Category: HUB News

  • Basie to open season with ‘Carousel’ Sept. 12

    Basie to open season with ‘Carousel’ Sept. 12 Count Basie Theatre, 99 Monmouth St., Red Bank, has announced its events for September and October, beginning with the musical Carousel Sept. 12, 13, 19 and 20 at 8 p.m., and Sept. 21 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $24 and $20, with a $2 discount for seniors.…

  • Woman charged for prostitution, endangering the welfare of a child

    By sandi carpelloStaff Writer By sandi carpello Staff Writer RED BANK — A 30-year-old borough woman was arrested and charged for soliciting last week, after allegedly soliciting money from a 14-year-old boy in exchange for sex. Charges of sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child, and engaging in prostitution were issued to Wanneta Bradford…

  • RBR vocational program changing with the times

    Computer networking, robotics replace auto mechanics, construction By sandi carpelloStaff Writer By sandi carpello Staff Writer RED BANK — For high school vocational programs, it’s out with the old and in with the new. Taking a quantum leap into the twenty-first century, the Red Bank Regional High School District has demolished its auto mechanics and…

  • Spinnaker Award honorees named

    The Eastern Monmouth Area Chamber of Commerce has announced its 2003 Spinnaker Award honorees. The 12th annual awards ceremony will take place Nov. 13 at Branches in West Long Branch. This year’s recipients include William L. Phillips, certified financial planner, who will be honored as Volunteer of the Year; Monmouth County Clerk M. Claire French,…

  • Second protest of fort lease process filed

    Competing bidder asks for Sandy Hook Partner By gloria stravelliStaff Writer By gloria stravelli Staff Writer A formal protest of the government bid process used to award a lease for historic buildings at Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook has been filed by a local developer. Philip G. Crifasi Jr., who was one of 10 finalists…

  • by Gloria Stravelli

    A minister can tend to business at his office in Red Bank, but not to his flock, according to a recent interpretation by the Red Bank Zoning Board of Adjust­ment. In deliberations that were focused and complex, zoning board members grappled with some tough issues at their Aug. 21 meeting, including the question of whether…

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    CHRIS KELLY Rumson-Fair Haven High School’s Michael Bords rolls out of the pocket during a recent scrimmage in Rumson against Hazlet’s Raritan High School.

  • Artist finds true outlet in a familiar setting

    By sherry conohanStaff Writer By sherry conohan Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY Lisa Collora D’Averso’s work on an outdoor mural at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, depicting a day in the life of the county, has been hampered by this summer’s wet weather, but her efforts have been buoyed by the encouragement of passers-by. In the…

  • Neighbors, builder continue to battle over project

    Building By sandi carpelloStaff Writer Building’s size at heart of dispute between residents and developer By sandi carpello Staff Writer When it comes to constructing a proposed condominium complex on the corner of Monmouth and West streets in Red Bank, size does matter. "They’re too big," said Michael Reeps of Oakland Street, who says that…