Category: HUB News

  • Students learn of man’s struggle with AIDS

    World AIDS Dayrecognized at localhigh school BY SANDI CARPELLOStaff Writer World AIDS Day recognized at local high school BY SANDI CARPELLO Staff Writer RED BANK — If Glenn Williams could do it over again, he’d do it differently. Before a crowd of Red Bank Regional High School students, Williams, 42, who tested HIV positive 12…

  • County police academy graduates new officers

    Twenty-three new police officers were recently sworn in as part of the 66th graduation exercises of the Basic Course for Law Enforcement Officers at the Monmouth County Police Academy, Freehold Township. The ceremony was attended by the families and friends of the graduates as well as dignitaries, including Monmouth County Freeholder Theodore J. Narozanick; Robert…

  • District charged with violating student’s rights

    Student punishedfor Web site critical of schooland its administrators BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Student punished for Web site critical of school and its administrators BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer CHRISTINE VARNO Ryan Dwyer, 15, Oceanport, sits at his computer in his home on Trinity Place, where the Web site about Maple Place School was created.…

  • Students seek donations to help homeless animals

    Rumson-Fair Haven club raises funds for Jersey Shore Animal Shelter BY SANDI CARPELLOStaff Writer BY SANDI CARPELLO Staff Writer On the top of each kitten’s Christmas list is a bowl of Purina Cat Chow. That’s why Rumson Fair Haven Animal Aid Club –– a 35-member student group that offers financial and emotional support to homeless…

  • Council finds temporary trash solution

    Recycling, garbagehauling pact with Highlands to expire Council finds temporary trash solution Recycling, garbage hauling pact with Highlands to expire SEA BRIGHT — As a stop-gap measure, the Borough Council awarded a short-term contract to Bridge Disposal, Inc., of Matawan to collect garbage and recyclables for a two-month period from Jan. 1 to Feb. 29,…

  • Spirit of giving is contagious

    RED BANK — Spreading cheer is spreading. This week, four athletes from Red Bank Regional High School donated 200 pairs of pajamas and 350 books for the Sweet Dreams Campaign, which benefits Monmouth County’s 278 kids currently in foster care. Since September, varsity football players Doug Jackson, Little Silver, and Steve Savaras, Ocean Township, along…

  • Voters approve revamping of RFH heating system

    Measure passed bycomfortable marginin both towns BY SANDI CARPELLOStaff Writer Voters approve revamping of RFH heating system Measure passed by comfortable margin in both towns BY SANDI CARPELLO Staff Writer RUMSON — Voters here and in Fair Haven approved the regional high school district’s plan to spend $14.6 million to purchase a new geothermal HVAC…

  • Sheehan Classic moves from August to June

    BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer LITTLE SILVER — And Little Silver makes it three. The borough became the third and final town — after Red Bank and Fair Haven — to approve a change in the date of the George Sheehan Classic road race from the second week of August to…

  • DPW earns mixed reviews on snow removal

    BY SANDI CARPELLOStaff Writer BY SANDI CARPELLO Staff Writer RED BANK — Those who are dreaming of a white Christmas should keep one thing in mind. Snow is expensive. Fees associated with last week’s snow cleanup cost the borough nearly $3,000 — and that’s just a drop in the bucket compared to other high expenditures…