Category: HUB News

  • Borough blocks building of houses on the shore

    Correspondent By sandi carpello LITTLE SILVER — People looking to build a nice home on the shore might consider looking somewhere other than the borough. The Borough Council introduced an amendment to the borough’s land use ordinance Monday prohibiting development in coastal flood zones. Under the existing ordinance, landowners are permitted to build in coastal…

  • Jockeys are injured when horses crash on first turn Rachel Lavoy suffers fractured clavicle, will be out for four weeks

    Staff Writer By carolyn o Jockeys are injured when horses crash on first turn Rachel Lavoy suffers fractured clavicle, will be out for four weeks OCEANPORT — A collision on the first turn in the second race at Monmouth Park June 5 sent two jockeys to the hospital last week. Rachel Lavoy, 24, riding Raire…

  • Borough blocks building of new houses on shore

    Correspondent By sandi carpello LITTLE SILVER — People looking to build a nice home on the shore might consider looking somewhere other than the borough. The Borough Council introduced an amendment to the borough’s land use ordinance Monday prohibiting development in coastal flood zones. Under the existing ordinance, landowners are permitted to build in coastal…

  • Borough has new rules to protect its old trees

    Staff Writer By john burton RUMSON — They bring beauty and character to the community, and now the borough’s trees have some protection to make sure they can keep doing just that. The Borough Council adopted an ordinance at its meeting last week that would, in certain instances, regulate the removal of trees from residential…

  • County creates committee to consider WTC memorial Memoria Project seeking different permanent home for its sculpture

    Staff Writer By gloria stravelli County creates committee to consider WTC memorial Memoria Project seeking different permanent home for its sculpture The county will have its own memorial to local victims of the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster with design input from local residents, according to parks director James Truncer. A nine-member committee headed by…

  • Heroin finds way to Jersey

    Correspondent By dick metzgar A new, purer form of heroin that may be much deadlier than the "H" or "horse" form of the drug that was popular years ago has been cheaper and more available in recent years, according to Monmouth County drug abuse officials. In a space of two weeks, the deaths of two…

  • Second time is even more of a charm Holmdel man wins second Emmy Award for work on ‘All My Children’

    Staff Writer By darlene diebold Second time is even more of a charm Holmdel man wins second Emmy Award for work on ‘All My Children’ FARRAH MAFFAI Michael Pomarico sits with the second Emmy award he won for technical direction of the soap opera All My Children in his Holmdel home last week. Michael Pomarico…

  • Government solution for fort being sought Pallone proposing alternative to private development on Hook

    Staff Writer By gloria stravelli Government solution for fort being sought Pallone proposing alternative to private development on Hook Sandy Hook should remain open to everyone and should not be turned into a profit-making venture, according to Rep. Frank Pallone (D), who will meet with National Park Service officials next week to discuss ways to…

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    VERONICA YANKOWSKI Myasia Lane, a student at Red Bank Middle School, climbs the rope ladder at Camp Arrowhead during a day of activities with students from the Red Bank Charter School.