Category: HUB News

  • Red Bank Initiative launching a pair of free programs

    By sandi carpelloStaff Writer By sandi carpello Staff Writer RED BANK— Free health-care and career training workshops are in the works for the Red Bank Initiative. After two years of plotting and projecting, the nonprofit educational organization is bringing a few of its blueprints to life. Starting this fall, health-care practitioners from the Visiting Nurse…

  • Borough expanding pool of parking permits

    By gloria stravelliStaff Writer By gloria stravelli Staff Writer RED BANK — Those who work in the downtown area can get in line for parking permits that are expected to become available as the borough revamps some of its metered parking inventory. According to borough parking director Neil Burnip, at least 50 new permit parking…

  • Even for ‘Muggles,’ it was strange behavior

    Crowds pack bookstores for midnight release of Harry Potter book By gloria stravelliStaff Writer By gloria stravelli Staff Writer GLORIA STRAVELLI Catherine Cahill, 7, Morganville, dressed as a witch to pick up her copy of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Sales of the book began just after the stroke of midnight June…

  • New plan for boro’s business district

    By carolyn o By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer OCEANPORT — The borough has dusted off plans for its village center. Nearly 34 years ago, on July 3, 1969, the ordinance creating the center was adopted; last week the Borough Council introduced an amendment to that ordinance designating the center as its commercial district on East…

  • Z•E•S•T

    FOR LIVINGChronicling area By gloria stravelliStaff Writer Z•E•S•T FOR LIVING Chronicling area’s maritime history picks up steam By gloria stravelli Staff Writer FOR LIVING Chronicling area’s maritime history picks up steam By gloria stravelli Staff Writer The sight of steamboats plying the waters of the Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers was a very common one in 19th-century Monmouth County…

  • New officers ready to join ranks of law enforcement

    By Sherry conohanStaff Writer By Sherry conohan Staff Writer Nine local men were among 29 new Special II police officers sworn in with the 28th graduation for Class II special law enforcement officers at the Monmouth County Police Academy in Freehold Township. Among the graduates were: Dennis M. Cleary, Miguel N. Guarda, Herbert D. Kreuz…

  • Parking rate hikes draw fire from businesses

    Borough expects an additional $264,000 from higher fees in By gloria stravelliStaff Writer By gloria stravelli Staff Writer Business owners in downtown Red Bank are irate over the doubling of parking permit fees, and they turned out in numbers to voice their displeasure at the Borough Council meeting Tuesday. About 40 business and property owners…

  • Residents rally against Broadmoor development plan

    Latest proposal for Widgeons Point callsfor 3-lot subdivision By sandi carpelloStaff Writer Latest proposal for Widgeons Point calls for 3-lot subdivision By sandi carpello Staff Writer From her bedroom window, Isabel Beadelston can see the deeds of Mother Nature: trees, a sparkling river, wetlands and the nesting ground for blue heron, oyster catchers, turtles and…

  • Council considering cell tower choices

    By sandi carpelloStaff Writer By sandi carpello Staff Writer FAIR HAVEN — When shopping for a cell tower, the right look and the right amount of revenue matter, according to the Borough Council. The council met Monday night with representatives from Optinet — a shared multi-wireless service provider developed by Crown Castle International. The company’s…