Category: HUB News

  • Drawing on the drama in courtrooms

    Staff Writer By GLORIA STRAVELLI John Cardinal Cushing and Sen. John F. Kennedy The mobsters and politicos, nefarious criminals and popular icons, judges, juries and legal pundits who were part of the most celebrated courtroom dramas of the 1970s and ’80s have one thing in common: They were the subjects of a diminutive courtroom artist…

  • Classic and trendy fashions for feet New shoe store in Red Bank continues tradition

    Staff Writer By gloria stravelli Classic and trendy fashions for feet New shoe store in Red Bank continues tradition CHRIS KELLY Stuart Zachowitz and Don Strohmenger stand in front of one of their shoe displays in their store holding a pair of women’s boots from the 1800’s. A new shoe store with roots in the…

  • PRC wins approval for Two Wall Street project

    Staff Writer By gloria stravelli Two Wall Street, L.L.C., is proposing the construction of an office complex, as depicted in the artist’s rendering above, at the former site of the Schwartz auto dealership. The Borough Planning Board on Monday approved the application of Two Wall Street L.L.C. to develop a major office complex near Red…

  • Navesink House trying to settle dispute with neighbor Riverview Towers may drop opposition to facility’s expansion

    Staff Writer By JOHN BURTON Navesink House trying to settle dispute with neighbor Riverview Towers may drop opposition to facility’s expansion RED BANK — Previously locked in battle over a proposed addition to the senior facility, representatives from the Navesink House and the neighboring Riverview Towers cooperative apartment complex have been meeting to iron out…

  • Demolition of Geraldo’s home a travesty to some

    Staff Writer By ELAINE VAN DEVELDE MIDDLETOWN — Rough Point has seen smoother days. Everyone knows it was Geraldo’s house, but what Rough Point was to a contingent of Landmarks Commission members was a fine example of historic Jersey Shore architecture that became a pile of rubble. It’s a well-known fact that recently television personality…

  • Wetlands could sink planned crematorium State DEP reviewing effect facility will have on protected area

    Staff Writer By JOHN BURTON Wetlands could sink planned crematorium State DEP reviewing effect facility will have on protected area OCEANPORT — The hearings on a proposed crematorium at Woodbine Cemetery have been placed on hold for now. At last week’s meeting, Planning Board Attorney Pasquale Menna announced the public hearings on the application would…

  • Mural ideas take shape in Red Bank

    Staff Writer By gloria stravelli Count Basie, Red Bank’s multiculturalism, and activities along the Navesink River all were themes proposed by artists last week for a public mural planned for the borough’s west side. Five local artists presented their concepts for the mural to the citizen’s committee of the Neighborhood Preservation and Community Development program…

  • Capturing memories in kids’ clothing

    Staff Writer By GLORIA STRAVELLI FARRAH MAFFAI Nanci Hersh makes mixed media collographs of children’s clothing using oil and ink, and then imprinting a painted image on handmade paper. Baby bonnets and tiny booties, girlish dresses and little-boy sailor suits outgrown by their young sprouts have become the medium for an artist’s expression of her…

  • Lunch Break trustee turns in resignation King David Jones steps down, citing same issues raised

    By john BurtonStaff Writer by previous board Lunch Break trustee turns in resignation King David Jones steps down, citing same issues raised By john Burton Staff Writer A member of the Red Bank board of trustees for Lunch Break who recently resigned alleges widespread pilfering and mismanagement at the troubled soup kitchen. King David Jones,…