Category: HUB News

  • Fire district budgets pass in borough

    BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer TINTON FALLS — The budgets in the borough’s two fire districts were approved during elections on Saturday, and all four commissioners’ seats were filled. In Fire District 1, which covers the Wayside and Pine Brook fire companies, three candidates were vying for two three-year positions. The…

  • Views vary on request to rezone Central Ave.

    Red Bank Recycling seeks zoning change to industrial BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK — A request to rezone Central Avenue makes sense to the mayor, but it is opposed by council members who see it as an invitation to more intense use. Borough Engineer Richard Kosenski told the Borough…

  • County grants fund parks, open space

    Eatontown will buy farms; Monmouth Beach, WLB to upgrade parks BY FRAIDY REISS Correspondent BY FRAIDY REISSCorrespondent What do a fitness trail in Colts Neck, two soccer fields in Marlboro and the last farmland in Eatontown have in common? They were among 13 projects approved this month for grants from the 2005 Monmouth County Open…

  • Taxi rates rise despite lower insurance costs

    BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK — Insurance requirements for taxi companies in the borough are decreasing, but the rates paid by passengers will soon increase. The Borough Council introduced an ordinance at this week’s meeting to decrease the required amount of insurance carried by each taxicab in town from…

  • Merla declines to resign after latest indictment

    BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer KEYPORT — Mayor John Merla stuck to his guns at the Feb. 7 Borough Council meeting amid numerous calls from the public and members of the council to resign. Merla calmly declined to step down from his office after being indicted on an extortion charge by…

  • Artists’ Day at Sickles Market

    Area artists will display their works at Sickles Market’s annual Artists’ Day, on Saturday, Feb. 25, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the greenhouse at the Little Silver market, 1 Harrison Ave. Artists will give demonstrations throughout the day. Scheduled to appear are: Mary Cooper, mosaics; Pat Ellson, porcelain; Lisa Ficarelli-Halpern, portraits and print…

  • Jazz & Blues series in Red Bank, Long Branch

    In keeping with its mission to preserve and promote jazz and blues, the Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Foundation is continuing its sponsorship of two music series. “Blues by the Beach,” a series of free performances at the Ocean Place Resort & Spa, 1 Ocean Blvd., Long Branch, will present Ron Sunshine & Full Swing…

  • In the Arts

    The Monmouth Conservatory of Music in Red Bank is offering a new, expanded program of group music classes for children beginning at age 4. Classes for ages 4-6 are: “Magic Keys,” an introduction to keyboard, and “Suzuki Introduction to Violin.” For ages 7-11, a recorder class and introduction to guitar. For ages 9-12, introduction to…

  • Eye Sights 2006: Celebrating the diversity of vision

    First place, “Morning Serenity” by Carolyn Soltys, Aberdeen The diversity of individual creative vision is the focus of the 162-piece photography collection currently on exhibit at the Guild of Creative Art in Shrewsbury. “Eye Sights 2006,” the guild’s third annual All-Members Juried Photography Show and Exhibit, will run through March 1. The competition was judged…