Category: HUB News
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Boro drafting tree removal ordinance
Measure aimed at ending practice of clear-cutting properties BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer FAIR HAVEN – Borough residents crowded into borough hall last week to support the creation of a tree removal ordinance aimed at preventing the clear-cutting of trees. Borough officials proposed the ordinance at the March 27 council meeting,…
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On Campus
Elizabeth P. Cooper, Fair Haven, was recently named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at State University of New York New Paltz, where she is majoring in art and education. A 2005 graduate of Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School, Rumson, she was also accepted into the Honor Society at the university. Michael J.…
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R.B. school budget calls for no cuts
Board OKs $15.4M budget that would up taxes by 3.9 cents BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer The Red Bank Board of Education approved a 2006-07 school budget last week that calls for no cuts in teaching staff or programs at the borough’s public schools. The $15.4 million budget approved at the…
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SCOTT PILLING staff Elizabeth Kelly, 5, and Caroline McManis, 4, hold hands as they march in the fourth annual Fair Haven Baseball Opening Day Parade on April 1.
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Tarver: Children’s needs must be top priority
Says schools must come ahead of other interests BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer David Tarver has some advice for Red Bank officials: Take the problems facing borough children out of the dark and into the public eye. “People knew there were problems for a long time,” said Tarver, president of the…
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Monmouth U students ‘Take Back the Night’
Students advised to support, protect, confide in each other BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer Photos by MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Plastic candles in hand, Monmouth University students walk through the tunnel under Cedar Avenue in West Long Branch during last Thursday’s “Take Back the Night” march at the university. WEST LONG BRANCH…
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PRB: Survival of train station building at risk
NJ Transit spokeswoman cites lack of funding BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Preservationists are concerned about the future of the Red Bank Train Station building. RED BANK – Members of the borough’s preservation community say neglect by NJ Transit is threatening the survival of the historic Red Bank Train Station building.…
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Changes to new boro hall top $1.4M
Boro attorney: Council investigating whether there is liability BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer TINTON FALLS – Four resolutions authorizing increases to the growing borough hall contract were voted on last week; three were approved and one was denied. According to Borough Engineer Gerald Freda, the four change orders were all necessary…
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Rape counselor: Teen girls are most at risk
180 counselor tells students alcohol, binge drinking often lead to assault BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer FAIR HAVEN – Women between the ages of 15 and 19 are four times more likely to become victims of sexual assault than women in any other age group, according to Ellen Bloom, acting coordinator…
