Category: HUB News

  • DOT seeks public input on plans for Highway 35

    Agency will seek volunteers for an advisory committee BY RONNIE GARDSTEIN Correspondent BY RONNIE GARDSTEINCorrespondent The N.J. Department of Transportation invited the public to a Sept. 29 open house at the Shrewsbury Municipal Building to present its findings on state highway Route 35, its traffic flow and intersections, and on pedestrian and bicycle safety. The…

  • In the Arts

    “Nature’s Messages” has opened at Powys Gallery in Shrewsbury. The exhibit features works by photographers Melanie Heinrich and Hugo Sansberro, and ceramist Mil Wexler Kobrinski. An opening reception will take place Saturday, 7-10 p.m. The show runs through Nov. 3 at the gallery, located at 432 Broad St. Wexler owns and operates a commercial photography…

  • Red Bank International Film Festival set for this weekend

    The Freedom Film Society will present the fourth annual Red Bank International Film Festival in Red Bank Oct. 8-10. This year’s festival will include three days of films, question-and-answer sessions with filmmakers, parties and awards at the historic Count Basie Theatre on Monmouth Street and Clearview Cinemas on White Street. More than 60 independent films…

  • Rosenblatt to receive surfing’s Kahuna Award

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer A surfer and surfing advocate, William “Doc” Rosenblatt has a new title -— Kahuna of the Year — given by the Surfers’ Environmental Alliance of Long Branch. LONG BRANCH — The Mayor of Loch Arbour can add ‘Kahuna’ to the list of his titles next month.…

  • Critics to YMCA: Show us the skate park money

    Pollock says Y BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer A Red Bank resident and a borough councilman want to know where the funds for a skate park planned for Red Bank have gone. Red Bank resident Albert Larotunda and Councilman John Curley are questioning what the Community YMCA of Red Bank did…

  • Location of cell tower a NIMBY issue

    BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer FAIR HAVEN — Reception for cell phones in the borough is one step closer to getting better. Councilman Thomas Gilmour said at last Monday’s Borough Council meeting that the planning board has made recommendations for the placement of the much anticipated and debated cell tower. “They…

  • Boro seeks planner to offer vision for municipal land

    Suggestions askedfor streetscapein business district The Sea Bright Borough Council has put out a request for proposals (RFP) from planners to draft a “strategic revitalization plan” for municipally owned property in town. The council, which has been wrestling with what to do about the overcrowded municipal building, an inadequate police headquarters and a proposal to…

  • More local arts groups receive funding for 2005

    BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer A festival celebrating the work of women artists and a puppet theater that presents programs to schoolchildren are two of the arts programs that will share $150,000 in funding for 2005 awarded by the Monmouth County Arts Council. The total awarded to 26 local arts organizations…