Category: HUB News

  • Hours extended at county 9/11 Memorial

    The eagle sculpture with a beam from one of the fallen World Trade Center towers. ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS — Mount Mitchill Scenic Overlook, on Ocean Boulevard in Atlantic Highlands, will be open from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday, Sept. 10,11,12 and 13, to provide additional opportunities for park patrons to visit Monmouth County’s…

  • New principal poised for new school year

    Interim gets top post at Red Bank Middle School BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer Maria Iozzi RED BANK — Just in time for the new school year, Maria Iozzi has been named principal for the Red Bank Middle School. Her appointment was announced at the Aug. 28 Board of Education meeting by Red Bank Public…

  • Two signal interest in vacant council seat

    BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — Two borough residents have expressed an interest in filling the Borough Council seat vacated by the resignation of former council President Brendan Tobin two weeks ago. Charles Lomangino and Andrew Mayer have picked up petition packets, the first step toward appearing on the November ballet as a…

  • Council president resigns abruptly

    Council appointee may fill vacancy until Nov. election BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer Brendan Tobin TINTON FALLS — Borough Council President Brendan Tobin resigned from his position last week, leaving those on and off the dais stunned. Things started out normally during the Aug. 19 council meeting, but Tobin’s sudden resignation following the roll call…

  • Fort reuse panel enters home stretch

    FMERPA officials address concerns of three host towns BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer FORT MONMOUTH TINTON FALLS — With a deadline fast approaching, the Fort Monmouth reuse authority addressed concerns raised by the fort’s three host towns during last week’s penultimate meeting. The Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Planning Authority (FMERPA) met in Tinton Falls on…

  • Horsing around in the sand

    Clockwise from top left: Richard Isgard, Freehold, works on his entry for the Fourth Annual Sand Sculpting Competition held at Monmouth Park racetrack on Aug. 23. A completed sand sculpture created by Bill Cichone, Bridgewater, is ready for judging in the equine-themed Sand Sculpting Competition. Matthew Deibert, Smithville, refines the details on his entry for…

  • Web site to name restaurants with unsatisfactory inspections

    According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Internet Web site, food-borne diseases cause approximately 76 million illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations, and 5,000 deaths in the United States each year. No state, county or municipality is immune from this problem, according to a press release from Monmouth County. Monmouth County Freeholder Barbara J. McMorrow, the…

  • Lessons from a dark chapter in world history

    Holmdel teacher tours Holocaust sites in Europe BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer The atrocities of the Holocaust during World War II may be covered in history courses throughout the United States, but for one high school teacher, a trip through Europe was a real education. ERIC SUCAR staff Holmdel High School teacher Jill McCracken…

  • Saturday in the Park 5K to help women

    2007 start of Saturday in the Park 5K HOLMDEL — More than 500 women runners and walkers are expected to join together at Holmdel Park on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend, Aug. 30, at 9 a.m., to raise funds for and promote awareness of organizations that provide essential services to women and their children…