Category: HUB News

  • Red gets Planning Board approval for expansion

    Increased parking shortfall will add $24K to parking fund BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK — The lines of people waiting to get into trendy restaurant/lounge Red on Broad Street on any given Saturday night may soon be a thing of the past. At least that is what owner Daniel…

  • Local pantry director ministers to those in need

    Lunch Break volunteer honored on Norma Todd Day BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer LAYLIWHYTE Katherine “K.C.” Cousler is being honored for her 15 years of volunteer work as pantry director at Lunch Break in Red Bank. RED BANK — When Katherine Cousler retires, there’ll be time enough to start a garden…

  • Notes

    Fair Haven Fields community garden plots can be reserved on March 20 from noon to 1 p.m. at the Fair Haven Youth Center for $10 a plot. For more information, call Judy Fuller at (732) 741-0874. ***** The Oceanport Garden Club will meet on March 24 at the Olde Wharf House on East Main Street…

  • Notes

    The Arc of Monmouth will present three workshops geared toward educating parents of special education students to be full participants in their child’s Individual Education Plan (IEP). All workshops will be held at 1158 Wayside Road, Tinton Falls. Identical workshops will be held at 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. to accommodate parents and families. Session…

  • County leaders embarrassed by employee arrests in FBI sting

    Freeholders express shock and suspend 7 who were charged BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer Immediate action must be taken to restore faith and confidence in Monmouth County government in the wake of the arrest last week of 11 government officials as the result of an FBI bribery sting, according to Monmouth…

  • Officials react to the arrest of their peers

    “What we discovered is that this was business as usual across a surprisingly wide swath of Monmouth County, where an attitude of greed, arrogance and entitlement prevailed. These complaints portray a shocking eagerness and ease with which these public officials engaged in criminal activity, to trade contracts for cash or even to be involved in…

  • Suspect’s clothing leads to arrest in car thefts

    BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK — A suspect in two auto thefts in the borough was arrested Feb. 23 after one of his alleged victims recognized the outfit the suspect was wearing as his own. Carlton M. Deckle Jr., 34, Keyport, was taken into custody at the Red Bank…

  • Locals say bldg. would harm creek

    Opponents: Increase in lot coverage will result in runoff into creek BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer FAIR HAVEN — An office building proposed for River Road would have a negative impact on Fourth Creek, a group of local residents contend. Formed two months ago to protect the body of water, the…

  • For the Record

    A story about Sea Bright’s new municipal prosecutor published in the Feb. 10 issue incorrectly stated that outgoing Borough Prosecutor James Butler was appointed to that post one year ago. Butler was actually appointed to that post on Jan. 1, 2001, by former Sea Bright Mayor Gregory Harquail. In the same story, a statement attributed…