Category: HUB News

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    Specialist Buchi Bush places a battle streamer on the U.S. Army flag during the 233rd Army Birthday and Flag Day Ceremony held at the World War II Memorial on Greeley Field at Fort Monmouth on June 13. ERIC SUCAR staff

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    Bobbie Merce, wife of Markham Place School Principal Don Merce who was killed in a May 6 car accident, shares memories of her husband at a memorial service in his honor at the Little Silver school on June 5. Story, page 3. FRANK GALIPO

  • Injured surfers learn that ‘Life Rolls On’

    ‘They Will Surf Again’ event set for Long Branch oceanfront June 22 BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer LONG BRANCH – Life does not stop when someone suffers a spinal cord injury. This is the message of an upcoming event to show that an injury is just the beginning of a new and more challenging journey.…

  • State, local officials act to mitigate racetrack runoff

    Neighborhood watch group wants end to pollution of waterways BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer Oceanport has asked the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to allow more wastewater from Monmouth Park to be processed at the Two Rivers Water Reclamation Authority. A sign warns boaters not to come in contact with the water under the…

  • Community remembers a principal who was also a friend

    Memorial service held for beloved educator killed in collision BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer One of Lindsay Karcher’s favorite people was hermiddle school principal Don Merce, who passed away about amonth ago in a car accident. Hundreds of community members look on as current and former students, faculty members and administrators share fond memories of…

  • Judge denies motion to dismiss election contest

    Sea Bright mayor will appeal Superior Court decision BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT – The case continues forward as a state Superior Court Judge denied a motion to dismiss an election contest petition involving the Sea Bright mayoral election night results. Sea Bright Mayor Maria D. Fernandes filed the motion to dismiss former…

  • O’port forms historical committee with eye on fort’s historic district

    Briscione: Army building could be site of boro hall BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer OCEANPORT – The Historic District of Fort Monmouth could be the future site of a new borough hall, according to a suggestion made by a Borough Council member last week. Councilman Jay Briscione said at the June 5 council meeting that…

  • Rumson taxes to rise by 2 percent

    Public hearing on budget set for June 24 BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer RUMSON – For the first time in three years, there will be an increase in the municipal tax rate in Rumson, according to Mayor John Ekdahl. “Nobody in the state is permitted to raise their budgets by more than 4 percent in…

  • Red Bank to preserve vacant lot as open space

    Resolution to preserve tract will be on June 23 agenda BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer Cindy Burnham at a lot cleanup on June 1. RED BANK – One of the last remaining borough-owned riverfront properties on the east side may be added to the Open Space Inventory as part of Red Bank’s overall preservation plan.…