Category: HUB News

  • Precautions continue against virus Inmate labor program used to destroy mosquito breeding grounds paul dowd The Hub D espite a wet spring, there have been no reported cases of the West Nile virus in Monmouth County this year, according to Martin Chomsky, superintendent of the Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission (MEC). The county is continuing…

  • $12K helps mission to educate kids john burton The Hub T he Red Bank Education Foundation presented the borough’s middle school with a $12,500 donation last week to upgrade the school’s science lab and purchase equipment. "There is a tremendous need for the school and the community," said Dr. Eugene Cheslock, chairman of the education…

  • Shrewsbury library offering Internet programs A free program prepared and presented by the staff of the Monmouth County Library System, "Introduction to the Internet," will be held at the Eastern Branch, 1001 Route 35, Shrewsbury at 2:30 p.m. on June 14. To register, call (732) 842-5995. The library’s Career Center will be holding two workshops…

  • Vidbel’s Olde Tyme Circus coming to Rumson Granddaughter of founders Joyce and Al Vidbel, Jennifer Vidbel is carrying on the family tradition of training and presenting liberty ponies. Her well-trained Liberty Drill consists of eight ponies all performing simultaneously. Everyone is invited to join her and all of the other popular performers when Vidbel’s Olde…

  • Symphony league sets annual tour Aug. 12-13 The Monmouth Symphony League invites music lovers to join Symphony Tours’ seventh annual overnight to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Aug. 12, and Tanglewood, Aug. 13. The Philadelphia Orchestra will perform an all-Tchaikovsky program at its Saratoga, N.Y., summer home, and the Boston Symphony will perform Mozart, Prokofiev,…

  • Trip to Hawaii no vacation for Sandy Hook lifeguard Shannon Kelly The Hub T his weekend when thousands flock to the waterfront in Red Bank for Riverfest, sitting around listening to jazz will be the farthest thing from one local woman’s mind. Beginning today, Maggie Hogan, 21, of Tinton Falls, will be hitting the beach…

  • Few rules to rein in area’s hovering helicopters elaine van develde The Hub R esidents of Oceanport and neighboring communities are finding out that when it comes to helicopters and the rules governing their use, the sky’s the limit. It’s an issue to be reckoned with, as the individuals running what has been referred to…

  • Gables, Towers residents oppose expansion of Navesink House john burton The Hub RED BANK — As the Zoning Board continued to hear testimony last week on the proposed expansion of the Navesink House assisted living facility, neighboring residents questioned its motives. Some of the more pointed questioning of the evening came not from one the…

  • Rumson offers prayers for ‘Princess Kylie’ and her family Shannon Kelly T.J. Monica is praying and waiting for his little sister “Princess Kylie” to come home. The Hub RUMSON — When Sgt. Joe Monica comes home after his shift at the Rumson Police Department, three little heads are there to greet him at the door…