More photos, page 3.
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Campers learn to row, row, row their sculls
Camper Kalil Richardson with Navesink River Rowing President Kay Vilardi. Thirty campers from the Red Bank Recreation Summer Program and their counselors tried something different recently – rowing lessons with Navesink River Rowing (NRR). The youths spent an afternoon with members of the rowing club who shared some riverside lore and their love of the…
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Group wants study of bridge impact
Partnership to ask DOT to assess effect on environment BY AMANDA BELING Staff Writer BY AMANDA BELINGStaff Writer Highlands bridge A newly formed Environ-mental Partnership of 14 local municipalities is asking for a full Environmental Impact Assessment of the proposed replacement of the Highlands Bridge. “There are many environmental questions that remain unanswered that we…
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Rookie lifeguard, family members save swimmer
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Jessica Mejia LONG BRANCH – When off-duty rookie lifeguard Jessica Mejia witnessed a man struggling in the water after hours at Seven Presidents beach, her instincts took over and she ran to his rescue. The rescue turned into a joint family effort when Mejia was joined…
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Support grows for community center
Menna says boro will consider use of former Y bldg. BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer BY MELISSA KARSHStaff Writer Led by local community activist David Prown, concerned Red Bank residents came out in droves for the Aug. 13 council meeting to alert the council about the need for a community center in Red Bank. Prown,…
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Italianissimo!
PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff The Zippor ride takes visitors to the 31st Italian Festival for a spin on Aug. 8. Lajos Barabas waits for customers during the festival, held Aug. 8-12 at Joe Palaia Park in Ocean Township. Richard Kohler, Tinton Falls, sports his red, white and green cap during the event, which is…
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Festival has theme of global warming
Visitors look at an environmental display at last year’s Clearwater Festival. The 32nd annual Clearwater Festival, New Jersey’s oldest and largest eco-festival, will be held Aug. 18-19 at Sunset Park in Asbury Park. The theme of this year’s event, which is presented by Monmouth County Friends of Clearwater, is “Global Warming – You’d Better Sweat…
