Category: HUB News

  • State aid cuts tax increase to 4.3 cents

    Extraordinary aid, hotel tax, rebate help hold down budget BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK — With an influx of extraordinary aid from the state in the amount of $100,000, the borough is now looking at a tax increase of 4.3 cents per every $100 dollar of assessed property value.…

  • Boro going for state funds for streetscape

    SEA BRIGHT — Borough officials are taking a shot at getting Trenton to give out some big bucks for sprucing up the downtown business district. Following the advice of Borough Engineer David Hoder, the Borough Council agreed at the July 19 meeting to apply for state funding that could range from $200,000 to $300,000 for…

  • SeaStreak ferry forced to dock at Sandy Hook

    Scare turns out to be electrical malfunction BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer MARISAHULSE Passengers waiting on Sandy Hook for a relief ferry on Friday. In the wake of the recent bombings in London, England, an incident on the SeaStreak New York ferry Friday morning was alarming for everyone concerned. Marisa Hulse,…

  • Utility wiring can’t be run underground

    Streets project to go forward despite setback BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer SUE MORGAN staff Sea Bright officials are hoping telephone, electric and cable wiring can be run underground in one neighborhood, so that utility poles supporting multiple lines, such as this one outside the former firehouse on New…

  • ‘Inked!’ – it’s no tattoo show

    BY KATHY HALL Correspondent BY KATHY HALLCorrespondent “Marioprah” by Mark Dean Veca Although named after a tattoo term, “Inked!,” an exhibit on view at the Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts (SICA) in Long Branch until Aug. 20, is no tattoo show. “I wasn’t interested in having a literal tattoo show,” curator Koan Jeff Baysa…

  • Boro awards contract for renovations

    Park upgrades include grading, sod, parking lot redo, new bulkhead BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RUMSON — After twice going out to bid on a project to renovate Riverside Park, the Borough Council voted last week to award the contract to Precise Construction, Freehold. The vote was taken at last week’s…

  • Meares snaps Best in Show

    “Floating Light” A rowboat moored in a pool of vibrantly hued water has netted photographer Jennie A. Meares a Best in Show in the Ocean County Artists Guild annual Juried Photogra-phy Show. Juror Bonnie Stutski, photography editor of Smithsonian Magazine, chose award winners from the approximate 80 entries in black-and-white, color and manipulated images. “Floating…

  • City will take 15 additional properties

    Council action more than doubles second phase of Pier Village BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — The City Council adopted an ordinance last week extending eminent domain to additional properties in the second phase of the Pier Village redevelopment zone. Eminent domain will be applied to nine of the…

  • McKenna to stay on for special projects

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer TINTON FALLS — It’s a matter of unfinished business. That is why Mayor Peter Maclearie chose to keep former borough Law Director Edward J. McKenna Jr. on as special counsel for certain matters. One of those matters is the ongoing issue involving an effort…