Category: HUB News

  • Apple festival kicks off centennial celebration

    Delicious Orchards reaches milestone BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer Owner William McDonald stocks tomatoes at Delicious Orchards, which will begin celebrating its 100th anniversary with an apple festival on Sept. 17-18. ERIC SUCAR staff COLTS NECK — The orchards that have supplied the crisp, sweet apples that are found in the famous pies and cider at…

  • Event will celebrate life of young mother

    Tara Hansen is survived by husband and newborn son BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Tara Deaver Hansen Brandon Ryan Hansen will soon be 5 months old, and he is an “amazing, happy, contented baby,” according to his aunt, Jamie Cone. Brandon’s mother, Tara Deaver Hansen, 29, of Ocean Township, who taught fourthgrade special education…

  • Fun at the Fireman’s Fair

    Children and grownups alike enjoy rides and attractions, including the Monkey Maze, on the opening night of the Fair Haven Volunteer Fire Company’s Fireman’s Fair on Aug. 26. PHOTOS BY LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Jazz in the Park

    Above: Members of the VooDUDES perform for the audience gathered at Jazz in the Park held at Riverside Gardens Park in downtown Red Bank on Aug. 11. Below: Band vocalist Andy B. performs. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Chinese festival to be held Sept. 10

    The second Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival will be held on Sept. 10 at Marlboro High School, Route 79, Marlboro, 2-4 p.m. A kite-flying contest and moon-cake sampling will highlight the family day. Stories about the importance of moon cakes will be told during the opening ceremonies at 2 p.m. According to a press release, Chinese experts…

  • Art offers ‘New Impressions’ for cancer patients

    Riverview art therapy program taps art’s power to heal BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer Art therapist Mary Gambarony works with cancer patients at Riverview Medical Center. RED BANK— If there were a recipe for healing, what would it be? Mary Gambarony, art therapist at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, encourages patients to write their…

  • Photo

    Donovan’s Reef in Sea Bright is evidence of the fury with which Hurricane Irene battered the Shore area. More photos, page 11 and gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Smell the roses at Deep Cut Gardens

    There is no better time or place to stop and smell the roses than at this year’s Jersey Shore Rose Society’s (JSRS) 40th annual Rose Show from noon to 4 p.m. Sept. 10 at Deep Cut Gardens. A picturesque, 54-acre horticultural site with many garden related amenities, including its own rose parterre, Deep Cut Gardens…

  • Towns turning to social media to get word out

    Facebook, tweets, texting complement alerts to inform residents during hurricane BY KENNY WALTER & KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writers Sand dunes on the Sea Bright beach show evidence of major beach erosion following Hurricane Irene’s battering of the Shore area. ERIC SUCAR staff A fter a blizzard of complaints from residents about the lack of information…