Category: HUB News
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Music, movies & more in Red Bank Summer Series
Red Bank – This summer, live music, movies and entertainment will draw more than 75,000 residents and visitors to the borough’s open-air concert venue that overlooks the Navesink River. The 2007 Red Bank Summer Series will be presented at Riverside Gardens Park on West Front Street. The series organized by Red Bank Parks and Recreation…
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Hook advocates ask court to stop work by developer
Park service grants additional lease extension to Wassel BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent BY LIZ SHEEHANCorrespondent Save Sandy Hook (SSH), a grassroots group opposed to commercial development at Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook, went to court Monday to stop a developer from renovating several buildings at the historic fort. According to James Coleman Jr., an officer…
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Mystery books are theme of Summer Reading Club
Children watch a magic show outside the Tinton Falls library. TINTON FALLS – The borough Library Summer Reading Club recently kicked off with a program featuring a visit by magician Drew Cardella. As in the past, a lack of space for children’s programs in the library meant a temporary tent was erected outside for the…
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A day at the beach … what’s the cost?
Public advocate looks at price of accessing shore BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer A sign gives the cost of admission to the Sea Bright municipal beach. State Public Advocate Ronald K. Chen released the second annual beach report last week, citing wide disparities in the cost of accessing the state’s beaches.…
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Let the KaBoom! countdown begin
KaBoom! Fireworks on the Navesink will be held in Red Bank on Tuesday, July 3. This annual show draws as many as 170,000 people and is an extraordinary celebration of community and country. Again this year, the world-renowned, award-winning Garden State Fireworks will orchestrate a world-class pyrotechnics display of more than 4,000 pieces of fireworks,…
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Row master
CHRIS KELLY staff Navesink River Rowing hosted an open house June 23 to promote the sport of rowing. Randy Bryk, 10, Middletown, gets pointers from Max Kenny, 15, on proper rowing techniques, during a hands-on demonstration on the Navesink River.
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Notes
Linda Milstein (l-r) and Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck (R-12) present J.C. Williams with the Wynona M. Lipman Award. The Shrewsbury River Yacht Club in Fair Haven is holding its annual Fourth of July Parade of Boats on Wednesday, July 4. The boats will leave the Yacht Club around 11 a.m., passing by Riverview Medical Center in…
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Appeal likely in Best Liquors revocation
Council votes unanimously to pull liquor license due to violations BY LAYLI WHYTE Correspondent BY LAYLI WHYTECorrespondent RED BANK – An appeal by Best Liquors of Red Bank seems certain after the revocation of the store’s alcohol distribution license by the Borough Council last week. “I’m not surprised by the outcome,” said Samuel Reale, attorney…
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Parking, drainage at issue in Kalian project
BY LAYLI WHYTE Correspondent BY LAYLI WHYTECorrespondent A rendering of the Kalian project Oceanport Avenue elevation LITTLE SILVER – – Although the Borough Council insisted on it, opposition to 90-degree parking along Eastview Avenue was almost unanimous at a recent Planning Board hearing on an application for a townhome development. “I don’t think people will…
