Category: HUB News
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Maclearie: Too soon to tell if taxes will rise
Mayor promotes zero-based budgeting for department heads BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer TINTON FALLS — Although the number-crunching for 2006 is under way inside borough hall, Mayor Peter Maclearie says it is too early to predict any changes in the municipal tax rate. Even though Chief Finance Director Stephen Pfeffer reported…
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Republicans to submit names for council seat
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer FAIR HAVEN –– The Fair Haven Republican Committee is expected to submit three names to the Borough Council this week to fill the seat vacated by Councilman Douglas J. Katich, who announced his resignation earlier this month. Katich’s resignation letter was accepted by the council at…
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Signal provides traffic relief
TINTON FALLS –– With the flick of a switch, traffic became more orderly at Essex Road and Asbury Avenue last Tuesday. The switch activated a new traffic signal at the intersection. According to the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders, the traffic signal is temporary and part of a larger project to realign Pine Street with…
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It’s my body and I’ll laugh if I want to
Body stories told with a mix of humor and pathos BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Clockwise from above: Peg Rice-Moir, Fair Haven, shows a drawing she did of herself as a child. Tinton Falls resident Dot Ransom chose to sit while reading her monologue at the rehearsal for “Some Bodies” at…
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In the Arts
PATRICK HICKEY Students in the Monmouth Conservatory of Music’s String Ensemble performed in a concert for residents of Kensington Court in Tinton Falls on Jan. 14. The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts (SICA) will debut a monthly “Movie Night” with a screening of the award-winning documentary “The Corporation” on Friday at 7 p.m. The…
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‘Forbidding and Foreboding’ opens Fri.
“Budapest Gate” by Jay Hochheiser The first solo exhibition by photographer Jay Hochheiser will open at McKay Imaging Studio and Gallery in Red Bank on Friday. The exhibition, “Forbidding and Foreboding,” will run through Feb. 26. An opening reception will take place Friday, 7-10 p.m. The gallery is located on the second floor of 12…
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Kyrillos to introduce fort redevelopment bill
Nine-member committee would be set up by law SUE MORGAN Staff Writer To ensure that New Jersey’s state government, not just the local and county jurisdictions, have a voice in what happens to Fort Monmouth’s land, state Sen. Joseph M. Kyrillos Jr. (R-13) has confirmed that he will introduce a bill to set up a…
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Report: Higher bridge would hurt home values
Appraisers agree with group opposed to taller Oceanic Bridge BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Friends of the Oceanic Bridge, which is seen here from the Middletown side, do not want the span replaced with a taller bridge. RUMSON — Replacement of the existing Oceanic Bridge with one nearly…
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Oceanport to rename park in honor of Gatta
Soccer fields would become Maria Gatta Community Park BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer OCEANPORT — The Borough Council has decided to pay tribute to the late Mayor Maria Gatta by naming a borough park in her memory. At the borough workshop meeting on Jan. 5, Mayor Lucille Chaump asked for council…
