Category: HUB News

  • O’port has 10-year plan for park upgrades

    BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer OCEANPORT— Charles Park may be the first of the borough’s parks to see some overdue renovations, if a grant application approved by the Borough Council last week is successful. The Parks and Recreation Committee went over plans for Charles Park on Monmouth Boulevard as well as some of the borough’s…

  • New Jersey Lighthouse Challenge

    PHOTO COURTESY OF THE LIGHTHOUSE HUNTERS Tucker’s Island Lighthouse, Tuckerton The weekend lighthouse event that enthusiasts look forward to each year is coming up next month. On Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 18 and 19, the ninth annual New Jersey Lighthouse Challenge will take place around the New Jersey coast to take in 11 land-based lights…

  • RBR’s performing arts program has new director

    BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer Barbara DiLea LITTLE SILVER — Red Bank Regional High School’s acclaimed Visual and Performing Arts Academy has a new administrator at the helm. Barbara DiLea has been named to succeedAnthonyMigliaccio, who headed the visual and performing arts program for some 10 years. Migliaccio announced his retirement last year. Superintendent Edward…

  • Red Bank Street Fair

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Above: Geno Inghilleri, of Eatontown, looks over the selection of puppets for sale at the Red Bank Street Fair on Sept. 7. Left: Woody Duncan (r), of Port Republic, and Chris Delacruz, of Old Bridge, get acquainted at the annual street fair held on Broad and Monmouth streets.

  • Skim Bash

    Competitors show their individual styles — catching a wave, sitting on top of the world and making their way through the tube — during the fifth annual Sea Bright Skim Bash held Sept. 7 at the Sea Bright municipal beach. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Green Buildings Open House set for 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,…

  • Photo

    Reed Crosby, of Surf City, wipes out during the fifth annual Sea Bright Skim Bash held Sept. 7 at the Sea Bright municipal beach. More photos, page 27. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • NOTES

    The Foundation for Shrewsbury Education hosted an “Unpack the Macs” party Aug. 27 to unveil the 25 new Apple computers purchased by the foundation for the Shrewsbury Borough School’s Computer Lab. The computers will be for used by students in grades K-8. ***** Spoil yourself Sept. 20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the…

  • Despite discord, fort reuse plan approved

    Panel majority wary of losing control over zoning BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer T he Fort Monmouth redevelopment authority approved a reuse plan for the fort property last week despite objections from officials, residents and two of the mayors on the panel. Freeholder Director Lillian Burry During a Sept. 3 special meeting at the Tinton…