Category: HUB News

  • Volunteer work day

    Clockwise from top: Edith Roach, of Neptune, rakes away clippings on a small garden at the Evergreen Terrace Housing Complex April 26 as part of Community Volunteer Work Day in Red Bank. Regine Jean, of Neptune, plants new flower bulbs. Jayler Harris, 12 of Neptune, mows the lawn at the complex. Sponsors of the event…

  • Officials call for query into plans to close fort

    Maclearie: Reversal of fort closure will result in additional expenses BY MELISSA KARSH, DANIEL HOWLEY & JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writers Agroup of Monmouth County Assembly members are claiming that the decision to close Fort Monmouth was based on false and misleading information. Six Assembly members are asking for further investigation into the decision-making process regarding…

  • In the Service

    Army Staff Sgt. Christine M. Moriarty has been mobilized and activated for deployment overseas to a forward operating base in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The staff sergeant is a civil affairs specialist normally assigned to the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion, Fort Dix, and has served in the military for more than 18 years. A…

  • Photo

    Rumson’s Alyssa O’Connor, 14, participates in Clean Ocean Action’s 23rd annual Beach Sweeps in Sea Bright on April 26. About 3,000 volunteers removed and catalogued thousands of pieces of debris. Data collected from the beach cleanups aids in identifying pollution trends and supports efforts to keep New Jersey beaches clean and healthy for residents and…

  • Ocean advocates seek to block LNG facilities

    Groups rally against proposed LNG facilities off the Jersey coast BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer Local environmentalists have drawn a line in the sand and continue to voice their opposition on proposals to build liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage facilities off the coast. A rally, sponsored by Clean Ocean Action, is held on the beach…

  • ‘Weekend in Old Monmouth’ features tour of historic sites

    Monmouth County’s first "Weekend in Old Monmouth" historic tour will open the doors of 32 local historic sites all at the same time- from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. onMay 3 and from noon to 5 p.m. on May 4. "Independent and local historic sites are generally operated independently of one another," said Monmouth County…

  • Red Bank mayor: No sale of riverfront lot

    Resident: Volunteers needed for lot cleanup on June 1 BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer RED BANK – Red Bank Mayor Pasquale Menna has called off the potential sale of one of the last remaining borough owned riverfront properties on the east side. "The mayor has discontinued the process of investigating whether to sell the vacant…

  • Housing obligation concerns

    BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer TINTON FALLS – As many as 200 additional units could be added to the borough’s COAH (Council on Affordable Housing) obligation by the preliminary Fort Monmouth re-use plan, according to planners at the April 23 Planning Board meeting. Representatives of the FortMonmouth Economic Revitalization Planning Authority (FMERPA) and their planners,…

  • New Jersey beaches awash in litter

    Left: Rumson’s Karl Buch, along with Roxanne, walk along the oceanfront during Beach Sweeps in Sea Bright. Above: Sea Bright’s Natalie Skurat participates in the cleanup on April 26. SANDYHOOK- Local ocean advocacy group Clean Ocean Action (COA) released data April 24 from the 2007 Beach Sweeps that reveals volunteers removed a record number of…