Category: HUB News

  • ‘A Celebration of Community Spirit’ tonight

    The Eastern Monmouth Area Chamber of Commerce (EMACC), Red Bank, is holding its 2009 Spinnaker Award dinner tonight, Nov. 12. Now in its 18th year, the Spinnaker Awards honor businesses and individuals who “make life better for everyone in eastern Monmouth County.” The 2009 Spinnaker honorees are: Volunteer of the Year: Tom Hayes. The award…

  • Local company partners with Habitat for Humanity

    TINTON FALLS — A.J. Perri, a local heating, cooling, plumbing and electrical company, has been an active participant with local Habitat for Humanity projects for the past several years. When a Habitat for Humanity house is being built in the area, the company handles the heating and air conditioning for the home, donating equipment, materials…

  • RFH Power Puff Football to aid cancer research

    RUMSON — Rumson-Fair Haven High School’s annual Powder Puff Football Game will take place Nov. 11 at Borden Stadium. Female students from all four classes will compete in the game, which will benefit breast cancer awareness. Each team has a coach who is working with the players and getting them ready for this non-traditional sport…

  • T.F. school district nurtures a ‘caring community’

    BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — Along with math, reading and history, students in the Tinton Falls School District are learning valuable life lessons about character, kindness and integrity. A group of teachers spoke at a Board of Education meeting Oct. 19 to discuss the National Network of Partnership Schools program through Johns…

  • County offers home repair assistance to residents

    To assist homeowners with plumbing, electrical, structural, roofing, heating, ventilation and lead-based paint remediation, the Monmouth County Planning Board has a program that will provide up to $20,000 in assistance to 70 financially qualified Monmouth County households who apply by Dec. 16. “This program helps homeowners on tight budgets make necessary home repairs and upgrades…

  • Driver in one-car fatal collision pleads guilty

    ATinton Falls man pleaded guilty Oct. 26 to one count of second-degree vehicular homicide and one count of second degree aggravated assault. According to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, Matthew Gross, 19, appeared in state Superior Court in Freehold to plead guilty to charges stemming from a fatal onecar motor vehicle collision that occurred on…

  • NOTESAround Town

    Fisk Chapel, Fair Haven, is seeking vendors for its annual holiday bazaar 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 12. Tables are $10 each. The event will feature baked goods, decorations, wreaths, jewelry and other items. For more information, call Jackie at 732-939-1143 or [email protected]. ***** “Lady Bird, Pat & Betty Tea for Three” will be performed at…

  • Fair Haven soccer

    Clockwise from top: Joe Stypa dribbles the ball, Robby Sypeck works the ball upfield and Matt Reulbach chases after a loose ball during a practice session for Fair Haven Recreation’s youth soccer program on Oct. 31. PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff

  • ’50 Ways to Volunteer’

    Toni Seinfeld, Long Branch, talks with Judy Raybon, of Shrewsbury, of American Recreational Military Services during the “50 Ways to Volunteer” event at Monmouth Reform Temple, Tinton Falls, on Oct. 25. Right: Sean Judge, Spring Lake, promotes volunteerism at the Fresh Air Fund booth PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff