Category: HUB News

  • Council sees red, not pink,in free parking request

    BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer RED BANK — With parking revenues a sore subject in the borough these days, a request for free parking that may have passed muster previously was shot down by the Borough Council last week. Riverview Medical Center petitioned the council for free downtown parking May 1- May 8 during its…

  • Here come the brides

    Red Bank hopes to become a destination for bridal shopping BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer RED BANK — The downtown community is hoping that the bridal walk down the aisle will begin in Red Bank. To brand the borough as a one-stop shopping destination for weddings, Red Bank RiverCenter is organizing the first annual Wedding…

  • In the Service

    Air Force Airman Jamaal M. Morris, son of Lola Scott of Fort Monmouth, has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio. The airman completed an intensive eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who…

  • Red Bank contractor pleads guilty in bid-rigging scheme

    Was awarded $153K in state contracts Acontractor from Red Bank pleaded guilty Feb 16 to making false representations in connection with state contracts awarded by a former N.J. Department of Corrections (DOC) official. The DOC administrator, Gerald T. Kennedy, pleaded guilty last month to orchestrating a bid-rigging and kickback scheme involving hundreds of thousands of…

  • Sewage rate to increase 23 percent in Sea Bright

    Council looks for cause of hike in consumption BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer The Sea Bright Borough Council was anticipating a 5 percent increase in this year’s municipal sewer bill, but during the March 2 meeting, Councilman C. Read Murphy told the public that the Two Rivers Water Reclamation Authority would increase its bill by…

  • Shrewsbury mulls hunt to cull deer

    Officials say options to hunt are ineffective BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Public discussion of problems related to Shrewsbury Borough’s escalating deer population and the various options for culling the herd dominated the March 1 Borough Council meeting. Council President Donald W. Burden explained that the overpopulation is a big concern for many residents, business…

  • ‘The Burning Rice Fields’

    Clockwise from top: Maura DeRose performs during a dress rehearsal for “The Burning Rice Fields,” a children’s opera produced at the Two River Theater in Red Bank March 5. Georgia Trentalange (l) practices her role as a seagull in the opera, which is based on a Japanese folk tale. Nicolette Mavroleon and Charlotte Miller rehearse…

  • Boys & Girls Clubs to hold grand opening of R.B. unit

    RED BANK — The Boys & Girls Clubs of Monmouth County will hold a grand opening for the new Red Bank unit 4-6 p.m. on Monday, March 22. All members of the community are invited to attend the event and kick off National Boys & Girls Club Week at the new location on Drs. James…

  • Ocean advocacy group hosts Beach Sweeps forum

    MIDDLETOWN — Clean Ocean Action (COA) will celebrate a milestone in its Beach Sweeps program by hosting the first Beach Sweep 25! Symposium: A Generation of Action Against Beach Litter on Saturday, March 13, at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft. The symposium will begin at 9 a.m. and end at 3:30 p.m., followed by a…