Category: HUB News
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Local friends swim the English Channel
Pair fought chop, rain, cold water in crossingto French shore BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer Pair fought chop, rain, cold water in crossing to French shore BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer Nancy Steadman Martin swims the English Channel in 11 hours and 20 minutes. For both Nancy Steadman Martin and Michelle Davidson, their swims of the…
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NJ GOP leaders look ahead to convention
Security clampdownnot expected todeter party faithful BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer Security clampdown not expected to deter party faithful BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer Don’t look for any empty seats in the stands at Madison Square Garden during the Republican National Convention in New York next week. That’s the message from a trio of Republican leaders…
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Season ends permanently for Laurino farm produce
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — The sign says it all: Closed. After 40 years of growing and selling what people have said are some of the best strawberries and corn around, the Laurino farm is closed. No one knows the exact moment it happened, but sometime…
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Already serving time, man indicted for 1999 incident
BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Already serving time, man indicted for 1999 incident BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer RED BANK — A Monmouth County grand jury handed up an indictment Aug. 9 for Edward Graham, aka Edward Muhsin-Ali, 55, for robbery, burglary and terroristic threats stemming from an incident five years earlier. On Aug. 15, 1999,…
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Suspect charged with lewdness
BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer RED BANK — An arrest was made Aug. 18 related to lewd acts that took place within the borough over the past four months. Kenneth R. Grippe, 38, Neptune, was arrested at Red Bank Police headquarters and charged with criminal sexual contact and three counts of…
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Memories of Peninsula House sweeten 100th birthday
Nancy Johnson livedat hotel for 46 years BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer Nancy Johnson lived at hotel for 46 years BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer Bonnie Johnson (l) hugs her mother, Nancy, at her 100th birthday party In the early morning, when the sun was newly risen, Nancy Johnson would walk out of her apartment in…
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Congressional hopeful faces Holt in 12th District
Spadea lists health care, safety and dependence on oil among main issues BY MICHELLEROSENBERGStaff Writer BY MICHELLEROSENBERG Staff Writer Bill Spadea, who is running as a Republican for the Congress of New Jersey’s 12th district, says that he is a "kitchen table" politician who will fight for the issues that people discuss over dinner. "I…
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The joy of plein-air painting
“Oceanic Bridge” by Judy Stach They’ve been known to take refuge in gazebos, under balconies and in doorways when the weather turns inclement. The dozen or so painters who are devotees of painting in the outdoors also get around. "We’ve been to Sandy Hook, Monmouth Beach, Spring Lake, and this morning were at the Monmouth…
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Boro engineer killed in accident while on vacation
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Boro engineer killed in accident while on vacation BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer Tragedy struck the Tinton Falls municipal offices earlier this week. On his way home from a family vacation in Florida on a rainy, misty morning Aug. 15, Borough Engineer John Chmielowiec was killed in a one-car…
