Category: HUB News

  • Szostak, Gatta voice opposition to fort plan

    Mayors BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Mayors’ council hears from opponents of plan BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer Local mayors failed to reach a consensus on the issue of a planned private development at Fort Hancock on Saturday, largely because new mayors withheld their support. Dissension among the mayors was a setback for Rumson developer James…

  • RFH team wins national competition in D.C.

    RFH team wins national competition in D.C. Pictured with adviser Joe Lanza are team members Kim Gittleson, Eric Roberts, Camilla Thees, Amanda Tomney and Aaron Small of Rumson-Fair Haven High School, who won the Fed Challenge in Washington, D.C., May 3. A team from Rumson-Fair Haven High School won the ninth annual Fed Challenge national competition…

  • Business owner speaks out against beach vendors

    Ordinance introducedto charge fees for public information requests BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer Ordinance introduced to charge fees for public information requests BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — Opposition to the borough’s solicitation of bids for concessions on the beachfront this summer was voiced by Jean Orejuela, of Subs and More, at the Borough…

  • Man sought for pointing gun at skateboarder

    Pick-up driver could face charges of aggravated assault from incident BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — When a shaken young skateboarder reported that a person chuckled over threatening him with what appeared to be a gun, police took it very seriously. And when the suspect they are…

  • Plan for Shrewsbury Ave. apartment project rejected

    Zoners deny use variance, noting single-family home could be built on site BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Plan for Shrewsbury Ave. apartment project rejected Zoners deny use variance, noting single-family home could be built on site BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer RED BANK — Residents of Shrewsbury Avenue told the Zoning Board of Adjustment a proposed…

  • Freeholder finance questions mount

    BY MARC CAVELLAStaff Writer Freeholder finance questions mount BY MARC CAVELLA Staff Writer Monmouth County Freeholder Ed Stominski is on the offensive amid more questioning of his financial expenditures in office. Recent accusations of misusing campaign funds have plagued Stominski. He has spent at least $7,500 since 2001 attending conventions on behalf of the county’s…

  • Hackers cite assassinations as reason for targeting JCC

    BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Hackers cite assassinations as reason for targeting JCC BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — An Internet Web site that belongs to the Jewish Community Center of Monmouth County was hacked last week, apparently in retaliation for Israel’s recent assassination of two leaders of the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas. "We were…

  • Council increases density allowed for senior project

    Change will permitdeveloper to build six more homes on 40-acre tract BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer Change will permit developer to build six more homes on 40-acre tract BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer SHREWSBURY — After hearing from the president and CEO of Kara Homes, the Borough Council increased the density for a proposed new planned…

  • Investigation into attempt to lure borough boy under way

    Investigation into attempt to lure borough boy under way LITTLE SILVER — Police are investigating the attempted luring of a child into a vehicle in the area of the CVS pharmacy on Prospect Avenue at Markham Place. Police Chief William Wikoff said a man, described as white or Hispanic and in his mid-30s, asked a…