Category: HUB News

  • R.B. Safe Routes promotes walking, less vehicle traffic

    Group wants to make walking to school safer BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Making Red Bank more pedestrian friendly, a town where children can walk safely to and from school, is the focus of a new group that met for the first time last week. The Red Bank Safe Routes group held its inaugural public…

  • Beck: State withholding info on new fort authority

    Host towns seek major role in implementing fort reuse plan BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer State Sen. Jennifer Beck (R-12th District) is calling out state officials for their failure to share information with Monmouth County legislators about proposed legislation establishing an authority to implement the Fort Monmouth reuse plan. Beck said she has been seeking…

  • Three seeking seats for freeholder

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer T hree Monmouth County residents are seeking a threeyear term on the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders in the Nov. 3 election. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Sean Byrnes Republican John P. Curley is a resident of Middletown. He is the vice president of Jim Curley Pontiac, Buick, GMC…

  • O’port, Deal school districts to share child study team

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer OCEANPORT — A win-win situation. That is how Board of Education members and school administration are describing the proposed shared service agreement for the school district’s child study team services with the Deal School District. The board will hold a public hearing on the proposed shared service agreement at the…

  • Container gardening, holiday decorating meeting topics

    RED BANK — The Navesink Garden Club’s November program will be “Container Gardening for Year-Round Interest” and “Decorating for the Holidays.” On Nov. 17 at 1 p.m. Bruce Crawford, director of Rutgers Gardens, will give this presentation at the Atrium at Navesink Harbor, 40 Riverside Ave., Red Bank. The public is invited to attend. Crawford…

  • November programs at Red Bank Library

    The Red Bank Public Library’s Acoustic Saturdays series continues 2-4 p.m. Nov. 28 with guitarist and singer Vinny Kyne in the Eisner New Jersey Room at the library. The program is free and registration is not required. The library presents an acoustic music series featuring New Jersey musicians and singer-songwriters on the last Saturday of…

  • Three run for two seats in Oceanport

    Incumbent seeks re-election; two newcomers seek open seat BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Three candidates are vying for two seats on the Oceanport Borough Council in the Nov. 3 general elections. Jerry Bertekap The seats are currently held by Councilman William Johnson, a Republican who is running for re-election, and Councilman John W. Ibex, who…

  • Trespassers were quickly intercepted, school says

    LITTLE SILVER — Administrators at Red Bank Regional High School are speaking out to set the record straight concerning a recent trespass incident widely reported on media blogs. The school is providing the facts of the incident to end any misinformation and speculation that may still exist in the community. According to a press release…

  • Witches two

    CHRIS KELLY staff Tyasia Cooper (l-r), of Jackson, Bettina Jackson and Mikhailah Jackson, both of Red Bank, march in the Red Bank Halloween parade on Oct. 25.