Category: HUB News

  • The Hub’s top news stories of 2006

    Pat Menna Politics dominated the headlines in 2006 with several mayoral seats up for grabs, including Red Bank, whose longtime mayor stepped down, touching off a heated political race. While advocates stepped up for beach access and historic bridges, the county began a study of storm evacuation routes and future development. 1. Close races for…

  • NJ Future seeks Smart Growth nominations

    TRENTON – – A statewide group is seeking innovative projects, plans or initiatives that incorporate “smart growth” ideals. New Jersey Future is calling for nominations for its 2007 Smart Growth Awards. Town officials, developers, contractors, architects and corporations with the vision to approve or build projects that resist status quo growth patterns can be nominated;…

  • Gas-to-energy operation captures design award

    FREEHOLD — The gas-to-energy facility located at the Monmouth County Reclamation Center, Tinton Falls, has been awarded Project of the Year (power category) by the New York Tri-State Metro chapter of the Design-Build Institute of America. Methane gas, produced naturally by decomposition, is extracted from the landfill using a series of wells. The collected gas…

  • Court approves complaint amendment in fort suit

    BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent BY LIZ SHEEHANCorrespondent Save Sandy Hook (SSH), a grassroots local organization founded to block the commercial development of historic Fort Hancock, has been given the green light to proceed with an amended complaint aimed at overturning a 60-year lease granted by the National Park Service to James Wassel, a Rumson developer,…

  • Renovation snags keep library closed

    Asbestos and pipe realignment will delay reopening BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer It will be at least another eight weeks before the public is permitted back into the Red Bank Public Library due to problems that have arisen during the current renovations. After being closed Oct. 23, the library, located at…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff A lighted ice boat casts sparkles on Riverside Gardens Park in Red Bank on Christmas night.

  • Another $100K in cost overruns for boro hall

    Tobin: Council intends to recoup losses from overruns on project BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Tinton Falls TINTON FALLS — Another $100,000 toward the cost of the new municipal building was approved last week by the Borough Council. The overruns will come out of the contingency fund included in the $9.5…

  • Tobin: Boro offsets some financial losses

    BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer TINTON FALLS — Borough officials have been under scrutiny over the past year on the issue of cost overruns on the new municipal building, but some cost-saving measures have also been adopted. Councilman Brendan Tobin made it clear in a message that he broadcast to residents…

  • ’Tis the season: Police alert to impaired drivers

    Through Jan. 2, law enforcement officers will be stepping up impaired driving enforcement as part of the You Drink and Drive, You Lose 2006 Year End Crackdown. The end of the year and the beginning of the new year is traditionally a time for social gatherings, which often include alcohol. The goal of the program…