Category: HUB News
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Oceanport lauded for summer wrap-up
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Mayor Lucille Chaump and Mike Tober of the Summer’s End Festival Committee. OCEANPORT – – The borough of Oceanport was recognized by the county last week for its 2006 end-of-summer event. On April 30, the borough received a community event award from the Monmouth County Board…
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Strawberry festival
Angela Salerno, 14, and her friend Adriana Murphy, 13, both Oceanport, have different reactions to a ride during the Oceanport Strawberry Festival held at the Monmouth Park racetrack parking lot last weekend.Nicole Britton, Monmouth Beach, works her way up a ladder game during the festival.
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Storefront will provide library services
Temporary access to meet summer needs RED BANK – – Library services will become available again soon on Front Street. Red Bank Mayor Pasquale Menna announced at the May 16 Borough Council meeting that storefront space on West Front Street will be leased to provide an office space to library staff. The storefront at 102…
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Disbarred attorney gets jail
RED BANK – – Jon Steiger, a disbarred local attorney, was sentenced on May 4 to five years in prison as a result of his conviction for theft by deception, a second-degree crime. Judge Francis P. DeStefano imposed the prison term on Steiger, 57, who had recently resided in Red Bank. According to the Monmouth…
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Alex Karagianakis, 13, Rumson, plants flowers at the Red Bank Veterans’ Monument during a “Flowers for Heroes” planting event May 26.
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Advocates want ocean testing expedited
2007 Beach Protection Act requires faster testing, public notice BY LAYLI WHYTE Correspondent BY LAYLI WHYTECorrespondent Despite an early blooming and rather large brown tide on Memorial Day weekend, Clean Ocean Action is optimistic about the future of New Jersey’s shore. Cindy Zipf, executive director of the Sandy Hook-based ocean advocacy organization, said in an…
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Notes
Borden (Brub) Hance Jr., Red Bank (second from right), a 60-year member of the Monmouth Boat Club, presents a 150-year-old sextant owned by MBC founder Dr. Edwin Field to the club. The sextant will be the basis for a new award, The Navigator’s Award, for the member of the club’s cruising fleet who makes the…
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Ranney School breaks ground for Lower School
BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer TINTON FALLS – Blue skies smiled down on the Ranney School while hundreds of members of the Ranney community and distinguished guests gathered on the lawn behind the Margaret Mahon Building to celebrate a major milestone for the school. The long-awaited official groundbreaking of the new…
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Solving transport issues – one idea at a time
Forum views towns’ traffic woes as interrelated BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer TINTON FALLS – Local officials exchanged ideas recently about transportation and traffic issues in eastern Monmouth County. The group of municipal officials and legislators participated in a transportation roundtable during the May 5 meeting of the Two River Council…
