Category: HUB News

  • Mother Earth is a Real Mama

    Advocacy group talks ‘green’ living for everyday life BY ELLEN MONTEMARANO Correspondent Kirstin McPolin (l-r) and Kari Martin took the Real Mama message to Whole Foods market in Middletown. MIDDLETOWN — Question: How can you drive a more environmentally friendly sport utility vehicle? Answer: Obey the speed limit, use cruise control, and avoid idling, suggests…

  • Teaching children ‘Where Peace Lives’

    Murals introduce youths to conflict resolution skills BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer Donna Clapp wants to educate young people about how to handle struggles in their lives by using art and media. From top: A student paints “We Can All Be Peacemakers” at Conerly Road School in Somerset, which exchanged a panel with a school…

  • Investigation ends in arrest for narcotics

    RED BANK — Red Bank police report that a narcotics investigation conducted over the course of several weeks has resulted in the arrest of a borough resident for the alleged sale of controlled dangerous substances. According to the department, an investigation conducted by Sgt. Michael Frazee, Detective Robert Clayton and members of the department’s Detective…

  • Mayor promotes traffic-calming aids

    Seeks lower speed limit, yield signs to help keep kids safe BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer “We want people to visit Red Bank, but we want them to go slow.” — Mayor Pasquale Menna RED BANK — To slow traffic and to protect children who walk to school, Mayor Pasquale Menna wants to increase traffic-calming…

  • First responders to receive training in autism

    Members of the New Jersey Center for Outreach and Services for the Autism Community (COSAC) were present in Trenton last week as Gov. Jon Corzine signed a bill requiring the Department of Health and Senior Services and the Department of Human Services to develop an autism, intellectual and developmental disability course and curriculum for first…

  • Candidates Night set for Oct. 15

    RED BANK — The Westside Community Group’s 12th Annual Red Bank Candidates Night will take place 7 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15. The event will take place at the River Street Commons, first floor Community Room, 49 Catherine St. Questions from the audience will be taken. All are welcome. All candidates for Red Bank…

  • NOTES

    CHRIS KELLY staff Sara Villa, of Tinton Falls, takes part in the corn-husking contest at the Harvest Home Festival at Longstreet Farm in Holmdel Sept. 28. Centrex Sports Club, 887 Route 35, Middletown, is holding a coat drive during October for One Warm Coat. The club is collecting clean, reusable coats and jackets to assist…

  • Boro man charged with kidnapping

    RED BANK — Borough police charged Hector Plazas-Sanchez for the alleged kidnapping of a 20-year-old female on Sept. 28. According to a press release issued by Red Bank police, Plazas-Sanchez, of Red Bank, was charged with one count of kidnapping, three counts of attempted robbery, two counts of aggravated assault, one count of simple assault,…

  • Hundreds of orchids to be auctioned off

    Society invites guests to learn about plants BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Going, going, gone! Hundreds of beautiful and exotic orchids will be up for bid at the Deep Cut Orchid Society’s annual auction to be held at the headquarters of the Colts Neck Fire Co. No. 1, Route 537, Colts Neck, on Oct. 11. A…