Category: HUB News

  • Saving the planet begins close to home

    Fewer than 50,000 acres remain undeveloped BY KATHY HALL Correspondent BY KATHY HALLCorrespondent CHRIS KELLY staff Judith Stanley Coleman, president of the Monmouth Conservation Foundation, warns that overdevelopment harms not only the environment, but also is detrimental to the quality of life in Monmouth County. Most people think about the environment on Earth Day, but…

  • From the files of The Red Bank Register

    100 years ago W.C. Heiser of Matawan and his mother, Mrs. Louis Heiser, were driving home from Keyport, a few nights ago, when the horse got out of the road and ran into the guard railing at the foot of Gas House Hill, about halfway between Matawan and Keyport. Both the occupants of the wagon…

  • Shrewsbury church honors its 50th year

    BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer SHREWSBURY – From humble beginnings, when a handful of people met at a home in Long Branch, to the present day, when the First Assembly of God Church in Shrewsbury will celebrate its 50th year, there has been a steady journey toward growth. “We need two…

  • Added $1.5M proposed for municipal complex

    Council proposes $1.4M in bonds to finance unanticipated changes BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer TINTON FALLS – The Borough Council introduced a bond ordinance providing supplemental funding for the construction of the new municipal complex at its April 4 meeting. The ordinance appropriates $1.5 million and authorizes the issuance of $1,426,000…

  • Sea Bright budget calls for 3.3-cent tax hike

    Police pensions, higher fuel costs contribute to tax hike BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer Sea Bright SEA BRIGHT – Property owners here would see their municipal taxes increase by about $125 annually if the Borough Council adopts the proposed $4.5 million budget for calendar year 2006. The municipal budget, as introduced…

  • Dog owners balk at law banning pets on beaches

    State Fish & Wildlife official will speak on piping plovers BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer SEA BRIGHT – Dog and pony shows would be prohibited on borough beaches from April to early September under a pending law coming up for the governing body’s decision. Actually, it is the walking or running…

  • In case of emergency, ‘Westward ho!’

    Freeholders seek funding for study of coastal evacuation rtes. BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer LINDA DeNICOLA In the event of a major storm, all (county) roads lead west. All main roads leading west are considered evacuation routes for people living on the coast of Monmouth County. As a result, the Monmouth…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Sensei David Franza executes some fancy footwork with a spinning heel kick aimed at knocking the bottle out of the hands of David Michael Franza during Healthy Kids Day held at The Community YMCA of Red Bank on April 8.

  • McKenna bows out

    Menna, Curley will vie for office of mayor BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Mayor McKenna After 16 years as the mayor of Red Bank, Edward J. McKenna Jr. announced he will not run for re-election this November, ostensibly passing the torch to a fellow Democrat, Councilman Pasquale Menna. McKenna’s announcement on…