Category: HUB News

  • Dublin House face lift gets planners’ OK

    Board approves plan for $1.4M renovation of historic structure BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Architect’s rendering of the facade of the Dublin House. RED BANK – The Victorian character of the Dublin House will be brought back into focus by renovation plans approved by the borough Planning Board last week. The…

  • Boro father, daughter charged in drug sweep

    Suspects accused of selling narcotics to undercover officers BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer SEA BRIGHT – Two borough residents, a father and his adult daughter, are facing drug dealing charges after both allegedly sold narcotics on three separate occasions to undercover officers in the borough and in Long Branch last fall.…

  • Borough library loses much-needed $25K grant

    Budget ax cuts funds for architectural design for new building BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Summer programs at the Tinton Falls Library are so popular that last week’s children’s program had to be held in a tent on the property. TINTON FALLS – The borough’s 3,000-square-foot library is too small for…

  • Former boro policeman facing child porn charges

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer FAIR HAVEN – A former Fair Haven police officer could be facing up to 18 months in prison on charges that he downloaded child pornography onto a borough computer. On July 6, William C. Acker, 50, of McCarter Avenue, was arrested and charged with endangering the…

  • Legislators unite against offshore drilling bill

    DEP, environmental groups join effort to block bill that lifts ban BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer CHRISTINE VARNO Rep. Frank Pallone (D-6) was joined by officials from the DEP, N.J. Public Interest Research Group and Clean Ocean Action at a press conference on offshore oil drilling Friday at the Long Branch…

  • Notes

    The Brookdale Performing Arts Center presented Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor” in Red Bank’s Riverside Gardens Park last weekend. Van Jay, a rock duo, will perform rock and pop favorites from the 1950s to today during a free concert beginning at 6 p.m. on Aug. 11 at the Sea Bright Municipal Beach. Tickets for…

  • Application proposes offsite COAH housing

    Zoning Board to hear applications for two Bridge Ave. projects BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK – An application slated to be heard by the Zoning Board of Adjustment would provide the affordable housing obligation for a separate application, also scheduled to be heard by the board. Developer Matrixx is…

  • Red Bank KaBoom!

    PHOTOSBYCHRISKELLY staff Clockwise from top left – Red Bank’s annual KaBoom! Fireworks on the Navesink took place on July 3, bringing thousands of people to the edge of the Navesink River to watch the display. Contributing to the festive atmosphere, Vinny Rugnetta, Colts Neck, and E.J. Green, Monroe, of the band What’s the Story, entertained…

  • Ft. Hancock developer gets another extension

    Citing litigation, park service gives developer more time BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent BY LIZ SHEEHANCorrespondent SANDY HOOK — The National Park Service has granted another one-year extension to a Rumson developer to show proof that he has the financial ability to renovate 36 or more buildings for commercial use at historic Fort Hancock on Sandy…