Category: HUB News

  • Title company owner sentenced to prison

    The owner of a title company in Red Bank was convicted of stealing $3.8 million in loan proceeds intended for payment of mortgage balances and other closing costs and sentenced to prison Jan. 7. According to state Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor, of the state Attorney General’s Office, Ronald P. Mas Jr., 35, of…

  • Maple Place students take anti-bullying pledge

    BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer Girl Scouts take the lead to eliminate bullying OCEANPORT — Students at Maple Place School are making a pledge to their classmates, friends and teachers to help stamp out bullying. Part of a grassroots anti-bullying effort developed by 12 local Girl Scouts, the initiative calls for students to sign a…

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    Youngsters enjoy ice skating at the Red Bank Armory Ice Complex on Jan. 8. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Vietnam Veterans’ foundation hosts screening

    HOLMDEL — The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation will host a film screening of “Don’t Burn It” at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 15. The film is based on the diary of North Vietnamese female medic Dang Thuy Tram. Actor and Vietnam veteran Michael Jarmus will introduce the film and lead a discussion after…

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    With snow falling and frigid temperatures outside, families took to the ice indoors to enjoy a session of ice skating at the Red Bank Armory Ice Complex on Jan. 8. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Tinton Falls mayor: Snow plan not followed

    Skudera calls for snow-removal summit with neighboring towns BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Residents and municipalities struggled to clear the 2 to 3 feet of snow deposited by the Dec. 26 blizzard. Speaking to a crowd of residents who were unhappy with the borough’s handling of the Dec. 26 blizzard, Tinton Falls Business Administrator Gerald…

  • Family seeks to sell off set of 31 vintage guitars

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Above: A mirror reflects an image of Christopher Wylde playing a Sam Koontz guitar in a video shown recently at the Pines Manor in Edison. Wylde, of Milltown, hosted the Koontz guitar celebration with 31 hand-crafted guitars owned by the late Howard Krive of Metuchen. Left: A guitar from the…

  • Oceanport reviewing snow cleanup response

    Mayor praises public works’, emergency services’ efforts BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer Mayor praises public works’, emergency services’ efforts OCEANPORT — Borough officials are considering altering the municipality’s snow response protocol to help improve response to future storm emergencies. The storm, which dropped roughly 30 inches of snow on the region Dec. 26 and 27,…

  • Polar Bear Plunge

    Julie Macarthur (l-r) and Molly O’Halloran, graduates of St. John Vianney High School, Holmdel, bundle up after participating in the Ancient Order of Hibernians’ annual Polar Bear Plunge held in Sea Bright on Jan. 9. LAUREN CASSELBERRY