Category: HUB News
-

Coastal Evacuation Route study open house June 2
The Monmouth County Planning Board will hold an Open House for the public on the county’s Coastal Evacuation Route Improvement Study on June 2. The event will take place 4-7 p.m. in the Community Room at the Long Branch Higher Education Center, 213 Broadway, Long Branch. The study has evaluated some of the transportation routes…
-

May: Diligence is the word!
“Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of the instruments, not the composer.” Geoffrey Charlesworth Have you lately seen your resident woodchuck? The rapacious varmints have made their spring debut, and their banquet table is laden with tender apple-green shoots of hosta and tall foliage…
-

Community projects planned for summertime
RED BANK — Twelfth District legislators, along with Mayor Pasquale Menna and the Red Bank Borough Council, are planning a community effort to improve key areas in the borough. A plan is being developed that may include painting over graffiti in some of the worst hit areas and cleaning parks and waterfront areas. Red Bank…
-

Love INC marks 15-year anniversary
EATONTOWN — What began as one woman’s desire to spread a little holiday cheer to a needy family at Christmastime has grown into a multifaceted social service organization that celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. Love in the Name of Christ (Love INC), a faith-based nonprofit that serves Monmouth County residents through a number of…
-

Photo
ERIC SUCAR staff Students at Rumson County Day School and The Harbor School in Eatontown sing ‘Here Comes the Sun,’ one of the Beatles songs included in a May 13 joint concert titled “Imagine: a Magical Musical Revue” based on the music and poetry of the Fab Four.
-

Fair games
Far left: Ellyana Perosi of Rumson takes a ride on the carousel at the Firemen’s Fair in Sea Bright on May 14. Left: Murphy McCarthy helps his mom, Marie McCarthy, catapult a frog into the bog at the fair, which featured games of chance, rides for adults and children, music and carnival fare. PHOTOS BY…
-

New plan targets pollution of Branchport Creek
Racetrack upgrades will stem storm water runoff BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer Anew plan to end the pollution of Branchport Creek outlined last week calls for measures including detention basins, vegetative fields and a pumping station at Monmouth Park in Oceanport. Detailed renderings of the proposed Elkwood storm water detention basin to be located near…
-

Former attorney pleads guilty to misapplying funds
Aformer Red Bank attorney has pleaded guilty to mishandling clients’ funds involving real estate transactions. According to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, Gary Edelson, formerly of Red Bank, appeared in Monmouth County Superior Court on May 11 to plead guilty to the crime of second-degree misapplication of entrusted property. The charge resulted from an investigation…
-

Celebrating 32 years of open space preservation
MCF holds annual meeting; continuing campaign for long-term funding BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Securing permanent funding for open space was stressed at the 32nd annual board of trustees meeting of the Monmouth Conservation Foundation (MCF). MCF is a nonprofit organization dedicated to acquiring, holding, and preserving open space in Monmouth County. Judith Stanley Coleman,…
