Category: HUB News
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Plastics remain the top polluter on N.J. beaches
Clean Ocean Action calls for volunteers for April 29 Beach Sweeps Marine pollution continues to litter New Jersey’s 127 miles of beach shoreline. That is the clear evidence resulting from the 2005 Beach Sweeps sponsored by Clean Ocean Action (COA) and highlights the need for stricter enforcement of litter laws and cleanup programs, according to…
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Mahon: Budget veto does not provide tax relief
Mess garners enough write-in votes to regain board seat BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK – A defeated budget leaves the borough public school district with an uncertain future without providing real tax relief, according to Robert Mahon. Mahon, interim superintendent of the Red Bank Public School District, expressed his…
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Voters OK Little Silver, RBR school budgets
BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer LITTLE SILVER – The borough was one of the few municipalities in the state where taxpayers approved the school budget, with 17.5 percent of registered voters coming out to vote. Borough Administrator Michael Biehl said last week that 817 votes were cast, although not every voter…
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CHRIS KELLY staff Don Schlachter, Lincroft, tries to get the one that got away as he fishes off the small pier at Marine Park, Red Bank, on Tuesday.
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O’port school budget fails by slim margin
Fair Haven voters approve $10.1M school district spending plan BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer The Oceanport School District spending plan was rejected by voters last week by a margin of less than 100 votes. The proposed $7.8 million budget, which called for a tax levy of roughly $6.6 million, was voted…
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Ambitious pace marks Beck’s first 100 days
Ethics, school funding reform top agenda of 12th District legislator BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck (R-12) RED BANK – Taking on ethics issues in government and pushing for school funding reform are all in 100 days’ work for Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck (D-12). As Beck rounds up her first…
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America’s pastime, when it was needed the most
Brookdale professor examines baseball’s impact during WW II BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer Above, Brookdale Community College Associate Professor and sports historian Larry Hartzell, speaks during his lecture on baseball and its impact on World War II recently at the school. At left, a poster promotes Hartzell’s lecture. MIDDLETOWN – To…
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Borough hires new planners
Heyer: Firm will involve public in master plan process BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer TINTON FALLS – The borough’s new planners attended the council meeting on April 4 and introduced themselves to the full council after being appointed by the Planning Board. Susan Gruel, of the planning firm Heyer Gruel &…
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