Category: HUB News
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Tours will raise funds for Quaker Meetinghouse
SHREWSBURY – The Shrewsbury Quaker Meetinghouse and cemetery will be open for historic tours from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4. Guided tours will begin at 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. Each 40-minute tour will include an audio-visual lecture on the history of Shrewsbury Quakers and the meetinghouse, a tour…
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Burnip files $11.5M suit against Red Bank
Parking director resigns, citing ill health, suspension BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer One year after filing a notice of intent to sue, former Parking Director Neil Burnip has filed a civil lawsuit against the borough of Red Bank, seeking $11.5 million in damages. According to the suit filed on Oct. 10…
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1/2, Rumson, adds a note of new technology as he marches in the parade as an iPod. Photo Photo Photo
PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff From top: Members of the Pipes and Drums of the Atlantic Watch march in the Red Bank Halloween Parade Oct. 22. Dillon Preston, 8, Long Branch, leads a group of patriots along Broad Street. Cash Wordseth, 6
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Restaurateur pitches plans to Planning Board
BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent BY LIZ SHEEHANCorrespondent Fair Haven FAIR HAVEN – After giving an informal presentation to the borough’s Planning Board on Oct. 11 on a plan to provide an area with seating outside his restaurant for the use of smokers, the owner of the Nauvoo Grill Club said he would not pursue a…
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Shrewsbury incumbents running unopposed
BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Siciliano SHREWSBURY – Mayor Emilia Siciliano is not ready to retire. She is running for a third term along with two incumbent council members, Donald Burden and Terel Cooperhouse. Siciliano is running for a four-year term and the councilmen are running for three-year terms on the…
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Towns seek grant for flood warning system
Nine municipalities seek $100K to equip five bridges BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Little Silver LITTLE SILVER – The borough will join with several other local communities to apply for a $100,000 grant from the National Weather Service (NWS) that would fund Automated Flood Warning Systems (AFWS) for five area bridges.…
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Boro aims to be more pedestrian friendly
Officials take walking tour as part of Walkable Community Workshop BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RON TINDALL During the Walkable Community Workshop held on Oct. 11, many borough stakeholders took a tour of downtown Red Bank, and the group walked across Riverside Avenue from Veterans Park without a crosswalk. The tour…
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Fair Haven architect indicted for extortion
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer FAIR HAVEN – A borough man appeared in federal court last week on an indictment charging him with extortion and filing a false tax return. Avelino Sambade, 49, an architect in Bayonne, is being accused of accepting $100,000 in cash kickbacks from a contractor, according to…
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MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Monmouth University student Mia Schwerin, of Ocean Township, prepares a tombstone for restoration in the graveyard at Christ Church Episcopal, Shrewsbury, during the university’s fifth annual student community service day, “The Big Event,” on Oct. 14.
