Category: HUB News

  • Monmouth Day Care Center hosts Touch-a-Truck

    RED BANK — On Saturday, Sept. 25, Monmouth Day Care Center will host “Touch-a-Truck” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Red Bank Middle School parking lot, 101 Harding Road. With a variety of vehicles on display, this family event offers children a handson opportunity to explore some of the big and small trucks…

  • Red Bank Area Hunger Walk holds kickoff rally

    RED BANK — Red Bank CROP Hunger Walk held its 30th annual kickoff rally Sept. 13 at the First Baptist Church with a welcome from the Rev. Tyrone Choate to the more than 80 attendees, most of whom were soaked by a rare thunderstorm as they heard about the 1 billion in our world who…

  • ‘Paddle the Navesink Day’

    Paddlers enjoy “Paddle the Navesink Day,” a community-wide celebration of the Navesink River, held at Maple Cove in Red Bank on Sept. 18. Local boating organizations along Red Bank’s Navesink River offered visitors the chance to experience kayaking, canoeing, paddleboating and rowing. More photos at gmnews.com. PHOTOS BY LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Tour de Fair Haven

    Cyclists compete in the men’s 35+ race at the 2010 Tour de Fair Haven on Sept. 19. The 24-mile race consisted of eight laps along the Navesink River. The mission of the event is to raise awareness of the sport of bike racing and of ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Proceeds benefit the…

  • FAAN Walk

    Members of “Team Jake” complete the Long Branch FAAN (Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network) 3-Mile Walk for Food Allergy: Moving Toward a Cure on the Long Branch Promenade on Sept. 11 to help raise awareness of food allergies, which affect more than 60,000 New Jersey schoolchildren. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Amended T.F. budget seeds road program

    $50K cut from department budgets allocated for roads BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — The Borough Council amended the 2010 budget last week, allocating approximately $50,000 gleaned from department budgets to build a future road program. The council voted 5-0 Sept. 7 to approve an amendment to fund roadwork and earmark over $50,000…

  • Tour de Fair Haven Sept. 19

    The Tour de Fair Haven bicycle race along the picturesque Navesink River will take place Sunday, Sept. 19. The U.S. Cycling Federation-sanctioned event is expected to draw 500 racers, including some of the best professionals as well as national, regional and local amateurs, according to tour organizers. The first race starts at 7 a.m., with…

  • Plan calls for trained staff to assist Monmouth veterans

    Freeholder Amy A. Mallet has initiated a plan to bring services already being provided to Monmouth County veterans under one umbrella and train personnel in the Division of Aging, Disabilities and Veterans’ Interment to assist veterans in obtaining their benefits. As a result, the county has begun gathering details about what services are currently being…

  • Red Bank Food & Wine Walk on tap for Sunday, Sept. 19

    RED BANK — The Red Bank Wine Walk is back in a new and expanded version. According to event sponsor Red Bank RiverCenter, the first Red Bank Food & Wine Walk will take place this Sunday, Sept. 19. The expanded event will be a recurring event on the third Sunday of the month, September through…