Category: HUB News
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Court sides with boro on contract for library work
BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK – A state Superior Court judge has found the borough acted properly when it awarded the contract for renovation work to the Red Bank Public Library. After the borough awarded a $1.2 million contract to Santorini Construction, losing bidder Monmouth Construction filed suit against…
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SCOTT PILLING staff Briana Jackucewicz of Colts Neck crosses the finish line at the 5K Rumson-Fair Haven Run on May 7. Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School and The Band of the Two Rivers are sponsoring a “Meet the Composer Night” on Friday at 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the high school. The public is…
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Keshish takes top school spot in W. Long Branch
She had sought superintendent spot in Red Bank district BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK – As the search for the new superintendent for the Red Bank Public School District wraps up, one candidate with close ties to the district has taken herself out of the race. Assistant Superintendent for…
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Council opposes R.B. Recycling expansion plan
Attorney: Feds override boro, county on waste facility BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer The Red Bank Borough Council passed a resolution on Monday opposing a plan that would bring an additional 600 tons of waste per day through the borough. Although the final say on the Red Bank Recycling’s proposal to…
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Boro Council OKs extra $1.5M for boro hall
TINTON FALLS – The Borough Council approved a bond ordinance providing supplemental funding for the construction of the new municipal complex at the May 2 meeting. The ordinance appropriates $1.5 million and authorizes the issuance of $1,426,000 bonds or notes to finance part of the cost. The $1.5 million in additional funding became necessary after…
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SCOTT PILLING staff Murlaine Alexis, a student at Red Bank Catholic High School, dances at the 56th Monmouth County Cotillion Scholarship Ball held at Convention Hall in Asbury Park on May 6.
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Shrewsbury budget calls for 3.9-cent increase
BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer SHREWSBURY – The borough introduced its $7.4 million 2006 municipal budget last week. If approved, the tax levy would be $5,405,764, an increase of $343,762 over last year’s tax levy of $5,064,002. The tax levy reflects anticipated revenues, other than current property tax, of almost $2…
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Vets hospital to move; clinic to close
FBI, Homeland Security ask to stay after fort closes BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer More than 23,000 military retirees will be seeking health care elsewhere in Monmouth County once the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital relocates outside of Fort Monmouth’s gates. As the Pentagon readies the 89-year-old U.S. Army…
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Freeholders pan governor’s ‘sick tax’
FREEHOLD – Citing the impact Gov. Jon Corzine’s proposed “sick tax” would have on Monmouth County’s hospitals, the Board of Freeholders passed a resolution critical of the proposal to tax hospital beds, urging all 120 state legislators to oppose such a levy. Freeholder Theodore J. Narozanick, who prepared the resolution, said the tax being proposed…
