Category: HUB News

  • Inspiring the next generation of writers, Write Now

    By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer Red Bank — When it comes to inspiring the next generation of Red Bank writers, Project Write Now is working on it — right now. The nonprofit is launching a “Back to School” fundraiser to support its literacy programs as well as to help fund a new after-school location for…

  • Advocates keep up pressure for veto of LNG port

    By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer Environmental advocates and state legislators rallied for what they see as the final battle to defeat a proposed liquefied natural gas facility off the coast of Monmouth County. “We’re here today to reaffirm our opposition to Port Ambrose and the lack of a need for such a facility in the…

  • DJs rock dream house build

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer Volunteers and deejays from Greater Media’s 95.9 WRAT work together to build a section of a future house during “The House That Rock Built” project held by the WRAT and Monmouth County Habitat for Humanity in the Monmouth Mall parking lot in Eatontown on Oct. 8. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC…

  • Bulletin Board

    – Theater to offer sensory-friendly show  RED BANK — Count Basie Theatre has announced that tickets for a special, sensory-friendly performance of “The Berenstain Bears — Live” will go on sale beginning Oct. 9. Partial proceeds will benefit POAC Autism Services, which provides training, outreach and support services. “This inaugural, sensory-friendly performance will create a…

  • Autumn activities abound to enjoy in the Garden State

    By P.J. CANDIDO Staff Writer Gary DiGregorio, owner of the Twin Pond Farm & Country Market in Howell, demonstrates pumpkin bowling. Using a small pumpkin as the ball, and hay bales as gutters – he bowls a strike. Everyone gets a prize in this game with four strikes getting the big prize. MATT DENTON Fall…

  • Candidates’ talk lack of diversity, Marine Park

    By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer Candidates for the Red Bank Borough Council spoke in a debate on Oct. 1. A few flashpoint issues — municipal taxes, a perceived lack of diversity in Red Bank government — sparked debate during an otherwise civil Candidates Night. With the general election a month away, four candidates faced off…

  • Chance to cover Pope was ‘pinnacle of career’

    By JENNIFER ORTIZ Staff Writer Howell native Gary Gellman of Gellman Images was in Philadelphia on Sept. 26 covering the arrival of Pope Francis at Philadelphia International Airport and captured the moment (above) when the Pope stopped his motorcade, exited his vehicle and blessed and kissed a 10-year-old boy who has cerebral palsy. PHOTO BY…

  • Orchid auction will take place Oct. 11 in Tinton Falls temple

    The largest orchid auction in the Mid- Atlantic region is scheduled for Oct. 11 at the Monmouth Reform Temple, 332 Hance Ave., Tinton Falls. The auction begins at noon, with doors opening for a preview at 11 a.m. The auction, which is sponsored by the Deep Cut Orchid Society (DCOS), will feature more than 400…

  • How you can lower your risk of breast cancer

    Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women, second only to lung cancer. One in eight women is expected to develop breast cancer in her lifetime, and a recent survey by the Society for Women’s Health Research found that 22 percent of women named breast cancer as the disease they fear most.The specter…