Category: HUB News

At the age of 12 to 15, many young women are experiencing the body and life changes that accompany adolescence. It can be difficult to imagine that breasts that are just beginning to develop may contain cancer. But such is the reality for some girls. The majority of women who receive a breast cancer diagnosis…

By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer OCEANPORT — John O. Bennett III, the borough’s administrator, has decided to retire at the end of the year—– a move that followed months of public and social media squabbling. Bennett announced his retirement during the Oct. 1 Borough Council meeting, effective at the end of the year. Bennett said…

By Joe Stein Maybe you lived a healthy lifestyle, ate moderately, exercised regularly, had mammograms, and read the latest research. Maybe you didn’t. Maybe you had a family history of breast cancer, maybe not.At this point, these things don’t matter.What counts now is you were diagnosed with breast cancer, received successful treatment, and are ready…

By Kayla J. Marsh Staff Writer LITTLE SILVER — For more than three decades, participants in the 5-mile Red Bank Crop Walk have provided food and donations for local nonprofits and food pantries in Monmouth County. “New Jersey is a very expensive place to live, and many people can be working two or three jobs…

SCOTT FRIEDMAN Runners from Rumson-Fair Haven High School competed in the Central Jersey Shootout held at Thompson Park in Jamesburg on Sept. 26. Rumson’s girls were the overall winners of the Shootout hosted by Old Bridge High School.

By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer The winds of change are blowing seven miles off the coast of New Jersey, according to an announcement by the federal government. The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced last week that 343,833 acres offshore New Jersey would be included in a lease sale scheduled for Nov. 9.…

By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer The NJ Historic Preservation Office has made a bid to acquire the T. Thomas Fortune House in Red Bank for an undisclosed amount. In 1976, the home of journalist and activist T. Thomas Fortune was named a national landmark. The state has stepped in to save the T. Thomas Fortune…

By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Jurors must report to the Monmouth Count Courthouse in Freehold to serve jury duty. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR The jury duty process, deeply rooted in English history and well established in New Jersey, continues to evolve. The right to trial by jury in the United States dates to Colonial times.…

By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Summer may be over, but the Sandy Hook peninsula’s early days of the offseason have been anything but uneventful. On Sept. 18, the National Park Service (NPS) and the American Littoral Society (ALS) welcomed scientists, naturalists and volunteers of all ages to document species living across Sandy Hook, while…