Category: HUB News

  • McKenna, boro fixture, passes at 82

    RED BANK — Dr. Edward McKenna, a 74-year borough resident and father of four-term borough Mayor Edward McKenna Jr., died May 20 at Riverview Medical Center. He was 82. A dentist who maintained a private practice in Red Bank since 1947, McKenna was a much-loved member of the Red Bank community. "He had such a…

  • Laying the groundwork for preservation

    By gloria stravelliStaff Writer By gloria stravelli Staff Writer RED BANK — The borough’s new Historic Preservation Commission took into account more than bricks and mortar when deliberating the criteria that would qualify the borough’s historic assets for preservation. "It wasn’t necessarily buildings, but structures and neighborhoods that were very important to us," explained Mary…

  • Contrast of styles in

    GOP primaryCandidates for mayor take different approach, see different issues By sandi carpelloStaff Writer GOP primary Candidates for mayor take different approach, see different issues By sandi carpello Staff Writer RUMSON — They are both Republicans. But that’s almost all the borough’s two mayoral candidates have in common. With a reverberating voice and a list…

  • Council ready to set punishment for graffiti

    RiverCenter offering $500 reward to anyone who turns in graffiti painters By sandi carpelloStaff Writer By sandi carpello Staff Writer RED BANK — The crusade against graffiti vandalism is finally under way. After a month of discussions, the borough council introduced an ordinance Tuesday night, making the offense an immediate violation in Red Bank. Perpetrators…

  • Terror threat curbing once-routine activities

    State group By sandi carpelloStaff Writer By sandi carpello Staff Writer RUMSON — The brochure promises "an incredibly exciting and stimulating summer in Israel." But for teenagers at Congregation B’nai Israel in Rumson, the experience is not worth the risk. For more than 30-years, high school-age members of Congregation B’nai Israel have participated in a…

  • Author, book editor, 48, remembered by friends

    By sandi carpelloStaff Writer By sandi carpello Staff Writer RUMSON — With a warm heart and an inquisitive nature, Karen Marie Plunkett Scott could talk about pretty much anything. "She had so many interests," recalled longtime friend and colleague Donna Steinhorn. "She wrote, she liked to talk about local history, she liked pop culture. She…

  • Illegal helicopter landing spot closed

    Site has been operating without approvalsfor nearly 20 years By Sherry conohanStaff Writer Site has been operating without approvals for nearly 20 years By Sherry conohan Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — The borough has put a stop to helicopter flights from a helistop in a vacant lot just south of McLoone’s Riverside Dining restaurant. The…

  • Author’s efforts honored

    By sandi carpelloStaff Writer By sandi carpello Staff Writer Patrick Schroll RED BANK — One afternoon, a whale, a walrus and an owl were baffled by a peculiar glow in the Alaskan sky. After staring at it for a while, the animals discovered it was none other than the comet Hale-Bopp (the biggest and brightest…

  • Borough library has to scramble for art for opening

    The art of Shore Regional High School students from Sea Bright was missing when the Jay W. Ross Public Library held its open house on Saturday. The library staged the event to show off new furniture, including a new circulation desk and a mural of a beach scene with children painted by artist Megan Heath…