Category: HUB News

  • Volunteers can train online for youth helpline

    HAZLET — Making a difference in a child’s life just got easier. The nonprofit 2nd Floor, a toll-free, anonymous and confidential helpline for children and adolescents in New Jersey, has made training for volunteers more accessible via online courses. The helpline is a program of 180, Turning Lives Around and receives thousands of calls each…

  • Green Buildings Open House Oct. 4

    The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) is inviting the public to visit local green buildings in the Northeast to see energy savings in action during the 2008 Green Buildings Open House on Oct. 4. Sixteen homes in Monmouth County will be open to the public, including homes in Atlantic Highlands, Clarksburg, Fair Haven, Freehold, Hazlet,…

  • County, local partners to address homelessness

    FREEHOLD – Monmouth County officials and their community partners have begun developing a plan aimed at ending chronic homelessness in 10 years. “I am delighted this forum is taking place,” Monmouth County Freeholder John D’Amico Jr. said. “We have a moral obligation to help those who are less fortunate —especially those who, for one reason…

  • Sea Bright GOP against sign ban

    Mayor aims for consensus between both parties BY SHARON LEFF Staff Witer SEA BRIGHT — The borough’s Republican Party apparently reversed itself and decided not to support the mayor’s proposed ban on local campaign signs after all. Sea Bright GOP Chairwoman Marianne McKenzie had said in a Sept. 9 e-mail that she was sending a…

  • ‘China Challenge’ art show opens

    BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Pastor Gerda Liebmann looks over some of the cards created for Red Bank Community Church’s “China Challenge” art exhibit. RED BANK — To support the pastors of China’s underground churches, Red Bank Community Church is hosting the “China Challenge,” an art show featuring cards with original art…

  • Sample food, more at ‘Taste of Sea Bright’

    BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — To showcase local businesses after the summer season ends, the Sea Bright Business Alliance will host “A Taste of Sea Bright” on Saturday, Sept. 27. The event will involve the participation of 27 different establishments; among them are restaurants, bars and retail locations. “We’re hoping it will…

  • Future of shared services in doubt

    F.H. and Rumson vote to form joint committee BY J.J. SULLIVAN III Correspondent The proposals of the Two River Regional Police Study Group were met with guarded skepticism by officials in Rumson and Fair Haven last week, with both municipalities expressing serious doubts about the feasibility of consolidating their police departments. The study’s recommendation to…

  • Remembering a hero

    Family and friends mourn the loss of Coleman Bean, 25 BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer FILE PHOTO Coleman Bean plays with the family’s dog at home in East Brunswick in March 2004, shortly after returning from his first tour of duty with the U.S. Army in Iraq. Coleman Bean was a lot of things to…

  • A new ‘voice’ to speak for local waters

    Debbie Mans is the new head at NY/NJ Baykeeper BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer Baykeeper Debbie Mans The quiet motion of the Raritan Bay mesmerized people sitting on the benches at the borough promenade as Debbie Mans looked out over the waters that she now has stewardship over. As the newly appointed baykeeper at…