Category: HUB News

  • Notes Around Town

    The Sierra Club, Jersey Shore Group, announces an open coffee house with folk and Irish music. The event will take place on Oct. 1 from 8-11 p.m. at St. James Memorial Episcopal Church at 69 Broad St. (Route 71) in Eatontown. The suggested donation is $10 per person. For more information, or to volunteer to…

  • Habcore seeking approval for housing on Broad St.

    Home would not be a rooming house, Heisman says BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Habcore Inc. has filed an application with the Red Bank Zoning Board to use a single-family home on Broad Street as supportive housing for people at risk of homelessness. Steve Heisman, executive director of Habcore, said the…

  • Focus on safety

    CHRIS KELLY staff Chief Tim Emmons of the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office demonstrates how a gun safety lock works during the Riverview Medical Center Health Fair held at Red Bank Middle School Sept. 18.

  • Suits charge Long Branch, Ocean with discrimination

    Suits filed in U.S. District Court by landlords, renters BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — The city and Ocean Township are being sued in two separate lawsuits for adopting ordinances the suits claim discriminate against the rights of landlords and tenants. The two suits were filed in the U.S.…

  • Penquin’s visit to local school makes learning fun

    BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer PHOTOSBY CHRIS KELLY staff Saba, a penguin from Jenkinson’s Aquarium, Point Pleasant, visited students at the Red Bank Primary School Sept. 20, during a special educational assembly. RED BANK — What’s black and white, sounds like a donkey and comes from South Africa? The answer is…

  • Rail proponents press on with call to build MOM

    Plan has support in Monmouth, Ocean; stiff foes in Middlesex BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Members of the Central Jersey Rail Coalition are seeking additional support for the proposed Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex (MOM) passenger rail line. The MOM line — which is one of several regional rail lines being studied by NJ Transit…

  • Habitat motorcycle ride will tour two counties

    Motorcycle riders will once again be securing their helmets, revving up their engines and riding for charity. The Western Monmouth Habitat for Humanity is holding its fifth annual motorcycle ride for affordable housing on Oct. 3 and organizers are hoping to top last year’s turnout of more than 200 motorcycle riders. In the driver’s seats…

  • Legal advocate cautions city about use of eminent domain

    IJ attorney says MTOTSA residents should stay in homes BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — Members of the city council were warned last week that Long Branch could “become the poster child for eminent domain abuse” by a representative from the Institute for Justice (IJ). “We are watching very…