Category: HUB News

  • T.F. council set to end president’s term limits

    If passed, proposed ordinance would end one-year limit BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — While the Borough Council may not have had a contested election, members did contest the need for term limits for the council president. During the Nov. 1 meeting, the council introduced an ordinance that eliminates the oneyear term for the…

  • Job opportunities for New Jersey veterans

    LONG BRANCH — Barnabas Health will host a Veterans Health Care Job Fair on Monday, Nov. 14, from 2 to 6 p.m., at Monmouth Medical Center, Second Avenue in Long Branch. The job fair is exclusively for veterans and will feature current opportunities for all levels of skill and experience available throughout Barnabas Health’s network…

  • T.F. open-space purchase advances

    Council approves $5.6M to preserve 75 acres BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — The borough took the next step last week in approving an open space purchase that may save the school district from having to build a new school. The Borough Council adopted an ordinance at the Nov. 1 meeting appropriating nearly $5.6…

  • A Currier & Ives Christmas Dec. 3

    The Presbyterian Church House in Shrewsbury will be transformed into a 19th-century Christmas wonderland for A Currier & Ives Christmas to be held from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Dec. 3 at the church house, 352 Sycamore Ave. All are welcome. The event will include the traditional booths: Christmas handcrafts, Trim-A-Tree decorations, “nearly new,” recycled…

  • Fun in the fall

    Clockwise from left: Children enjoy the games at the Shrewsbury Borough School Fall Festival on Nov. 4. Alyssa McAvoy (center) tries her hand at the “7-11” game; Josephine Jackson plays a fishing game; and Joseph Capuno takes aim at the football toss during the event, which included games, face painting, a cake walk and lottery…

  • Controversy continues over parks’ bow hunt

    Park system says hunt controls deer population; advocates fault land management, inhumane method BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Wildlife advocates and Monmouth County Park System officials are at odds over the annual bow-hunting season, which extends from Oct. 1 until Jan. 1 or Feb. 18, depending on the park. A park system spokesman explained…

  • Holiday tree to remain in front of Dublin House

    Council denies request to move tree to Riverside Gardens Park At least for this season, Red Bank’s Holiday Tree will remain in the courtyard of The Dublin House on Monmouth Street. BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer RED BANK — A last-ditch effort by Red Bank RiverCenter Executive Director Nancy Adams to move the location of…

  • Goodbye, Gaitors. Hello, housing.

    2010 builder’s remedy lawsuit results in 24-unit condo development BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer SEABRIGHT — The Sea Bright Planning Board formally approved the development of a 24-unit condominium complex on the lot where Gaitors restaurant formerly stood, as part of the settlement resulting from a builder’s remedy lawsuit filed against the borough in 2010.…

  • T.F. man guilty of involuntary manslaughter

    Dennis Smentkowski, of Tinton Falls, pleaded guilty on Oct. 26 to driving his car while impaired by the sleep medication Ambien, causing the death of Little Silver school Principal Donald Merce in a head-on collision, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Smentkowski, 46, pleaded guilty to a onecount indictment charging him with involuntary manslaughter in…