Category: HUB News

  • Winning

    More than 2,000 people attended the Win & Wine Weekend/Chocolate Festival at Monmouth Park on June 27 and 28. Attendees sampled wine from local wineries and desserts from area vendors. The event was sponsored by Greater Media Newspapers. Bottom left: Michael and Dawn Russell of Staten Island are ready for wine tasting. Bottom right: Alexis…

  • Coalition demands new direction for NJ energy policy

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer A newly formed coalition of more than three dozen environmental, religious and labor organizations took to the state house to champion renewable energy as a must for New Jersey. Following a day of lobbying members of the state Legislature, the Clean Energy Coalition hosted a rally June 25 on…

  • Small changes add up to big savings

    By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer With Americans spending 14 percent of their household budgets on groceries, “couponing” has gained in popularity. More than 660 million coupons were redeemed in the first quarter of 2015. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Saving money never goes out of style. For the wealthy and the not-sowealthy, pennywise practices can go…

  • Nonprofits see poverty as root cause of hunger

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer In a land of abundance, the lack of access to food is not just a problem for people who are unemployed or homeless. Those on the front lines of the war on hunger say the real issue is that many people are finding themselves in tenuous financial circumstances. “I…

  • Trainer goes to bat for dogs young and old

    Owner of pet resort coaches generations of ‘bat dogs’ for Trenton Thunder By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Rookie, the bat-retrieving dog for the Trenton Thunder baseball team, is the youngest of three generations of bat dogs trained by Shelly Leibowitz, right, of Green Leaf Pet Resort & Hotel in Millstone. A New Jersey dog training…

  • Riding the waves

    MATT DENTON Matthew Edwards competes in this year’s Skimbash, held at the Sea Bright municipal beach on June 20. The 12th annual skimboarding competition is part of Skim USA’s 2015 East Coast Pro/Am tour.

  • County seeks to add land to reclamation center

    By PETER ELACQUA Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — Monmouth County has acquired property in Colts Neck, Tinton Falls and Wall Township, and is seeking to add those parcels to the Solid Waste Management Plan. According to county documents, as part of the process, the land may be used for future disposal capacity at the Monmouth…

  • CASA swears in new county volunteers

    State Superior Court Judge Teresa Kondrup Coyle swore in eight volunteers as CASA volunteers — court-appointed special advocates for abused and neglected children — on April 28. Family members and friends gathered in the Monmouth County Court House, Freehold, to watch the volunteers take an oath promising to advocate for the best interest of the…

  • Sea Bright eyes ferry service to draw more visitors

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — Borough officials have begun discussions with the SeaStreak passenger ferry service in hopes of bringing more summer visitors into the Shore town. “We see a possible market here,” Brett Chamberlain, director of marketing for SeaStreak, told officials at the Borough Council’s June 11 workshop meeting. Chamberlain said…