Category: HUB News

  • Oceanport Boro revaluation to begin in July

    County-ordered reval expected to take six months BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Oceanport OCEANPORT — A revaluation of borough properties for the 2006 tax year will begin in July, residents were told at a special town meeting last week. “[The revaluation process] could take several months,” Steven Rubenstein, a principal with…

  • Fans should hold their bets on night racing

    Authority says twilight meets wouldn BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer OCEANPORT — The idea for night racing is off the table for at least the next couple of years at Monmouth Park Racetrack, one official said, but twilight racing may be on the agenda. Dennis Dowd, senior vice president for the…

  • Rumson fine-tunes development rules

    Changes range from increased setbacks to where to park the RV BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RUMSON — Tabled for two years, an ordinance has been passed by the Borough Council that tweaks rules as diverse as setbacks for “McMansions” as well as how many horses can be stabled on a…

  • Borough Council to revisit master plan

    Changes being considered include zoning, impervious cover BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer OCEANPORT — The Borough Council will begin discussing possible changes to the borough’s master plan this month, including a zoning change and an overlay zone near the river. State regulations require that the Planning Board re-examine the borough’s master…

  • County will expand Wolf Hill Rec Area

    Park system would add 3 acres to O BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer OCEANPORT –– The Monmouth County Park System is seeking to acquire additional property for an Oceanport recreation area. The Wolf Hill Recreation Area is currently a 91-acre tract owned by the county on Eatontown Boulevard and Port-au-Peck Avenue.…

  • State launches $200K study to rebut BRAC

    Patriots Alliance, MU, Brookdale join forces with Codey BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer TRENTON — The Pentagon has underestimated the military value of Fort Monmouth, and the area’s two colleges and a base advocacy group are on board with the state government to prove it. Monmouth University, Brookdale Community…

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    MIGUELJUAREZstaff Melissa Chant (center), 11, Ocean Township, and friends have a good time “feeling” the Pharaoh’s Fury, one of the amusements at the Oceanport Strawberry Festival last week.

  • Insurance fraud gets boro woman 15 years

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer TINTON FALLS – Nearly two years after helping to stage her husband’s fake drowning off a Long Branch beach, a borough woman has been convicted of insurance fraud conspiracy and false distress and sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. And, according to the…

  • Petco manager pulled from rubble files lawsuit

    BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer FREEHOLD — Having lost a finger, part of her left leg and sustained multiple fractures after a natural-gas explosion leveled the Eatontown pet store she where was working in March, Petco employee Jennifer Rohan has filed suit against several parties involved in the accident.…