Category: HUB News

  • Local chefs, new offerings mark second season of farmers market

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — New and exciting things are in store for customers of the Sea Bright Farmers Market, which is returning for a second year. Opening day is set for May 7. The market is held 2-7 p.m. every Thursday through September in the municipal parking lot on Ocean Avenue…

  • Oceanport residents weigh in on Borough Hall options

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Write OCEANPORT — As the borough moves into the homestretch in deciding the future of Borough Hall, residents were given an opportunity to weigh in. During an April 21 Town Hall meeting, approximately 100 members of the public heard a presentation on the four current options for a new municipal complex…

  • Red Bank gets elegant for Mayor’s Ball

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Red Bank Mayor Pasquale Menna, center, mingles with guests at the first annual Mayor’s Charity Ball, with proceeds going to the Red Bank Public Library and the Parker Family Health Center. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR What makes Red Bank extraordinary, according to Mayor Pasquale Menna, is that the entire community…

  • Community grows with the help of master gardeners

    By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer Matt Milburn, left, and Michele Bakacs work in the butterfly garden at Davidsons Mill Pond Park, South Brunswick, April 22. FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI School gardens are in high demand, as they cultivate more than fruits and vegetables. Bringing lessons in science, the environment and the community out of the classroom, these…

  • ‘American Idol’s’ Jax has happy homecoming

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Attendees from New Jersey and beyond came out to support “American Idol” contestant Jax as she made her grand return home to East Brunswick for a parade and performance that was featured on the May 6 episode. Los Angeles might appear to have everything, but for “American Idol” hopeful Jax,…

  • Lunch Break: Foodstock needed more than ever

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Lunch Break Development Director Kate McMahon (left) and Executive Assistant Millie Jeter (right) browse groceries at Lunch Break’s new client choice pantry and clothes at Lunch Break’s clothing donation center, Clara’s Closet. JEREMY GROSSMAN/STAFF RED BANK — As the fourth annual Foodstock community food drive approaches, Lunch Break officials say…

  • Work on Oceanic Bridge to continue until mid-June

    RUMSON — Monmouth County officials announced last week that more extensive repairs are needed to the Oceanic Bridge and will require the bridge to be closed for more than three weeks beginning after Memorial Day. The structural steel and concrete deck repair work completed in April revealed the need for additional significant repair work, county…

  • Local towns join ‘Pink’ campaign

    RED BANK — “Paint the Town Pink,” a breast cancer awareness initiative, began as a weeklong campaign in Red Bank and has blossomed into a monthlong, two-county effort to raise awareness of the importance of annual mammography. In 2015, 41 towns in Monmouth and Ocean counties will join together to participate in the communitywide event…

  • Foundation hits $1 million mark

    RUMSON — The Salt Creek Grille raised nearly $115,000 for pediatric brain cancer research at its annual Wine and Martini Tasting on April 16. The sold-out event benefited The Kortney Rose Foundation (KRF), which helped it reach the $1 million mark in cumulative donations for The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). A highlight of the…