Category: HUB News
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Court seeks details on Tredwell House talks
Discussions between Planning Board and owners under scrutiny BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RUMSON — A Monmouth County judge has requested information on private discussions held regarding the future of the historic Tredwell House. Presiding Chancery Judge Alexander D. Lehrer presided over a hearing last Tuesday on a motion to extend…
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Critter in woods ‘bears’ reporting
BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — If you see a bear in your neighborhood, don’t rub your eyes in disbelief, call 911. On Sunday, May 29 at approximately 7:20 p.m., the Ocean Township police received a report that a bear was seen in a driveway on West Park Avenue…
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Bulkhead replacements to cost S.B. $327K-plus
Keeler, Craig object to award to marine contractor as too high BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer SEA BRIGHT — Councilman William “Jack” Keeler admits that he is not that familiar with the costs of building bulkheads. Yet Keeler, long the chair of the Borough Council’s finance committee, is still…
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Borough Council exorcises ban on mystical arts
Change clears way for Earth Spirit to move within historic district BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK — Members of the community who use their psychic gifts to make a living can now legally practice their craft in the borough’s historic district. At its meeting on Monday, the Borough Council…
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Estimates off the mark for Fair Haven Fields
Boro now finds cost of lot upgrade will be double BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer FAIR HAVEN –– The Borough Council has been moving forward with improvements to Fair Haven Fields, but a bump in the road last week is holding up the project. “I have laid low for a while,…
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Atty.: Lawsuits cannot stop mall approval
Board approves outlet mall; developer must meet conditions BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Tinton Falls TINTON FALLS — Lawsuits could not stop the approval of a hotly contested upscale outlet mall off Route 66. Despite the fact that there are two suits against the plan in the works, a…
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Back to nature
CHRIS KELLY staff Volunteers for the Red Bank Environmental Commission landscaped and planted native plants at the Locust Avenue Nature Area. Above, Linda Rohleder, Red Bank, plants a native seedling at the nature area. Below, Freehold Borough’s Rich Pillar spreads compost.
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Phony Web page stirs anger in Assembly race
Democrat campaign worker says material was posted by accident BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer A Democratic campaign worker who is a New Jersey publisher has been caught Web-handed. A Web site that posed as the campaign home page of Republican 13th District Assembly candidates Amy Handlin and Sam Thompson…
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In the Service
Navy Fireman Robert C. Dempsey is midway through a routine scheduled deployment, while assigned to the destroyer USS O’Bannon, which is homeported in Mayport, Fla. The ship deployed to the Mediterranean Sea in support of maritime security operations. It provides multi-mission offensive and defensive capabilities. The ship and crew perform anti-submarine, air and surface warfare…
