Category: HUB News

  • R.B. men convicted in jewelry store heist

    AMonmouth County jury found Michael Livingston, 23, and Carlos Delevry, 21, both of Red Bank, guilty of first-degree armed robbery, second degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and third-degree unlawful possession of a weapon in connection with a 2007 jewelry store robbery in Red Bank, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.…

  • Rain doesn’t deter runners for 12th Sgt. Pat King 5K

    BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Trent Karaman, Red Bank, runs on the Long Branch boardwalk during the annual Sgt. Pat’s 5K Run/1-mile Fitness Walk on April 11. LONG BRANCH — Heavy rains and brisk winds didn’t stop some 400 hardy runners from turning out for the 12th annual Sgt. Pat’s 5K Run…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Carl Williams (600), Tinton Falls, runs along the Long Branch oceanfront on a soggy April 11 during the 12th annual Sgt. Pat’s 5K Run/2-mile Fitness Walk held in memory of slain Long Branch police officer Sgt. Pat King. Story, page 28.

  • Photographers recognized in state press association contest

    G reater Media Newspapers photographers won three awards in the New Jersey Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest for 2008. Eric Sucar, Portrait, second place The newspaper group, based in Freehold, N.J., publishes 12 weeklies, serving Monmouth, Middlesex and Ocean counties. Jeff Granit and Eric Sucar were among the journalists honored at the NJPA awards banquet…

  • Pre-K classes filled for 3-year-olds in Red Bank

    Eligible preschoolers chosen by lottery BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Applications for the Red Bank School District’s expanded preschool program for 3-year-olds exceeded the number of spots available for the upcoming school year. The 60 children who will be enrolled in the district’s expanded preschool program were chosen by lottery, according to Superintendent Laura Morana,…

  • April: The pace picks up!

    William Shakespeare: “April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.” Dare to dream! Patience has its own sweet rewards. When you are struck with the urge to root in the dirt, you are in your own world. It’s an elusive combination: hard labor with satisfaction on its heels. The speed bumps you encounter in…

  • Boro approves amended land use ordinance

    BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer After much delay, the Sea Bright Borough Council passed an amended land-use ordinance last week, amid concerns about mixed-use zoning in the downtown. Among the amendments to the borough’s land-use ordinance was a change in the existing B1 zone in the downtown to a mixed-use “Main Street” zone. Controversy arose…

  • NOTES

    Eatontown Mayor Gerald Tarantolo speaks prior to presenting a crystal clock to retired Shrewsbury Mayor Emilia Siciliano (center) as former Tinton Falls Mayor Anne McNamara looks on. Siciliano was feted at a retirement dinner held at the Shadowbrook in Shrewsbury in February. U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 22 will present “America’s Boating Course,” 8:30 a.m.-5…

  • ‘Viva Shea’: Mets’ old home lives in fan’s heart

    Aberdeen native’s design protests demise of stadium BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer Aberdeen native Dave Croatto designed a T-shirt to protest the demolition of the Shea Stadium. On a cold October night in Queens, N.Y., a scuffed baseball rolled down the firstbase line in Shea Stadium and through the legs of Boston Red Sox first…