Category: HUB News

  • Pampering for Peace fundraiser Sept. 26

    RED BANK — Indulge yourself and promote world peace at a wellness fair Sept. 26 at the United Methodist Church, 247 Broad St. in Red Bank. The wellness event is sponsored by Where Peace Lives, a nonprofit organization that provides conflict resolution and peace-building training for children and teens. Pampering for Peace, which will run…

  • Photo

    ERIC SUCAR staff Alex Zheng (r) watches his brother Michael Zheng (l) compete in the 2009 Red Bank Scholastic Chess Championships held at the Community YMCA’s Children’s Cultural Center in downtown Red Bank on Aug. 29. The chess championship invited kids of all ages from throughout the area to compete.

  • S.B. resident wants ban on hunters’ gunfire

    Noise, safety cited as concerns for boro residents BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Noise and safety issues regarding hunters’ gunfire from neighboring islands was a hot topic at the Sea Bright Borough Council meeting Sept. 1. Georgean Arsons, of Sunrise Townhomes, told borough officials that she and other residents from the Sunrise, Ocean Reef and…

  • Canceled Fort Hancock lease in arbitration

    Brookdale, Rutgers seek more space; Clearwater mulls return BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6th District) met with Barry Sullivan, superintendent of Gateway National Recreation Area, last week to discuss the future of Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook. Their meeting followed the cancellation of a lease that had been awarded by the National…

  • S.B. will use recovery funds for speed humps

    Council agrees traffic slowing needed for public safety BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — Traffic-calming measures on the borough’s north end on Church Street were discussed at the Borough Council meeting on Aug. 1. Councilman James LoBiondo, chairman of the Public Works and Building Committee, said he met with borough engineer David Hoder,…

  • Fair Haven’s Fireman’s Fair

    PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Clockwise from top: Chris, Fair Haven, zips down a slide at the annual Fair Haven Fireman’s Fair on Aug. 29. Hazel Bentinck, of Fair Haven, takes son Liam for a ride at the fair, held on the grounds of Fair Haven Vol. Fire Company No. 1 on River Road. Charley…

  • Art exhibit to benefit cancer center

    RED BANK — The Riverview Medical Center Auxiliary will host a Cocktail Gala and Exhibition of “River Views” by the Plein Air Painters of the Jersey Coast. This event will be held 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3, in the Blaisdell Lobby at Riverview Medical Center overlooking the Navesink River. Tickets for the…

  • Council considers meeting changes

    BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — Long meetings followed by rushed workshop sessions are cited as reasons to change business in Tinton Falls. Members of both the council and administration brought the issue up at the Sept. 1 workshop meeting, one of the few council meetings that hasn’t gone past 10 p.m.S ome…

  • Checkmate

    ERIC SUCAR staff Alex Zheng thinks about his next move during the 2009 Red Bank Scholastic Chess Championships held at the Community YMCA’s Children’s Cultural Center in Red Bank on Aug. 29.