Category: HUB News

  • Shrewsbury Chorale heads for Carnegie Hall

    Staff Writer By linda denicola Shrewsbury Chorale heads for Carnegie Hall Marie Ortiz Maestro Vincent LaSelva conducts the Shrewsbury Chorale during practice. LaSelva will be conducting the chorale in concert at Carnegie Hall Jan. 27. Monmouth County’s own Shrewsbury Chorale is going to Carnegie Hall. The 70-member chorale will perform with New York Grand Opera…

  • Family, borough feel loss of Patrick Collins

    Staff Writer By JOHN BURTON Patrick Collins RED BANK — There are few things as difficult for a family to handle as an unexpected death. The family of Patrick Collins is still coming to grips with his passing earlier this month. Collins was a 17-year employee of the borough’s Department of Public Works who had…

  • Lunch Break, business honor memory of King Salt Creek Grille donates $2,500 to Red Bank soup kitchen

    Staff Writer By JOHN BURTON Lunch Break, business honor memory of King Salt Creek Grille donates $2,500 to Red Bank soup kitchen These area students used their time off from school on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday to volunteer at the Lunch Break soup kitchen on Bergen Place in Red Bank. RED BANK…

  • Teen essays show Dr. King’s message still alive

    Teen essays show Dr. King’s message still alive Jeff Huntley The Rev. Theodore Calhoun of Shrewsbury Avenue AME Zion Church chats with Humanitarian Award recipient Sydney Summers at the YMCA Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast. YMCAs in Red Bank, Freehold hold annual memorial breakfast By JOHN BURTON Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — It has…

  • Big improvements slated for small park

    Staff Writer By JOHN BURTON RED BANK — Amid the traffic, businesses and homes populating Shrewsbury Avenue stands a park. By some standards it may not be much of a park, but it does offer a small parcel of green for the community. In the spring, that little piece of property, located on the corner…

  • Resurrecting art from the scrap heap Former graffiti artist now uses metal to create sculptured works of art

    Staff Writer By linda denicola Resurrecting art from the scrap heap Former graffiti artist now uses metal to create sculptured works of art PHOTOS BY JERRY WOLKOWITZ Richard Tierney’s “Angel Fish” sculpture decorates the outside of his home in the Leonardo section of Middletown. For someone who just started sculpting four years ago, Richard Tierney,…

  • Science texts not making the grade Study shows major publishers’ books riddled with errors

    Staff Writer By lindsey siegle Science texts not making the grade Study shows major publishers’ books riddled with errors Don’t blame your school district if it’s using a middle school, physical science textbook riddled with errors; apparently, it doesn’t have a choice. A recent study, coordinated by Dr. John Hubisz, a visiting professor of physics…

  • Revised state plan moves closer to adoption Speakers urge inclusion of more incentives for compliance with goals

    Staff Writer By lindsey siegle Revised state plan moves closer to adoption Speakers urge inclusion of more incentives for compliance with goals Farmers, environmental groups, members of the public, elected officials, and builders all had their say on the future of development in the state, and particularly the county, on Tuesday. More than 20 people…

  • Ice boating

    An ice boater skims across the frozen Navesink River Saturday in what appeared to be a perfect day for winter boaters. For more pictures, see page 19. JEFF HUNTLEY