Category: HUB News

  • Shrewsbury latest mosquito-spraying target Borough was sprayed yesterday as battle against West Nile continues

    Staff Writer  By Marilyn Duff Shrewsbury latest mosquito-spraying target Borough was sprayed yesterday as battle against West Nile continues Staff Writer   WWord that an additional 25 dead crows collected in the county tested positive for the West Nile Virus prompted the Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission to schedule new spraying this week for adult…

  • West Nile virus is murder on crows

    Staff Writer  By lindsey siegle Staff Writer   WWhatever health threat the West Nile virus poses to humans, it is small in comparison to what the disease is doing to the crow population. According to Dr. Louisa Reed, an ornithologist at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, who has extensively studied New Jersey’s crow population, few crows…

  • Sea creatures inspire Fair Haven artist linda denicola The Hub  

    Sea creatures inspire Fair Haven artist linda denicola The Hub   photos by Jeff Huntley Mixed-media artist Bonnie McKee Tortora of Fair Haven is happy when she is doing what she loves most — painting. In addition to solo exhibits, Tortora is now selling her work over the Internet. GGood things are happening for Fair…

  • ‘Dump No More’ march a show of solidarity

     Staff Writer By elaine van develde   Staff Writer JEFF HUNTLEY Marchers against ocean dumping pass by the Monmouth Beach sea wall en route to Sandy Hook last week. TThe blistering hot sun shone brightly on the staunch will of Clean Ocean Action last Friday morning. It was the last leg of a journey traveled…

  • Rumson man being held in shooting of his wife  

    Rumson man being held in shooting of his wife   AA Rumson man remained in the Monmouth County jail Tuesday, charged with the attempted murder of his wife. According to Bob Honecker, first assistant prosecutor with the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, Francis Cogan, 67, is alleged to have shot his wife in the pelvic area…

  • Eel found in river

    Anthony Cardaci pulled this eel from the Navesink River while fishing in Marine Park in Red Bank over the Labor Day weekend. JEFF HUNTLEY

  • For Red Bank radical, left remains in the right

    Staff Writer  By john burton Staff Writer   Jeff Huntley Al Strasburger, a lifelong political radical, shows no signs of mellowing with age as he continues to protest against the injustices he sees around him. TThe American electorate is an apathetic bunch. Whether it is because of complacency, disaffection, torpor, or plain old disgust, with…

  • Alliance gets grant to rehabilitate apartments

    Correspondent By darlene diebold OCEANPORT — The house at 25 Main St. will soon be getting a face-lift. The house is owned by the Monmouth Housing Alliance which received an $80,000 grant through the Monmouth County Community Development Office under its HOME program. The money, which is expected to come through on Oct. 1, will…

  • Sea Bright weighing options for state money

    Staff Writer By john burton SEA BRIGHT — With the receipt of additional funds from the state and bond ordinances, the mayor and Borough Council members rolled up their sleeves, presented their wish lists and made their cases as to how the money should be spent. At last week’s special meeting, Michael Bascom, the borough’s…