Category: HUB News

  • Trump National provides gifts for ‘little soldiers’

    COLTS NECK — On Dec. 9, state Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon and state Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande were on hand at the Trump National Golf Club to collect the more than 100 toys the organization collected to donate to Project Little Soldiers. Project Little Soldiers is a program run through American Recreational Military Services (ARMS), Red Bank.…

  • Three plans put forward for soccer field restrooms

    One plan involves concession stand for soccer, lacrosse teams BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Some changes may have to be made to a proposed project at the Mark Harbourt Soccer Complex, as the architect’s estimates for the work have come in higher than anticipated. The township’s construction official, Ron Gafgen, who is…

  • Prostate cancer support group meets

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The CentraState prostate cancer support group provides education and support for men who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Sponsored by the CentraState Healthcare System and the American Cancer Society, the group meets from 7-9 p.m. on the fourth Monday of each month at the Health Awareness Center in the Star and…

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    Bill Milius, of Toms River, takes a group on a classic horse-and-carriage ride through the downtown area of Red Bank, on Dec. 12. CHRIS KELLY staff

  • Trauma survivor finds ‘Heaven Exists’

    BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Life has changed dramatically for Little Silver, Monmouth County, resident Noelle McNeil, whose recovery from a near-fatal accident is chronicled in her inspirational new book. “When the lights went out on Aug. 2, 2005, I had it all. I was 20 years old, an athlete, pretty, popular and a dean’s…

  • R.B. council approves pay raises

    Resident asks for taxpayer summit BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Red Bank’s nonunion employees got an early Christmas present last week when the Borough Council unanimously approved an annualized 3 percent salary increase at the Dec. 22 meeting. Mayor Pasquale Menna explained that the increase reflects a 1.5 percent raise because it’s retroactive to July…

  • Assistance available for new moms in need

    While many women feel a sense of elation throughout their pregnancy, for some women, the periods before, during and after pregnancy are anything but happy. According to a press release from the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, most new mothers – up to 80 percent – experience at least a brief episode…

  • Law tosses lifeline to underage drinkers

    Friends of ill person will receive immunity if they call for help and remain at the scene BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer The serious ramifications of the underage drinking problem that exists in New Jersey reach far and wide, ranging from inappropriate behavior that leads to trouble, and in some instances, to death. A bill…

  • Marijuana and cash seized in Red Bank arrests

    RED BANK — Five borough residents were arrested Dec. 15 and charged with narcotics related offenses as a result of a threemonth cooperative investigation by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and the Red Bank Police Department. According to the Prosecutor’s Office, Whitmore Birch, 44, his mother Edna Birch, 64, Beverley Ayers, 40, Sammie Davis, 49,…