Category: HUB News

  • County’s second Buddy Walk set for Sept. 22

    Actor Chris Burke will serve as master ofceremonies at benefit County’s second Buddy Walk set for Sept. 22 Chris Burke Actor Chris Burke will serve as master of ceremonies at benefit For the second year, Harvey and Loretta Slovin are heading up the National Down Syndrome Society Buddy Walk in Monmouth County, and are hoping…

  • Police department, borough mourn loss of deputy chief

    RED BANK — Two lonely bagpipers stood out in front of police headquarters Aug. 29, piping their mournful song into the rainy mist. Across town, the rank-and-file of the Red Bank police force formed an honor guard at the John E. Day Funeral Home in honor of recently departed Deputy Police Chief Peter J. DePonte.…

  • Friendly battle in District 11

    Giordano, Boglioli seek GOP nod for Assembly By Sherry conohanStaff Writer By Sherry conohan Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — They are each other’s best friend — Long Branch Councilman Anthony Giordano and West Long Branch Councilman William J. Boglioli. They have lunch together several times a week, play bocce ball together and have cabanas side by…

  • Outside review of Sandy Hook plan sought

    Pallone meets withgroup opposed toFort Hancock proposal Pallone meets with group opposed to Fort Hancock proposal SANDY HOOK — Gov. James E. McGreevey and Rep. Frank J. Pallone Jr., D-N.J., have jointly called for an independent evaluation of a private developer’s proposal to lease 36 buildings at historic Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook for use…

  • Historical society has a place for memorials

    By gloria stravelliStaff Writer By gloria stravelli Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI The impromptu memorial that sprang up against the wall at Riverside Gardens Park on West Front Street in Red Bank was taken down this week by order of the borough. Some of the mementos placed at an impromptu memorial to Sept. 11 victims at…

  • Historic Century House gets new lease on life

    Red BankCharter School addsgrades K By JANE WATERHOUSEStaff Writer Red Bank Charter School adds grades K – 3 By JANE WATERHOUSE Staff Writer JANE WATERHOUSE Red Bank Charter School students will soon be filling the Century House, which has undergone a major transformation over the summer. RED BANK — On the walls going up to…

  • Faculty to mentor

    R-FH froshNew program will follow freshmen through their high school career By jane waterhouseStaff Writer Faculty to mentor R-FH frosh New program will follow freshmen through their high school career By jane waterhouse Staff Writer This fall is bound to be a particularly exciting time for 36 incoming freshmen at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School…

  • Route 66 ramp plans are moving forward

    TINTON FALLS — The design phase of the Route 66 ramp is expected to be completed in the next few months, with commercial and industrial development expected to get a boost from the revamping. An agreement was made with the state in February to construct a ramp to reroute poor traffic patterns in the borough’s…

  • Changes bring stability to Tinton Falls schools

    By elaine van develdeStaff Writer By elaine van develde Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — When school starts on Sept. 4, students will be greeted by many new faces. In the kindergarten through eighth grade district, the revolving door of administrators stopped swinging with the hiring of Leonard Kelpsh as superintendent in March. "Leonard Kelpsh has…