Category: HUB News
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Boro moves comment time up
BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK — The order of business for Borough Council meetings has been changed to let people have a say earlier in the meeting. Previously, meeting agendas allowed for public comment only during the final reading of an ordinance, or immediately before executive session or adjournment…
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SEAN BRADY Rob DeFilippis, of Tinton Falls, won the 5K Little Silver Classic with a time of 15:35 on Sunday.
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Bess won’t seek re-election
Republicans choose Koch to run in November election BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer FAIR HAVEN — Councilman Garrett Bess has announced that he will not run for re-election at the end of his current term this year. Bess was named to fill an unexpired six-month term in June 2002 and ran…
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Contractor must repay defrauded homeowners
BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer LITTLE SILVER — Contractor Robert Socha has been sentenced to five years probation and ordered to pay $173,868 in restitution to homeowners he defrauded, several of them his former neighbors. Socha, formerly of Little Silver, had entered into eight home-renovation contracts between August 2002 through January…
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Developer will fix wall next to S.B. Village
BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer SEA BRIGHT — As the luxurious beachfront homes of the new Tradewinds subdivision rise where a nightclub and swim complex bearing the same name once stood, so too will the crumbling dividing wall between the new residences and Sea Bright Village be restored. It’s just a…
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Host towns to create fort reuse committee
BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer EATONTOWN — Regardless of what happens in Washington, D.C., regarding Fort Monmouth, elected officials in the base’s three host communities are assembling the personnel to figure out the most palatable reuse of the 1,126-acre U.S. Army post. The governing bodies in two of the three municipalities…
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Artists/survivors transform cancer battle into art, dance
Art exhibit, dance, multimedia collage carry message of hope BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Breast cancer does not discriminate. It doesn’t care what hue you are, how old you are, or whether you are a lawyer or a legal assistant, a mother or grandmother, a dancer or a visual artist. But…
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In the Arts
“Smokin’ Tribute to the Ladies of Swing,” the final concert in the summer jazz series at the Woman’s Club of Red Bank, will take place Friday beginning at 8 p.m. at the Anthony Reckless Estate, 164 Broad St. The Vickie Smith Quartet will present a tribute to great female artists. The event is BYOB with…
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Boro fast-tracks affordable housing
Due to pressing need, Menna prompts council to act quickly BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer The Red Bank Borough Council expedited passage of two ordinances this week that will support the creation of affordable housing in Red Bank. The new ordinances introduced Monday would require developers to construct or fund affordable…
