Category: HUB News

  • Summertime is red, white and blues at Sickles Market

    LITTLE SILVER — A summertime tradition, Sickles Market’s Annual Blues Festival and Blueberry Pie Eating Contest, will be held on Saturday, July 17, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The 11th Annual Blues Festival celebrates summer and locally grown blueberries throughout the market with fun activities for the entire family. Children can enjoy free face…

  • New site a success for Sea Bright fireworks

    BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent SEA BRIGHT — How did beach erosion caused by the storms last winter result in more parking places for those coming to see the July 4 fireworks display in the borough? According to Mayor Marie Fernandes, if the fireworks had been launched from the spot where they usually were — on…

  • Bill proposes changes in way accident victim’s family called

    The Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee has unanimously approved bipartisan legislation that would, if enacted into law, change the protocol that police follow when the victim of a motor vehicle accident is unconscious. The bill, A-1812, would require police to notify families when such a situation occurs. At the present time hospital personnel are…

  • Fort invites community to ‘The Last Hoo-ah!’

    BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer OCEANPORT — Three days of entertainment, demonstrations, events and music, known as “The Last Hoo-ah!,” will help properly send off Fort Monmouth. The event will be open to the general public beginning at 3 p.m. Friday, July 16, to Sunday, July 18, and be primarily located at Greely Field. Several…

  • Family Resource Network hosts surf camp for Down syndrome community

    BELMAR — The Family Resource Network (FRN) and its affiliate organization, Autism Family Services of New Jersey (AFSNJ), will host a Down Syndrome Surf Camp in conjunction with Surfer’s Healing on Monday, Sept. 13, in Belmar. In the past, Surfer’s Healing camps have been exclusive to the autism community. Last year, The Family Resource Network…

  • Salvation Army to host Trombone Night July 28

    RED BANK — The Salvation Army will host the 10th annual BBQ & Trombone Night Wednesday, July 28, at 180 Newman Springs Road. According to a press release from the Salvation Army, each year some of the finest trombone players in the New York metropolitan area and beyond have come to the Red Bank facility…

  • Chamber of Commerce slates annual Beach Party

    The Business After Hours Committee of the Eastern Monmouth Area Chamber of Commerce (EMACC), Red Bank, will host its annual Beach Party on Thursday, July 22, at The Seagull’s Nest at Sandy Hook. The rain-or-shine event, which will run 4:30-8:30 p.m., will feature entertainment by Bruce Foster, a sunset celebration with the Monmouth County Police…

  • Monmouth County League of Women Voters elects officers

    RED BANK — At the recent annual convention meeting of the InterLeague Organization (ILO) of the League of Women Voters of Monmouth County, the following officers were elected for 2010-11: Presidents Marie Curtis and Louise Usechak; Secretary Camille Terracciano; Treasurer Don Curtis; Directors Barbara Chaudhery, Michelle Perkinson and Sue Sferas; Voter Service Sharon Steinhorn; and…

  • Homecoming celebration

    Clockwise from above: Cpl. Richard Cummings shakes the hand of District 6 Commander Bull Grieman during a homecoming celebration for the 6th Motor Transport Battalion, based in Red Bank, at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2179, Port Monmouth, on June 27. Commander Jim D’Elia speaks during the homecoming celebration. Cpl. Daniel Solares (l-r), Pfc. Gil…