Category: HUB News

  • Historic commission wants Union House saved

    Borough Planning Board will hearapplication July 26 BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Borough Planning Board will hear application July 26 BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer The Olde Union House, (above) on Wharf Avenue in Red Bank, as pictured today. The 18th-century building (at right) was damaged in a fire in 1964. Architectural (below left) renderings of…

  • Marine Park to get new, accessible restrooms

    BY LAYLIWHYTEStaff Writer BY LAYLIWHYTE Staff Writer RED BANK — The borough plans to have new restroom facilities in place at Marine Park by next summer. The Borough Council recently passed a resolution authorizing a $25,000 grant agreement between the borough and the state Department of Environmental Protection with the funds earmarked for the construction…

  • Arrest made in rash of Red Bank burglaries

    BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Arrest made in rash of Red Bank burglaries BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer Last week, several Red Bank businesses reported break-ins, and many of those businesses had similar pry marks at rear entrances. On July 7 police received a report that a restaurant on Bridge Avenue was broken into by unknown…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Nathaniel Roberts, Red Bank, performed with the Anointed Sons during the annual picnic held by Pilgrim Baptist Church in Red Bank July 10.

  • Prosecutor charges contractor with failing to perform work

    Alleged victims saidto have been bilkedof BY SHERRYCONOHANStaff Writer Alleged victims said to have been bilked of ‘tens of thousands’ BY SHERRYCONOHAN Staff Writer A contractor believed by authorities to have ripped off a number of neighbors and other customers to the tune of thousands of dollars has been charged with theft by deception. If…

  • Ready for a date with destiny

    Alford hopes to win in 3rd bid at Apollo Theatre BY CHRISTINEVARNOStaff Writer Ready for a date with destiny BY CHRISTINEVARNO Staff Writer Lewis Alford LONG BRANCH — He may not have made it then, but Lewis Alford said he is ready to try again. Alford, 27, of Long Branch, is no stranger to The…

  • Area beaches escape fouling from garbage

    SEA BRIGHT — Despite reports of floating trash and garbage offshore last week, the beach here was little affected. Bill Mack, chief of beach operations and water safety for the borough, said some large pieces of lumber floated into the surf on the southeast tide Wednesday afternoon, but two hours later when the wind shifted…

  • Family gives library mural of town circa ’34

    Features includeislands in rivereyed for development BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer Features include islands in river eyed for development BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Brendan Flynn, chairman of the library commission, discusses the mural of Sea Bright in the 1930s behind him. The mural was donated to the borough’s public library. See story,…

  • Fans help blues band celebrate CD release

    BY DREW BOLOGNINICorrespondent BY DREW BOLOGNINI Correspondent KATE POLLARA Gary and Jennifer Wright, the husband-and-wife duo at the heart of Terraplane Blues, celebrated the release of their second CD, “Jubilee Stomp,” last weekend at a party at the Walt St. Pub in Red Bank. Blues ensemble Terraplane Blues celebrated the release of their second self-produced…