Category: HUB News

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • New memorial will be placed in Victory Park

    Over objections, vets BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RUMSON — With Memorial Day approaching, a new veterans monument almost did not have a home. At a meeting of the Rumson Borough Council earlier this month, several members of the community came to show their support for a plan to place a…

  • Buckle up or pay up

    Police plan seatbelt enforcement campaign BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Motorists who don’t use their seatbelts, should be aware that they are defying the law and may be ticketed. The state Department of Law & Public Safety reports that the seatbelt initiative Click It or Ticket is working, but more needs…