Category: HUB News

  • Study recommends paid firefighters in Rumson

    Volunteers who live out of town lead to longer p.m. response times BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Rumson volunteer firefighters battle the blaze that destroyed the Tredwell House on June 15. With more than half of fire company volunteers living out of town, a study of the Rumson…

  • Commission adds to boro’s historic inventory

    Ten sites proposed would bring historic places tally to 80 BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK – Ten new additions were proposed to the Borough Council for inclusion in the Red Bank Historic Inventory by George Bowden, chairman of the borough Historic Preservation Commission. Bowden spoke at Monday’s council meeting,…

  • Four towns studying centralizing dispatch

    Could shared dispatch for police, fire, EMS, public works cut costs? BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Shrewsbury SHREWSBURY – A feasibility study for the implementation of a shared dispatcher services program with three other towns was endorsed by the Borough Council last week. Borough Administrator Thomas X. Seaman said all of…

  • Tinton Falls approves $19M 2006 budget

    BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer TINTON FALLS – For better or worse, the borough finally approved the 2006 municipal budget of $19,476,676 after hearing that it would not receive state aid. The spending plan, which includes a tax bite of $9,516,865 and raises taxes 16 cents per $100 of valuation, was…

  • VNA clinic meets need for prenatal care

    Health clinic cares for 80 patients per day with/without insurance BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Prenatal Nurse Judy Richardson takes the blood pressure of patient Enaida Rivas, Ocean Township, at the Red Bank VNA Prenatal Clinic, which takes place every Thursday 1-5 p.m. RED BANK – Offering prenatal care in conjunction…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Derek Arnheiter, 9, Little Silver, sets sail for the finish line during the junior sweeps regatta at the Monmouth Boat Club on the Navesink River in Red Bank on August 10.

  • Boro Council to take final vote on budget

    If approved, taxes would rise by about $80 for average home BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK – The Borough Council was expected to hold a special meeting today to make the final amendments to, and approve, the 2006 municipal budget. The amendments to the budget include adding in $125,000…

  • Referendum would hike taxes $232 per month

    BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH – Averaged together, property owners in Shore Regional High School’s four sending communities could see taxes for the district go up by about $232 monthly if voters greenlight a nearly $50 million bond construction referendum for the grade nine-through-12 campus next month. Should…

  • Another $36K added to borough hall cost

    BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Tinton Falls TINTON FALLS – The Borough Council last week approved two additional change orders recommended by its professionals for the construction of the new municipal building. Change order Nos. 18 and 19 amount to an additional $36,751 and bring the total cost of the project…