Category: HUB News
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Up from ashes, fishery reopens
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KAREN BOWES A neon sign announces that the Keyport Fishery is back in business after a fire shut down the eatery in August. KEYPORT – Just two months after flames destroyed the Keyport Fishery, the downtown landmark on West Front Street made a full…
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Analyst: Residences will benefit downtown
BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK – A residential development proposed for West Front Street would add tax revenues to borough coffers and could bring $1.5 million to the downtown shopping area, according to an economic analysis of the project. Richard Reading, economic analyst and consultant, testified on the economic…
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Employer blames road condition for injury
Says employee fell in pothole on street boro hasn’t repaved BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer Says employee fell in pothole on street boro hasn’t repaved BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK – In addition to vehicles sustaining damage from potholes along Central Avenue, Globe Petroleum owner Pat Mazzucca is claiming that the borough’s failure to…
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Results of open space survey being tabulated
BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer TINTON FALLS – Residents of the borough found an Open Space Survey in the newsletter that arrived at their homes in early September. Councilwoman Kim Barrett, who has been the governing body’s liaison to the newly re-established Open Space Committee, told the Borough Council on Oct.…
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In the Service
Stacey L. Fenton has entered Basic Cadet Training at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo., in preparation to enter the first academic year at the academy. The six-week program must be successfully completed by the cadets prior to entering freshman year. The training prepares men and women to meet the mental and physical…
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Notes
Claire and Adam Boren, Rumson, will be honored Nov. 16 at the 15th Annual Testimonial Dinner of the Center for Holocaust Studies at Brookdale Community College. The Borens are both survivors of the Holocaust. Adam Boren participated in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and survived Majdanek, Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen concentration camps and a death march before…
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Appeal expected in West Side Lofts decision
Judge finds no conflict in participation of zoning board chair BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer A rendering of the West Side Lofts project. RED BANK – An appeal is expected of last week’s Superior Court finding that no conflict of interest tainted the Zoning Board of Adjustment’s approval of the West…
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Twin Lights named national landmark
HIGHLANDS – Recognizing its significant role in commerce and navigation for more than 120 years, Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Lisa P. Jackson announced the designation of the Twin Lights of Navesink Light Station in Highlands as a National Historic Landmark. “Twin Lights stands today as a reminder of the important role lighthouses played in…
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Library closed while renovations under way
Elevator, other upgrades will bring library into compliance with ADA BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff The Red Bank Public Library has empty shelves and gutted ceilings as renovations begin to improve the historic building and bring it up to ADA standards. RED BANK – The Red Bank Public…
