Category: HUB News

  • At the library: It’s a jungle in there

    Highlands woman brings a wild touch to a quiet place BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer LITTLE SILVER — Erin Boyer is escaping the corporate jungle and replacing it with one of her own creation. She is painting a mural in the new wing of the Little Silver Public Library with a…

  • HABcore to implement apartment-finding program

    Nonprofit will help people with disabilities secure rentals, services BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK — A new HABcore program will help find rental housing for people with disabilities who are at risk of homelessness. The program will help about 20 residents of Monmouth County find permanent housing, according to…

  • Sea Bright appoints special counsel to dispute legal bill

    Parties argue over who should pick up tab for case to appoint Scriven BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer SEA BRIGHT — At least all six members of the Borough Council and the mayor agree that the town’s taxpayers should not be stuck picking up the legal tab for the…

  • Eatontown mayor readies case for Md. BRAC hearing

    $50,000 state study shows $1.6 million loss in tax revenue if fort closes BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer EATONTOWN — With a potential loss of $1.6 million in tax revenues for this borough and four neighboring communities at stake, local leaders must fight to get Fort Monmouth off the…

  • Park readied for opening in August

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Tinton Falls TINTON FALLS — It took a few years, but one swath of open space in the borough is going to the dogs … and the children, and anyone else with recreational needs. The long-vacant, 39-acre Duncan Thecker tract, on West Park Avenue…

  • Council hears borough auditor’s recommendations

    BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK — The Borough Council has received recommendations from the borough auditor for the 2005 municipal budget. At the June 13 council meeting, Borough Auditor David Kaplan made a presentation to the council concerning changes that he believes should be made to the 2005 budget…

  • DEP fines developer, engineer, consultant

    Claim is that Twin Brook application was falsified to increase building density BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — One plan for an active adult community in the borough is dead in the water because its developer had designs on filling off-limit wetlands with homes. The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has…

  • Township will extend contract with Comcast

    BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Shrewsbury SHREWSBURY — The Borough Council has introduced an ordinance granting a renewal contract with Comcast of Monmouth County LLC. The public hearing was held on June 20. Under the ordinance, Comcast will pay the municipality 2 percent of the gross revenues from all subscription fees…

  • WLB council sets 8 p.m. for quiet time

    Mayor confident that law won BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — Mayor John Paolantonio Jr. is confident that residents will not use the borough’s new noise ordinance as “sour grapes” against their neighbors. Despite the concerns expressed by a handful of residents during a June 15…