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Tinton Falls budget keeps tax rate flat
$21.8M spending plan is 4% increase over last year BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — The Borough Council introduced a $21,801,213 spending plan on May 5, with no increase to the tax rate. The budget represents about a 4 percent increase over last year’s $20.9 million budget. The council voted 4-1 to introduce…
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Chubby’s plans to FIXX its future
Plans call for upscale club with ’80s, not teen, nights BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer RED BANK — Chubby’s Waterside Café closed its doors on Mother’s Day after a 15-year run. The building at 26 W. Front St. is scheduled to undergo an extensive overhaul and will reopen soon as FIXX, according to owner Michael…
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Planners approve Galleria expansion
Project adds five-story building/parking garage BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer RED BANK — The Galleria will undergo a major expansion now that the Planning Board has approved plans for the Galleria Park office building and parking deck project last week. The applicant, ET Galleria LLC, whose principals are members of the Sourlis family that owns…
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Auction of antiques & Jersey Shore memorabilia May 23
OCEAN GROVE — The Historical Society of Ocean Grove continues its 2009 season of special fundraising events with the popular Memorial Day Weekend Auction on Saturday, May 23, at the Young People’s Temple in Ocean Grove. Preview is at 9 a.m., and the auction will commence at 11 a.m. Items to be auctioned include: cuckoo…
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Boro will use state model for noise law
BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — The borough continues to try to strike a balance in drafting a noise ordinance between the interests of residents and business owners. The current noise ordinance was voided in a court decision earlier this month, and the council discussed plans to adopt the state noise ordinance with…
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Board of Ed. seat decided by one vote
BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer RED BANK — The official count is in for the district Board of Education, demonstrating the power of every vote. The provisional vote count resulted in a tie between newcomer Grace Costa, of Oldfield Place, and board incumbent Toni Brown, of Bank Street. The official count resulted in one-vote win…
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Marking 125 yrs., Holy Cross looks to its roots
Talk traces influence of church architect Charles Keely BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer When locals tour Europe, they return with vivid descriptions of some of the world’s oldest cathedrals and basilicas, never realizing that some of the best architectural rivals to those revered sites can be found on American soil. PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY…
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‘We’re one voice, one people’
Unity Way signifies a united Red Bank BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Red Bank rededicated the scene of a violent crime to solidarity in the community May 6, renaming a section of a west side street Unity Way. GLORIA STRAVELLI Above left: The Rev. Terrence Porter, of Pilgrim Baptist Church, speaks during a ceremony marking…
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$1.3M in stimulus funds will stabilize Oceanic Bridge
County: $80M needed to replace deteriorating span BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer Some $1.3 million in federal stimulus funds have been set aside by Monmouth County to rehabilitate the deteriorating Oceanic Bridge, which connects Rumson and Locust Point. Oceanic Bridge The bridge is currently in need of a series of improvements to offset severe corrosion…
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