Category: HUB News

  • ‘New Beginnings 2008’ Happy tales = happy tails

    Twelve new happy tales, 12 wonderful adoption stories are featured in the 2008 New Beginnings Calendar from the Monmouth County SPCA. This year’s photos were taken by photographers Joan LaBanca and Scott Longfield and volunteer Val Craig and highlight 12 heartwarming stories of pets (dogs, cats and even a rabbit) adopted from the MCSPCA. The…

  • People Who Make a Difference

    Bringing the holiday to some special children BY MARIANNE KLIGMAN Correspondent Fifteen years ago, Susan Tudor and her husband, Barry, welcomed their second child and only son, Jeremy, into the world. ALEX TOWLE At the Blue Moon Yoga Studio in Shrewsbury on Dec. 16, Chuck Blair of Eatontown and Amanda Ciccia of Middletown pack a…

  • Council approves revised cell tower ordinance

    Restrictions call for buffer, setbacks from residential properties BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer TINTON FALLS – The controversy regarding cell tower placement in the borough appears to have been resolved as the Borough Council approved an amended ordinance “to include wireless telecommunications” at the end-of-year meeting on Dec. 27. Council members unanimously voted to approve…

  • Polar Bears poised for icy plunge in Sea Bright

    BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer Polar Bear Plungers get ready to take a dip Jan. 1, 2007, in Sea Bright. SEABRIGHT- Have you ever felt the urge to take a dip in the ocean on a crisp January afternoon while raising some money for charity? Well, the Sons of Ireland Polar Bear Plungers have, and…

  • Suspect arrested in Catherine St. burglary

    RED BANK – A 28-year-old male was arrested Dec. 20 and charged with the burglary of a Catherine Street residence. The home was the fifth residence owned by a Hispanic family to be burglarized in the area during the daytime, according to the Red Bank Police Department. Red Bank police arrested Milo Rainey Jr., of…

  • Bloopers

    Hope you’ll excuse our ‘fowl’ language ADELE YOUNG We like to start the new year by looking back at the typographical and grammatical errors that almost made it, and some that actually did make it, into some of Greater Media Newspapers’ publications during the previous year. One of our most colorful characters in recent years…

  • Shelter warns: Avoid ‘free to good home’ ads

    BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer There is nothing Ursula Goetz loves more than a litter of cute, cuddly kittens. Ursula Goetz and a shelter cat So when stories come out about animal cruelty, she wonders why people don’t just put their pets up for adoption at a shelter as opposed to giving them away for…

  • ‘Camp Woz’ alum to get red-carpet treatment

    BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer Campers from Monmouth Cares prepare for their trip to Camp Woz last summer. RED BANK – Headlining at the Count Basie Theatre this winter are six-time Grammy winner Gladys Knight, hit makers Styx and a group of Monmouth County youths. The 10 youngmen star in a student-made documentary of their…

  • Congressmen secure funds for rail line study

    The U.S. House of Representatives passed funding for the Monmouth, Ocean, Middlesex (MOM) passenger rail line onDec. 19, said Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Congressman Jim Saxton (R-NJ), who had worked throughout the year to have the money included in the 2008 federal budget. According to a press release from Smith and Saxton, theMOMAlternativesAnalysis will…