Category: HUB News

  • Group spells out its objections to fort plan

    Developer Save Sandy Hook, a grassroots group formed to prevent commercialization of Sandy Hook, has collected more than 1,500 signatures on petitions seeking to block private development on the 1,700-acre barrier peninsula. Headed by Judith Stanley Coleman, Middletown, Save Sandy Hook is opposed to the National Park Service’s plan to sign a 60-year historic lease…

  • Boro seeks grant for bike path

    Route would extendfrom Monmouth Beach to Sandy Hook By sherry conohanStaff Writer Route would extend from Monmouth Beach to Sandy Hook By sherry conohan Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — The borough wants to build a bicycle and pedestrian trail parallel to Ocean Avenue from Sandy Hook to Monmouth Beach. The Borough Council, at its June…

  • Boro finally has a place to go about its business

    Building dedicated more than three centuries after town was established By Sherry conohanStaff Writer By Sherry conohan Staff Writer SHREWSBURY — Mayor Emilia M. Siciliano beamed as she presided over last Friday’s dedication of the borough’s new municipal building. Siciliano quoted from a report the late Richard Kraybill, a borough historian, made to the mayor…

  • Downtown revamping includes cutting trees

    Landscape work hasbecome part of Prospect Ave. project By sherry cohohanStaff Writer Landscape work has become part of Prospect Ave. project By sherry cohohan Staff Writer LITTLE SILVER — Despite some grousing by a few residents over the loss of mature trees, the Borough Council is moving ahead on its streetscape project on Prospect Avenue.…

  • Process for fort lease agreement under review

    Fair Haven man raises questions about fairness of selection process By gloria stravelliStaff Writer By gloria stravelli Staff Writer The National Park Service has assigned a special agent to look into allegations that there were irregularities in the procurement process the agency used to choose a redeveloper for buildings at Fort Hancock. William G. Hooper…

  • Academically, it’s hard to tell twins apart, too

    James, Joseph Cagliostrofinish high school in tight race for salutatorian By Sherry conohanStaff Writer James, Joseph Cagliostro finish high school in tight race for salutatorian By Sherry conohan Staff Writer Jeff Granit Joseph (l) and James Cagliostro end their high school academic careers separated by less than a quarter of a percentage point. By that…

  • Supply not matching demand at food pantries

    Local problem mirrors national situation for those feeding the hungry By sandi carpelloStaff Writer Supply not matching demand at food pantries By sandi carpello Staff Writer VERONICA YANKOWSKI Tammy Briggs, the public relations consultant for the Salvation Army of Red Bank, looks over the organization’s dwindling supply of food for needy families in the area.…

  • Borough’s parking rules are about to change

    Council introducinghigher fees, planning to put meters on streets By sandi carpelloStaff Writer Council introducing higher fees, planning to put meters on streets By sandi carpello Staff Writer RED BANK — On-street parking meters, higher fees, and changes in permit zones are all part of the borough’s comprehensive parking plan. Starting July 1, parking meter…

  • Paper’s coverage of Sandy Hook honored

    The Hub has won the prestigious Stuart & Beverly Awbrey Award for Distinguished Public Service by a community newspaper from the New Jersey chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for the year 2002. The award was presented to the newspaper for its coverage of a controversial plan by the National Park Service to grant…