Category: HUB News

  • Old Bridge official also accused by Latino workers

    Charges similar to those made against Red Bank police sergeant BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Manuel Gutierrez, Red Bank, said at the press conference that Sgt. John Riley threatened to call immigration authorities after he complained about wages owed him dating back 13 months. “He has…

  • Trucks turned into heap of garbage

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer TINTON FALLS — A lot full of garbage trucks have been trashed. On the property of Marpal Reclamation Center, at Wayside and Pinebrook roads, the windshields were smashed on 75 trucks and 50-70 tires were punctured while the business was closed, sometime between midnight…

  • There’s order in chaos; learn to love the clutter

    I’m convinced that there are two types of women in this world. There are the orderly and systematic types, and there are the chaotic women, such as myself, who cram stuff wherever we can. The systematic gals make organization look easy. They know where the mate is to each and every sock in their care.…

  • Applying to college ‘ain’t what it used to be’

    Students now applying to a greater number of schools BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff The ever-increasing volume of high school students applying to college has made getting accepted much more of a challenge. College applicants looking to follow in the footsteps of their older brother or sister have…

  • O’Hern tapped as state’s special counsel for ethics

    Former R.B. mayor, Seton Hall prof will look at ethics rules, training BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer A Little Silver resident and former Red Bank mayor has been charged with the task of assessing the state’s ethics rules and coming up with a plan to strengthen them. Justice Daniel J. O’Hern…

  • Holiday cheer

    Miguel Juarez staff Above, Santa stops on his way to the Red Bank Town Lighting and Holiday Concert Nov. 27 to say hello to cousins Mary Sophia Morgan and Macy O’Donnell. Below, members of Holiday Express entertain the crowd of several thousand who attended the concert, sponsored by Red Bank RiverCenter.

  • Hanging out the ‘dirty laundry’ of gender violence

    BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — When Monmouth University Professor Johanna Foster decided to hang decorated T-shirts bearing messages about gender violence on a clothesline strung outside the Rebecca Stafford Student Center, she thought the display would easily fit into a small, circular band shell in…

  • Office bldg. approved for Schwartz triangle

    Planners balk at approving parking variances for project BY RONNIE GARDSTEIN Correspondent BY RONNIE GARDSTEINCorrespondent RED BANK — After animated discussion of parking deficiencies and traffic impact, the Planning Board, at its Nov. 22 meeting, approved an amended site plan for the development of the triangular lot at the junction of Riverside Avenue and West…

  • Police seek bank robbery suspect

    BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Suspect sought in robbery RED BANK — A robber holding a knife to a customer’s throat demanded $5,000 in cash from a teller at the Shrewsbury State Bank branch on Broad Street on Nov. 22. According to Red Bank police, at approximately 11:38 a.m. a man…