Category: HUB News

  • Nerve transplant patient already showing progress

    Rare surgery aims to restore use of arm paralyzed in accident BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Dr. Andrew Elkwood (L) and Dr. Michael Rison (R) as they perform the living-donor nerve transplant on a Connecticut patient recently at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch. LONG BRANCH –– After only a week…

  • Towns plan parks with new open space funds

    BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RUMSON – The borough has received $500,000 for the development of Riverside Park. The funding is part of new legislation worth a total of $16 million for local government open space acquisition and recreation development projects in central New Jersey. Sponsors are Assembly members Linda R.…

  • Films, lectures to honor Black History Month

    The Asbury Park higher education center of Brookdale Community College, 601 Grand Ave., will commemorate Black History Month during February with a calendar of free events. Four films will be shown: “Africans in America-Brotherly Love” Feb. 1 at 4 p.m.; “Tuskeegee Airmen” Feb. 7 at 3 p.m.; “Africans in America-Judgment Day” Feb. 9 at 3…

  • Three boro buildings slated for renovation

    BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer LITTLE SILVER — Improvements to several municipal buildings are due to take place over the next few months. At last week’s borough council meeting, a resolution was passed to award a contract to G&M Eastern Contracting Inc., Neptune City, for improvements at the Woman’s Club of…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff A Little Silver snowman leans after the Jersey Shore area was blanketed with more than a foot of snow over the weekend.

  • SB council holds off support for new bridge

    BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer SEA BRIGHT—Officials here are holding off support for replacing the aging Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge until state officials show how businesses and residents living near the end of the construction zone could be affected. On the recommendation of Mayor Jo-Ann Kalaka-Adams, the Borough Council agreed…

  • Artists in bloom at Sickles’ greenhouse

    Little Silver — Sickles Market in Little Silver will host its annual Artist Days on two Saturdays — Jan. 29 and Feb. 26 — from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. In addition to a show and sale of their works, local artists will give demonstrations. Artists scheduled to appear on Jan. 29 are: Anthea Brown,…

  • Notes Around Town

    Spiritual Education classes for the year 2005 will begin Sunday, Jan. 23, at Matawan Regional High School, Atlantic Avenue, Aberdeen, from 9:45 a.m. to noon. The classes are sponsored by the Baha’is of Monmouth and Ocean Counties. Classes are available to ages preschool to adults and focus on spiritual qualities, religions of the world, and…

  • King’s words echoed in commemoration

    Civil rights leader BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer For some, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is just another Monday holiday. But for many, including more than 200 people who attended an annual memorial breakfast Jan. 17, it is a day that should be spent reflecting on the legacy of a great…