Category: HUB News

  • Deer pose danger for N.J. drivers

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Deer management is a crucial process in controlling the population of the wild mammal in New Jersey, a number that could well exceed 200,000 this year, according to state officials The state issues annual warnings during peak deer mating season that occurs usually from late October…

  • Trinity Hall finds new home in Tinton Falls

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer The students at Trinity Hall will soon have a new place to call home as the independent all-girls college preparatory high school signed a contract to move to the former Child Development Center on Hope Road in the Tinton Falls section of Fort Monmouth. The school, a not-for-profit that…

  • ‘Go Green’ during holidays

    By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Reuse holiday items such as a festive holiday napkin used as wrapping, newsprint-wrapped gifts, burlap-wrapped gifts and gift tags cut from Christmas cards. PHOTO COURTESY OF NANCY KRAUSS Residents are encouraged to “Go Green For the Holidays.” Trash sent to the landfill increases an average of 25 percent because of…

  • Oceanport considers opting out of tax assessment program

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer OCEANPORT — The Borough Council is gathering information and considering opting out of the highly scrutinized tax assessment pilot program. The council discussed possibly leaving the Real Property Assessment Demonstration Program during the Dec. 2 meeting after the Monmouth County Board of Taxation ruled that municipalities could opt out of…

  • Chestnut Street well plans move forward

    By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer RED BANK – The plans that will design an emergency back up well on Chestnut Street progresses amidst questions of the borough possibly changing its engineering firm in the coming year. “We don’t know what things are going to be changing in the year to come here. I’m just saying,…

  • Red Bank Humanists to hold program on drug policy reform Dec. 13

    The Red Bank Humanists (RBH) will host a forum with Meagan Glaser, New Jersey deputy state director for the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA), titled “No More Drug War: Harmful Drug Policies in New Jersey and How We Can Reform Them.” The event will be held Dec. 13 from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Red…

  • Fair Haven salutes 93-year-old veteran

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer Sgt. 1st Class Raymond Taylor Sr. is honored by Mayor Benjamin Lucarelli and Borough Council Nov. 30 with a proclamation and key to the borough, commemorating his years of service and dedication to the borough of Fair Haven and its residents. KAYLA J. MARSH/STAFF FAIR HAVEN — In a…

  • Fair Haven to work with residents regarding damaged property

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer FAIR HAVEN – Borough officials are working to implement a new policy that will provide a more structured method into addressing claims made by residents regarding damage to their private property due to borough activity. “Coming off last year where we had all that snow in February and March,…

  • Santaland Diaries

    TOP PICK With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness, proves that Sedaris is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today. Perhaps, his most…