Category: HUB News

  • Fundraiser will keep Eastern Branch lion roaring

    SHREWSBURY — For the past year, visitors to Monmouth County Library’s Eastern Branch have been greeted at the entrance by a statue of a majestic lion guarding a small boy who is totally engrossed in reading a book. Wild Imaginings, the bronze, 15,000- pound statue by noted wildlife artist Bart Walter, was donated to the…

  • Sea Bright will add cell tower

    Council debates temporary vs. permanent location BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — After much discussion at the Borough Council meeting on Sept. 15, the borough is on its way to beginning the process of adding a cell tower on municipal property. Councilman William Keeler told council that wireless communications company Verizon has expressed…

  • NOTESAround Town

    Former Sea Bright Board of Education members (l-r) Nancy Descenza, Diana Burich, Marianne Mckenzie, Serefina Banich, Nancy Cunningham, Carol Schussheim and Linda Boyce, and (not pictured) Trude Arnette and Harriet Primack, were presented with certificates of appreciation at the Sept. 2 Borough Council meeting. Mayor Maria Fernandes and Councilman Dina Long (far right) made the…

  • Tour de Fair Haven

    Several hundred cyclists competed in the Tour de Fair Haven bicycle race over a 4.5-mile course Sept. 20. The race was sanctioned by USA Cycling and consisted of four races on a closed course through the Borough of Fair Haven along the Navesink River. The five categories of competition ranged from entry level for weekend…

  • Go for the goal

    CHRIS KELLY staff Jonathon Coehn (center) attempts to score against bigger defenders while participating in the Fair Haven Multi Sports Camp on Aug. 25.

  • Walk to support efforts to Bring Sean Home

    LONG BRANCH — The Bring Sean Home community will hold a walkathon and fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 3, at Pier Village in Long Branch to benefit The David & Sean Fund. The Bring Sean Home Walkathon and Fundraiser will help defray expenses related to the abduction of Sean Goldman to Brazil and his repatriation to…

  • Effort under way to fund local residence for elderly

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A Red Bank resident who has been affiliated with the Workmen’s Circle since birth will lead the effort to raise money for the construction of a Jewish elder home in Freehold Township. According to a press release, Seena Stein, principal of Newmark Knight Frank’s office in New Jersey, said her lifetime commitment…

  • NPS, developer agree on choice of arbitrator

    Consultant will review decision to cancel Fort Hancock lease BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent MIDDLETOWN — Rumson developer James Wassel and the National Park Service (NPS) have agreed on an arbitrator to determine if the park service’s decision last month to cancel the 60-year lease awarded to Wassel to restore and commercially develop buildings in historic…

  • Visit local green building sites Oct. 3

    The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) invites the public to visit local sustainable buildings across New Jersey to talk with energy-saving experts during the 2009 Green Buildings Open House on Saturday, Oct. 3. NESEA’s Green Buildings Open House, part of the American Solar Energy Society’s National Solar Tour, is an opportunity to learn first-hand how…