Category: HUB News

  • Trouble with signs delays WOW approval

    The Borough Planning Board said Monday it would grant a variance for two exterior signs for a new Work Out World (WOW!) location planned for West Front Street in Red Bank, but asked the fitness center to scale back the size of a third, projecting sign. While board members agreed that the location’s dual storefronts…

  • District still hashing out opening, closing times

    Staff Writer By john burton RED BANK — Even if the school buses run on time this year, they will be picking up students later. When middle school students return to class in three weeks, their day will begin at 8:15 a.m. and run until 3 p.m. — 15 minutes later than had previously been…

  • Fewer beaches closed in New Jersey in 2000 Clean Ocean Action presents report on water quality

    Staff Writer By JOHN BURTON Fewer beaches closed in New Jersey in 2000 Clean Ocean Action presents report on water quality CHRIS KELLY Kari Jermansen of Clean Ocean Action presents the report on New Jersey’s water quality in Sea Bright last week. SEA BRIGHT — With the coming of summer come vacations and long lazy…

  • New officer sworn in; police salaries set

    New officer sworn in; police salaries set By ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer FAIR HAVEN — What’s new in the borough’s police department is a new officer, new cars and a new salary schedule. It all became official at Monday night’s Borough Council meeting. Minutes after a resolution was adopted appointing John M. Koetzner of…

  • Subject of suit not owner of gallery Domani sold items provided by Darlene Gentry on consignment

    Staff Writer By GLORIA STRAVELLI Subject of suit not owner of gallery Domani sold items provided by Darlene Gentry on consignment CHRIS KELLY Gallery Domani on Monmouth Street, Red Bank, was closed for a few days after some newspapers erroneously reported that a litigant in a civil suit was a business partner in the establishment.…

  • Water quality woes for resident of Earl Street Borough officials say problems not connected to public system

    Staff Writer By john burton Water quality woes for resident of Earl Street Borough officials say problems not connected to public system CHRIS KELLY Patricia Brennan has taken to using only bottled water in her Earl Street apartment as she awaits the results on the water she sent to a lab for testing for bacteria.…

  • Award-winning videos advocate for special-needs children

    Staff Writer By gloria stravelli SARAH McCOLGAN Grace Hanlon works with her son Jack, 5, in her Edvantage Media home office where she develops videos to educate parents about their rights and the rights of their special-needs children, as well as the conditions their children are living with. A local video production company advocates for…

  • Schluter brings message to borough

    Staff Writer By JOHN BURTON Independent gubernatorial candidate Bill Schluter RED BANK — New Jersey is at a crossroads, not unlike New York City was in the middle of the 19th century, according to Bill Schluter, an independent candidate for governor. "They were wide-eyed preservationists who said we have to build a park," he said…

  • Nine arrested in early-morning raid in Red Bank Police investigated West Bergen residence for three weeks

    Staff Writer By JOHN BURTON Nine arrested in early-morning raid in Red Bank Police investigated West Bergen residence for three weeks RED BANK — An early-morning search at a Bergen Place residence resulted in numerous arrests and the seizure of thousands of dollars worth of narcotics, according to Borough Police Capt. Mark Fitzgerald. After a…