Category: HUB News

  • 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…

  • Price tag for firehouse put at $1.8 million

    Price tag for firehouse put at $1.8 million LAYLI WHYTE Shrewsbury’s current firehouse, located on Broad Street, has been recommended for demolition and replacement as the result of a feasibility study conducted by architect Robert DeSantis of Kaplan Gaunt and DeSantis, Red Bank. Borough would pay for building through lease agreement with hose co. BY…

  • Freeholders join GOP group to remove Dowd

    County Republicanchair expects to winre-election in June BY VINCE ECHAVARIAStaff Writer Freeholders join GOP group to remove Dowd County Republican chair expects to win re-election in June BY VINCE ECHAVARIA Staff Writer Four members of the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders and two former county Republican chairmen have joined forces with the Monmouth County GOP for…

  • First-graders’ virtual ‘trip’ a soaring success

    BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer All aboard flight No. 409 departing from Red Bank Primary School. Its destination? Malpensa Airport in Lombardy, Italy. Now boarding, two first-grade classes for a virtual trip courtesy of some innovative classroom technology and a lot of Italian food. The flight crew of Justine Forsyth, Beth…

  • Holt, Pallone seek review of CECOM duty transfer

    Command BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer Holt, Pallone seek review of CECOM duty transfer BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer FORT MONMOUTH — Reps. Rush Holt and Frank J. Pallone Jr., both D-N.J., are objecting to a recent Defense Department directive taking the long-standing battery management responsibilities away from the Army’s Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM) here.…

  • Reorganized SRHS board taps Szczurek as president

    District working oncollaborative effort with Monmouth University BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer District working on collaborative effort with Monmouth University BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — Ted Szczurek of Oceanport was elected the new president of the Shore Regional High School Board of Education, succeeding Diane Merla, of West Long Branch. Joan Brearley,…

  • Spending approved;

    2 new members for boardAlong with budget, two additional spending questions get nod BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Spending approved; 2 new members for board Along with budget, two additional spending questions get nod BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — The marquee in front of the Mahala F. Atchison School on Sycamore…