Category: HUB News

  • Council appoints new CFO

    BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK – A new chief financial officer will begin work in the borough on Sept. 1, filling the position left open by the resignation of Terrance Whalen. Frank V. Mason, Cranford, will receive an annual salary of $85,000 for his work as CFO, treasurer, comptroller…

  • Monmouth County rejects Marpal expansion

    Residents opposed plan to increase trash at station BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Much to the relief of neighbors, Marpal, the garbage transfer station near Tinton Falls’ border with Middletown, will not be allowed to expand its operation. Last Thursday, the Monmouth County Freeholders unanimously rejected the company’s proposal…

  • Fair Haven church adopts Maasai woman

    Parish supports mother’s quest to spare daughters from genital mutilation BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Above: Mary, a Maasai woman from Kenya, wore her native dress while visiting in Fair Haven in June. Below: Little Silver resident Kim Ambrose, on left, related to Mary’s plight because she, too, has three daughters,…

  • Eastern Branch Library has bones and mortar now

    $7M renovation expected to be completed by year end or early 2007 BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer LINDADeNICOLA Renovations to the exterior of the Eastern Branch library are nearing completion. The outside work on the Monmouth County Library’s Eastern Branch is almost complete and work on the interior is moving along.…

  • Mercantile fees scrapped, Visitors Center at a loss

    Boro cuts revenue source from budget; center seeks $50K BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK – The borough Visitors Center is working on a “Plan B” after losing its funding source. Last week the Borough Council eliminated $100,000 in fees from mercantile licenses from the 2006 municipal budget, $50,000 of…

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    SCOTT PILLING staff Red Bank’s weekend 52nd annual Sidewalk Sale spilled over into parking lots like this one on White Street crowded with bargain hunters Saturday.

  • Area residents still miss the thrill of ‘the hunt’

    For decades, crowds gathered at twp. estate for horse racing BY JESSICA SMITH Correspondent BY JESSICA SMITHCorrespondent MIDDLETOWN – Long before the Haskell Invitational Handicap drew tens of thousands to Monmouth Park each year, the place to be for horse racing fans and socialites alike was “the hunt.” The annual Haskell Hunt, started in 1932,…

  • Court dismisses suit by Save Sandy Hook

    Friends of Clearwater must take case to federal claims court BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent BY LIZ SHEEHANCorrespondent Members of the grassroots environmental group Save Sandy Hook were scheduled to meet this week to decide what action to take after U.S. District Court Judge Mary Little Cooper dismissed the group’s suit aimed at blocking commercial development…

  • Developer will appeal DEP permit denial

    Agency says site includes wetlands filled in during ’70s BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer The developer seeking to build an adult residential condominium project on East Main Street, Oceanport, will appeal a permit denial by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) within the next 30 days. Holiday Oceanport LLC had…