Category: HUB News

  • 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…

  • Isaiah Sestito

    , of the Red Bank Flag Football Team, makes a break for the open field with White Team member Lily Calas in pursuit. The Red Bank Pop Warner teams entertained the crowd at Kessler Field during halftime of the Monmouth University/Stony Brook University game on Sept. 25.

  • In the Arts

    “Nature’s Messages” will open at Powys Gallery in Shrewsbury Oct. 2. 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…

  • St. James celebrates 125 years of education

    PHOTOS BY DIANA FAULKNER RED BANK — At 125 years old, St. James Elementary School is still young. On Sunday, the school celebrated its 125th anniversary with a special Mass and reception with teachers, students and alumni. The Most Rev. John M. Smith, bishop of the Trenton Diocese, was scheduled to celebrate the Mass with…

  • Commercial-free photographer has ‘Hindsight’

    Fair Haven resident exhibiting at Red Bank Library through Nov. 4 BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Michael Hinds focuses his camera on local scenes likes this dock at Monmouth Boat Club in Red Bank. The raindrops splattered on his camera lens are a sign that Michael Hinds has succeeded. Hinds, who…

  • Historic preservation meeting at Sandy Hook Oct. 26

    Wells named superintendent of Sandy Hook Unit The National Park Service (NPS) will host a public meeting Tuesday, Oct. 26, on the historic preservation issues relating to the proposed redevelopment of historic buildings at Fort Hancock. According to newly named Sandy Hook Superintendent Richard Wells, the NPS will co-host the meeting with the Advisory Council…