Category: HUB News

  • Monmouth Chess School & Club hosts tournaments

    RED BANK — The Monmouth Chess School and Club will host four chess tournaments in August at the Community YMCA’s Children’s Cultural Center, 51 Monmouth St., Red Bank. Tournaments are open to the community in both non-rated and USCF (United States Chess Federation) rated formats, with four rounds per event. Events will be held: Saturday,…

  • NOPE continues opposition to Navy housing

    BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — A Monmouth County group is keeping up the pressure on the U.S. Navy to come to an agreement with a developer and avert the privatization of housing units on Naval Weapons Station Earle. The group NOPE, Neighbors Opposed to Privatization at Earle, held two open house meetings…

  • Third Thursdays in Red Bank

    RED BANK — Red Bank RiverCenter will launch “Third Thursdays,” an evening of extended shopping hours and special promotions, beginning Thursday, Aug. 20. Each month on the third Thursday, visitors to downtown Red Bank can take part in special sales and promotions that the many participating businesses will be offering after 5 p.m. In addition…

  • NOTES

    Jasmin Lorraine Jackson of Red Bank has been appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. by U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Newark. U.S. Senators nominate 10 candidates annually to each of the four military academies, the Naval Academy, the Merchant Marines, the Air Force, and the U. S. Military Academy at West Point. This…

  • August: Damage control

    “If there were no tribulation, there would be no rest; if there were no winter, there would be no summer.” — St. John Chrysostom Summertime, when sparrows gorge themselves on mulberries, goldfinches flit through branches and sway on tall grasses, that’s when your garden is the best place to be — a rewarding retreat, where…

  • Friends honor Jack’s support for Lunch Break

    Gwen Love, director of Lunch Break, accepts concert proceeds from Rob Benedetto (l-r), Shane Hughes, Brian Benedetto and Frank DiFiore. RED BANK — A young man’s commitment to serve those in need was taken up by friends who staged a concert to raise funds for Lunch Break in Red Bank. Lunch Break, which provides meals,…

  • Clearwater Festival

    PHOTOS BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Above: The Hudson River Sloop Singers have been singing together for more than three decades and reunite annually to perform at the 34th Annual Clearwater Festival Saturday, Aug. 15. Right: A young girl gets an up-close look at nature as a butterfly alights on her hand in the Butterfly Release Tent…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Russ Malta, Red Bank, fries up a batch of delicious Italian zeppole on Aug. 15 during the Italian American Association of the township of Ocean’s 33rd annual Italian Festival held at Joe Palaia Park.

  • Pallone seeks to block repeat of Hook lease

    Opponents of commercial development hail lease’s end BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent Now that its lease with a private developer has been canceled, Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6th District) wants assurances that the National Park Service (NPS) will not again pursue commercial development on Sandy Hook. Responding to the news on Aug. 12 that the park…