Category: HUB News
-

Helistop buck stops nowhere elaine van develde The Hub
Helistop buck stops nowhere elaine van develde The Hub Over Oceanport the helicopters continue to go. When, and if, they’ll stop, nobody seems to know. It’s the second summer of what Oceanport residents refer to as "helicopter hell," and for them there seems to be no end in sight. The official word from the state…
-

Nominees for Inventors Hall of Fame being accepted
From the electric light bulb to the electric guitar, New Jersey inventors have changed the world. Their work continues today in state-of-the-art corporate laboratories or at basement workbenches and kitchen tables. The New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame is currently seeking nominations of successful New Jersey inventors for its February 21 awards program. Established in…
-

Spotlight Players to hold auditions for on Aug. 19
Spotlight Players to hold auditions for on Aug. 19 The Spotlight Players will be holding auditions for its production of Louisa May Alcott’s classic story Little Women on Aug. 19 at 1 p.m. and Aug. 22 at 7 p.m. Needed are two young men (late teens to mid-20s), three mature men and women, and four…
-

New Tinton Falls police officer is sworn in elaine van develde The Hub
New Tinton Falls police officer is sworn in elaine van develde The Hub It was Matthew Park Jr.’s dream to become a police officer. That dream came true on Aug. 2 as Park was sworn in for duty on the Tinton Falls force. Volunteering for the sake of his community was always a natural for…
-

Workers cite stress as serious problem lindsey siegle The Hub
Workers cite stress as serious problem lindsey siegle The Hub Not much seems to have changed for the workforce of the local phone company in its labor disputes over the years. Kathleen Merlette of Middletown and Barbara Farmer of Eatontown, both longtime employees, where walking the picket line from 6 to 11 a.m. at Verizon’s…
-

Fair Haven garden club awards $500 scholarship
Fair Haven garden club awards $500 scholarship The Garden Club of Fair Haven awarded a $500 scholarship to Lauren Giordano, a graduating senior from Rumson Fair Haven Regional High School. This scholarship is offered annually to a Rumson-Fair Haven senior graduate or student resident of Fair Haven who is attending or plans to attend college…
-

Local artist grows into her role LINDA DeNICOLA The Hub
Local artist grows into her role LINDA DeNICOLA The Hub MARIE ORTIZ Artist Grace O’Donnell with some of her paintings for sale at Red Bank gallery. Growing up, Grace O’Donnell was always considered the artist in the family. And what a family it was: 11 children — five boys and six girls. "I was the…
-

Westside community group plans picnic
The fourth annual picnic of the Westside Community Group of Red Bank will be held from 1-4 p.m. at Red Bank’s Count Basie Park picnic area (near the fishing pond). Rain date is Aug. 13 from 1:30-5 p.m. The picnic is co-sponsored by the Neighborhood Preservation Program in conjunction with the Red Bank Parks and…
-

Group trip to Bermuda scheduled for September
The American Littoral Society of Highlands will sponsor a trip to the Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Bermuda, Sept. 12-19. Cost is $925 per person, which covers room and board at the biological station, snorkeling boat trips, lectures, activities, guides, and a one-year membership to the Littoral Society. The trip will present an introduction to…
