Category: HUB News

  • 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…

  • Count Basie exterior gets a face-lift

    Historical façade, marquee upgrades in fourth phase of $20M renovations BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer The Count Basie Theatre and adjacent buildings are shrouded in scaffolding during restoration work on their façades. ERIC SUCAR staff RED BANK — The Count Basie Theatre is once again undergoing a major renovation, this time to the exterior of…

  • Paddle the Navesink on Sept. 18

    RED BANK — A community-wide celebration of the Navesink River and all the recreational opportunities it provides will be held Sept. 18 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. On “Paddle the Navesink Day,” local boating organizations along Red Bank’s Navesink River will offer visitors the chance to experience kayaking, canoeing, sailing and rowing. Participants will…

  • It’s official: Bayshore merges with Meridian

    Agreement creates largest health care system in Monmouth, Ocean counties BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Following an extensive state review, Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel, merged with Meridian Health system, Neptune, on Sept. 1, a move that promotes shared efficiencies and an expanded health care network in Monmouth County. The merger followed a seven-month due-diligence review,…

  • $3M Army grant funds defense technology center

    Funding will be used to keep federal contracts in state after fort closing BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer The Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded a $3 million grant to the New Jersey Technology Solutions Center (NJTSC) to help keep high-technology jobs in Monmouth County in the wake of Fort Monmouth’s closing. Reps. Rush Holt…

  • Slocum family readies for annual reunion

    Relatives from far and wide will meet Oct. 10 in Long Branch BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Bob Waitt Sr. (l-r), Bob Waitt Jr., Joann Slocum Mazzucca and Arthur T. Green II at a presentation in March on the murder of Abigail Slocum in 1863 and the trial and hanging of her husband, Peter, who is…

  • Alzheimer’s is topic of science lecture

    TINTON FALLS — The 2010 Norman J Field Lecture in Science, “Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease by 2020?,” will be presented by Dr. Zaven S. Khachaturian Thursday, Oct. 7, at 7:30 p.m. The lecture will take place at the Performing Arts Center Auditorium of Monmouth Regional High School, 1 Norman J Field Way in Tinton Falls. An…