Category: HUB News

  • ‘Going to the Beach’

    PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Clockwise from above: K-4 students at Point Road School in Little Silver take part in a field day on June 11 despite the inclement weather. The theme was “Going to the Beach,” and students competed in a Frisbee toss and a beach carry race. Third-grader Seamus Cochrane participates in the…

  • A few bucks for a lot of booms

    BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer The Kaboom! fireworks display draws thousands to Red Bank. RED BANK — July 3 marks the 50th anniversary celebration of KaBoom! Fireworks on the Navesink, which must find new funding sources to carry on the Red Bank tradition enjoyed by thousands each year. “The Garden State Fireworks company of Millington…

  • Photo

    CHRIS KELLY staff Firefighters aim a hose at the inside of Memory Bowling on Newman Springs Road in Shrewsbury on June 5. A local landmark since 1928, the bowling center was completely destroyed in the blaze. More photos, page 17.

  • Coastal evacuation plan coordinates exodus

    Plan will give county tools in event of natural disaster BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Monmouth County has unveiled a draft plan for coastal evacuation that takes a comprehensive look at the facilities necessary to move residents safely away from coastal areas. Maps of evacuation routes (l-r) and emergency shelters are included in the coastal…

  • Seeing is believing: the awful toll of war

    Boots illustrate lives lost at war BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer The financial cost of war is often spelled out for the public, tallied in the billions of dollars spent on weapons and technology, but how is the human cost of war illustrated? PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Above: The display of 78 pairs…

  • RBC 2009 graduating class

    PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Red Bank Catholic High School held commencement exercises June 2 at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft. Members of the RBC class of 2009 poised to receive their diplomas are (clockwise from top) James Galatola, Middletown, Ted Mangione, Belmar, Nicole Marcinkiewicz, Ocean Township, and Gabrielle Caputo, Colts Neck.

  • O’port asks for $1M more for creek cleanup

    BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer OCEANPORT — Oceanport Mayor Michael Mahon has requested $1 million in federal appropriations to dredge the Branchport Creek and remove fecal contamination. Mahon made the request in a letter addressed to Rep. Rush Holt (D-6th District), seeking support in obtaining this special appropriation. “As you know, the Borough of Oceanport…

  • Shrewsbury opts to join council of governments

    BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer SHREWSBURY — The Borough Council has approved a resolution in favor of joining the Central Jersey Council of Governments (CJCG), a bipartisan organization focused on making government more efficient for the residents of Monmouth County and New Jersey. “Many Monmouth County communities came together to see where they might be…

  • OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AND ONTO THE PLAYGROUND – Advertorial

    By Gloria Averbuch Advertorial  OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AND ONTO THE PLAYGROUND By Gloria Averbuch Sky Blue FC Collette McCallum Photo credit to: Howard C. Smith/ISIphotos.com Just as learning is not confined to a classroom, neither are sports and fitness confined to organized teams and programs. You can do a lot to promote children’s fitness,…