Category: HUB News

  • Black history read-in bridges gap between eras

    Monmouth U.and the West Side Christian Academy promote culture, literacy BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer Jeffrey Jackson, coordinator for the West Side Christian Academy in Asbury Park, reads during the African American Read-In chain held at Monmouth University in West Long Branch on Feb. 6 in celebration of Black History Month. CHRIS KELLY There was…

  • S.B. names new councilman, awaits beachfront study

    Public meetings to be held on replacement of Rumson Bridge Feb. 27 in Sea Bright, Rumson BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer A rendering of the Sea Bright beachfront redevelopment plan for a two-story, open-air public bathing pavilion by Monteforte Architectural Studio. The council is awaiting results of a feasibility study before moving forward with the…

  • Char lights up downtown corner, fires up business

    Planning Board approves steakhouse at former Ashes cornerstone location BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer A composite rendering shows exterior and interior views of Char, a steakhouse that will open at the corner of Mechanic and Broad streets in the former location of Ashes cigar bar. KRISTEN DALTON REDBANK— The historic downtown is getting a new…

  • Holy Cross scales down original church renovations

    Proper signage, accessible parking and landscaping concerns ironed out BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer The architect’s rendering of renovations to Holy Cross Church, Rumson, from the front of the church. RUMSON — The Church of the Holy Cross received approval from the Borough Zoning Board to finish what it started nearly eight years ago, but…

  • ‘Beauty & the Beast’

    Ranney School students rehearse a scene in the Disney musical “Beauty & the Beast” during a dress rehearsal at the Tinton Falls school on Feb. 7. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Sophia Jackman (l-r), Evan Schultz and Tessa Payer run through a scene for the production, which was presented Feb. 10-11 by the Performing Arts…

  • KaBoom Fireworks on the Navesink cancels Red Bank July 3 display

    BY KRISTEN DALTON RED BANK — The KaBoom Fireworks on the Navesink annual fireworks display will not take place in Red Bank on July 3 this year, ending a 50-plus-year tradition many area residents and visitors have long enjoyed, announced Tim Hogan, chairman of the KaBoom executive committee, on Feb. 15. Hogan cited “an inability…

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     Members of the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School basketball team dressed in pink and presented pink roses to breast cancer survivors during a halftime “Pink Out” game against Red Bank Regional held at RFH in Rumson on Feb. 2 in conjunction with the “Shoot for a Cure” breast cancer fundraiser.

  • Red Bank to call on residents when disaster strikes

    New CERT program to partner, train with surrounding towns BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer Tom Welsh The next time a hurricane floods the streets or a blizzard downs the power grid, residents may look to their neighbors for qualified emergency assistance, thanks to Red Bank’s initiative for a community emergency response team (CERT). “It’s a…

  • Red Bank to call on residents when disaster strikes

    New CERT program to partner, train with surrounding towns BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer The next time a hurricane floods the streets or a blizzard downs the power grid, residents may look to their neighbors for qualified emergency assistance, thanks to Red Bank’s initiative for a community emergency response team (CERT). “It’s a program where…