Category: HUB News

  • At least 10 will try for freeholder’s opening seat

    BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN — A special election to fill Freeholder Amy Handlin’s open position won’t be happening anytime soon. According to Fred Neimann, Monmouth County Republican Committee chairman, the election will definitely not occur in January, but most likely “sometime in late winter or early spring.”…

  • Beck readies Assembly bill to repeal S-1701

    Assemblywoman-elect says schools can BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Red Bank RED BANK — Jennifer Beck, Red Bank councilwoman and state Assemblywoman-elect, is currently drafting legislation that would repeal the controversial law that imposes spending caps on school budgets. The law was put in place by the state in July 2004.…

  • Police academy graduates ready to join local depts.

    FREEHOLD — The Monmouth County Police Academy on Dec. 12 graduated 31 recruits, many of whom will go on to serve as police officers, park rangers and sheriff’s officers. The graduating class, three of whom paid their own way through the academy and do not have promises of employment, trained for nearly 750 hours over…

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    The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts (SICA) continues its “Speaking of Art” speaker series with a round-table discussion and gallery tour by the “O” exhibition curatorial duo MatCh-Art (Matthew Fisher and Christina Vassallo) on Friday, Dec. 16, at 7 p.m. SICA’s “O” exhibition features artists working in a diverse range of media to explore…

  • Developers would disclose contributions, conflicts

    Council calls special meeting Dec. 29 for vote on ordinance BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer An ordinance requiring developers with applications before the Red Bank Planning and Zoning boards to disclose political contributions was introduced at Monday’s Borough Council meeting. The ordinance, which will be the last brought to the council…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Ivan takes a family on an old-fashioned carriage ride through downtown Red Bank on Dec. 11 with the help of driver Bill Milies.

  • Commission tallying borough’s historic fabric

    Inventory of R.B. historic places two-thirds complete BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer As 2006 approaches, the Red Bank Historic Preservation Commission has completed the second phase of its inventory of the borough’s historic places. The inventory, begun in 2004, includes such landmarks as the Red Bank Armory at 76 Chestnut St.,…

  • Ft. Hancock home offers glimpse of Christmas past

    Free tour of Officers Row house Saturday BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Clockwise from top left — Children at the Community YMCA of Red Bank teamed with Santa’s helpers from local businesses to create holiday gifts for friends and family on Dec. 12. Clockwise: Deven Gunter, 8, Fort Monmouth,…

  • Reimbursement shortfall forces cuts at Meridian

    Riverview cuts 38 jobs, citing $7M loss in Medicaid BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK — Budget cuts throughout the Meridian Healthcare system will have little impact on Riverview Medical Center, according to hospital officials. “We like to call it a realignment of resources,” said Riverview President Timothy Hogan in…