Category: HUB News

  • Shrewsbury celebrates local centenarian

    Margaret Cosentino LORRAINE KELLEHER Five generations of the Cosentino family attended the July 18 meeting of the Shrewsbury Borough Council on July 18 to witness their matriarch, Margaret, receive a proclamation in honor of her 100th birthday. She was born in New York City on July 9, 1911, and 100 years later, Monmouth County celebrated…

  • Red Bank looks at ways to keep residents cool

    BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer RED BANK — Borough Councilwoman Sharon Lee wants to investigate some aquatic options to help the borough’s residents weather the heat. “We just had a week of 100-degree days and we don’t really have much respite for the community,” she said at the July 27 council meeting. She suggested that…

  • Sidewalk Sale

    Above: Shoppers peruse the sale tables outside Funk and Standard on Broad Street during the 57th Red Bank Sidewalk Sale on July 30. Below: Shoppers look for a bargain outside DoubleTake on Broad Street. PHOTOS BY LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Blink-182 comes to Holmdel with new release on the way

    BY NATHAN ROSMAN Correspondent Tom DeLonge Blink-182 are making their return to the music industry this fall with their sixth studio album, “Neighborhoods,” which is scheduled for release on Sept. 27. Following a hiatus that began in 2005, Blink-182, a pop punk band, reunited at the 2009 Grammy awards and announced that a new album…

  • Saint Barnabas job fair targets jobs for veterans

    BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer Veterans talk to representatives of the Saint Barnabas Health Care System about employment opportunities at a job fair on July 14 at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch. KENNY WALTER Clayton Simpson is one of countless veterans trying to start a new career. That is why Simpson, who served in the…

  • Seashore celebration

    Eight-year-old John Smith of Sea Bright cools off at the pool during the 85th Anniversary Celebration of Seashore Day Camp in Long Branch on July 23. Local officials and generations of Shore families who have attended Seashore Day Camp for the past eight and a half decades came together to celebrate the camp’s 85th anniversary.…

  • House OKs funds to help prevent veterans’ suicide

    Supporters hoping that Senate will also approve funding BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Millions of dollars to help prevent suicide among U.S. soldiers and reservists is one step closer to being put in place. U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) successfully offered an amendment in Congress to set aside $20 million for efforts to prevent military…

  • Residents encouraged to eat locally grown food

    Via 45 and Elijah’s Promise participate in Farm to Table event BY KELLY CRAIG Correspondent

  • stork club 

    Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, announced the following births: June 27, a girl to Astrid Pochop and Robert MacFawn of Red Bank. June 28, a boy to Maria Torralba and Rigoberto Marin of Red Bank. June 29, a girl to Lene and Ole Qvist of Little Silver. July 2, a boy toMeagan and John Majeski…