Category: HUB News

  • Imbrie Place condo plan shot down Planning Board votes to deny application for five units

    Staff Writer By Sherry conohan Imbrie Place condo plan shot down Planning Board votes to deny application for five units SEA BRIGHT — Imbrie Place is a special place to those who live on the block-long street that runs from Ocean Avenue to the Shrewsbury River. There are five houses on each side of the…

  • City man indicted for harassment

    Staff Writer By Sherry conohan LONG BRANCH — A Second Avenue resident, Robert Merrill, 54, has been indicted on charges he harassed the city’s municipal court judge, the city’s public safety director and four current or former police officers — three from the city and one from Tinton Falls. The indictment, handed up Nov. 28,…

  • Ralph Jeffers remembers a sky lit up like “fireworks” with gunfire coming from every direction and the incredible noise when Japanese airplanes pounded Pearl Harbor 60 years ago.

    Ralph Jeffers remembers a sky lit up like "fireworks" with gunfire coming from every direction and the incredible noise when Japanese airplanes pounded Pearl Harbor 60 years ago. CHRIS KELLY Ralph Jeffers of Ocean Township reminisces on the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Jeffers was a mate on the USS Curtiss at…

  • Smith Barney building sold by Terranomics

    Smith Barney building sold by Terranomics Broad Street landmark put on market for $1.7M above assessed value By gloria stravelli Staff Writer RED BANK — The stately cornerstone of the borough’s revitalized downtown, 55 Broad St., popularly known as the Smith Barney Building, has a new owner. The marble-faced structure, whose solidity seems to anchor…

  • Flag sellers ready for day in court Trio cited for running a business in a residential zone

    Staff Writer By john burton Flag sellers ready for day in court Trio cited for running a business in a residential zone Brenda Lovick, her fiancé, Joe Taylor, and his brother, Sam, will have their day in court this week, and are looking forward to it. Lovick, who lives on Shrewsbury Avenue in Red Bank,…

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    CHRIS KELLY Red Bank Regional’s Cliff Toddle stiff-arms Long Branch linebacker Raheim Frye during the Bucs’ 12-7 Thanksgiving Day win in Long Branch. The game marked the 80th time the two teams have met on Thanksgiving.

  • School expansion referendum set for Dec. 11

    School expansion referendum set for Dec. 11 Shrewsbury could receive $1.8M from the state for project By john Burton Staff Writer Faced with a growing school population, the Shrewsbury Board of Education is set to go before borough voters with a $3.6 million referendum to renovate and expand the borough’s elementary school. The renovations being…

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    VERONICA L. YANKOWSKI Santa gives a big hug during the tree lighting ceremony at the Red Bank train station on Saturday.

  • Hovnanian homes to meet new efficiency standards

    JERRY WOLKOWITZ Andre Miesnieks, vice president for regional services for K. Hovnanian Companies, Edison, speaks at a press conference at the Four Seasons adult development in Upper Freehold. In front of him is a miniature model of Four Seasons, a 386-unit adult single-family community being constructed on the west side of Ellisdale Road. Four Seasons…