Category: HUB Calendar

  • Police say home-check program is a success with local users

    Staff Writer By john burton Police say home-check program is a success with local users SEA BRIGHT — Borough residents will no longer have to fret while they’re away from home, wondering if they left the doors unlocked. Borough police have recently begun a program where officers will check on residents’ homes while they’re away,…

  • community bulletin board Memorial breakfast

    community bulletin board Memorial breakfast to honor King Jan. 21 The Community YMCA, Red Bank, and the YMCA of Western Monmouth County, Freehold, will celebrate the "13th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast" Jan. 21 from 8-10 a.m. at Squires Court, 123 Monmouth Road, West Long Branch. The breakfast is designed to bring…

  • Monmouth County plans community forum

    The Monmouth County Community Crisis Response Coalition (CCRC) will hold a WTC Community Outreach Forum Jan. 26 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Seating is limited for the forum to be held at the Eatontown Sheraton and Conference Center, Route 35 north. Registration is necessary. The CCRC was created by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office,…

  • bulletin board Red Cross director opens home to volunteers

    bulletin board Red Cross director opens home to volunteers In keeping with the Christmas spirit, Bill Beatty, director of disaster services for the American Red Cross Jersey Coast Chapter, Tinton Falls, and his wife invited 26 volunteers to their home in Whiting for the holidays. The volunteers, who hail from as far away as Alaska,…

  • bulletin board RBR teacher honored at appreciation dinner

    bulletin board RBR teacher honored at appreciation dinner Elyse Rieghl, a science teacher at Red Bank Regional High School (RBR), Little Silver, was recently honored along with 40 other high school science teachers at the University of Sciences (USP) in Philadelphia’s "Celebrating Excellence in Science Teaching" appreciation dinner. Rieghl was selected along with the other…

  • County Republican Party leader charged with DWI

    Staff Writer By carolyn o County Republican Party leader charged with DWI LONG BRANCH — The chairman of the Monmouth County Republican Party is facing charges of driving while intoxicated. William F. Dowd, 58, of Ocean Avenue, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after being stopped for a motor vehicle infraction, according to…

  • Past pulls into Red Bank train station Preservation group responsible for restoring gatekeeper’s booth

    Staff Writer By gloria stravelli Past pulls into Red Bank train station Preservation group responsible for restoring gatekeeper’s booth VERONICA YANKOWSKI Andrew North, vice president of Preservation Red Bank, and Ira Matthews III and Ira Matthews Jr. in front of the gatekeeper’s booth which was unveiled at the Red Bank train station on Saturday. The…

  • Back on the tracks

    Back on the tracks For decades after it had outlived its usefulness, the gatekeeper’s house was stored at the Leonard estate in Lincroft on West Front Street until it was taken from the site for restoration. The restored gatekeeper’s house is right at home at the Red Bank train station. To give passers-by an idea…

  • Oldies show slated for Basie

    They celebrated themes from unrequited love to the maddening itch caused by a toxic plant. The lyrics were young, melodramatic and, at times, flip. And they gave voice to the dreams and growing pains of an entire generation of postwar teens. The "golden oldies," the music that captured the ethos of the ’50s and ’60s,…