Category: HUB News

  • Sea Bright Deputy Police Chief Manning dead at 40

    Fair Haven resident helped neighbors clear storm debris that morning By jane waterhouseStaff Writer By jane waterhouse Staff Writer Last Friday’s storm left a deadfall of broken branches and trees across the borough of Fair Haven, so it wasn’t a surprise to anyone in the close-knit neighborhood where Sea Bright Deputy Police Chief Thomas J.…

  • Wait for grant minor hitch in boro hall construction

    Federal money designatedto help pay cost of police communications system By Sherry conohanStaff Writer Federal money designated to help pay cost of police communications system By Sherry conohan Staff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ Shrewsbury’s new borough hall is nearing completion, but the communications system will not be installed until a federal grant of $500,000, promised to…

  • Pastor: Antiquated church must modernize

    Shortage of priestsalso cited as reasonfor church expansion By jane waterhouseStaff Writer Shortage of priests also cited as reason for church expansion By jane waterhouse Staff Writer As the Zoning Board of Adjustment prepares to hear final arguments in the Holy Cross application to expand, the Rev. Joseph Hughes says he just wants to find…

  • Lightning cracked, trees fell, power failed

    JCP&L officials expected to have all electricityon again by Wednesday By gloria stravelliStaff Writer JCP&L officials expected to have all electricity on again by Wednesday By gloria stravelli Staff Writer Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) was still reeling from last Friday’s severe thunderstorm as late as Monday afternoon. "When you have a lightning storm…

  • The right place for commercial success

    Verizon, NFL Films hit borough beaches with film crews on same day By Sherry conohanStaff Writer By Sherry conohan Staff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ Actors Rick Rhodes and Pat Cook are on location in Monmouth Beach, filming a commercial for NFL Films. MONMOUTH BEACH — Not one, but two commercials were shot in the borough on…

  • Congressman seeks meeting with objectors to private development

    By gloria stravelliStaff Writer Congressman seeks meeting with objectors to private development By gloria stravelli Staff Writer SANDY HOOK — A call for an independent evaluation of the National Park Service’s plans for Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook has received the support of U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6th District). Pallone said this week he…

  • Storm struck every corner of borough

    Police received 1,000 calls related to last Friday SHREWSBURY — Nearly three days after last Friday’s storm, the borough still had a long way to go to get back to anything most would consider normal. Borough Councilman William Kelleher was going street by street Monday around 2 a.m., assessing damage in the 2-square-mile town. "I…

  • R.B. Film Festival shines spotlight on local area

    By gloria stravelliStaff Writer By gloria stravelli Staff Writer Scott Black and Heather Donahue star in Phil Botti’s film The Walking Hack of Asbury Park. A new film by award-winning independent filmmaker Philip Botti will be featured at the 2002 Red Bank International Film Festival scheduled for Aug. 21-25. Botti’s Bust a Move won the…

  • Z•E•S•TFOR LIVING

    Running off the fat of the landRumson resident turning used vegetable oil into motor vehicle fuel By gloria stravelliStaff Writer Running off the fat of the land Rumson resident turning used vegetable oil into motor vehicle fuel By gloria stravelli Staff Writer Ron Schildge began mixing up his home-brewed fuel while still in high school.…