Category: HUB News

  • American Red Cross offers Halloween safety tips

    TINTON FALLS – As ghosts, pirates and princesses prepare to descend on neighborhoods across America on Halloween night, the American Red Cross offers parents some safety tips to help prepare their children for a safe and enjoyable trick-or-treat holiday. “By following a few simple safety tips, parents can make this Halloween a safe and fun…

  • Borough residents can vote for new Web site design

    TINTON FALLS – Residents are being asked by the Borough Council to participate in an online vote for the new municipal Web site design. Residents can place their votes starting Oct. 22 until Oct. 31 by visiting the current borough Web site at www.Tintonfalls.com and clicking on the link that reads “vote for Web site…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Isabella Gopin, 8, Elberon, has fun on one of the rides at the Breeders’ Cup FanFest Oct. 21 at Monmouth Park racetrack in Oceanport.

  • Red Bank reacts to hip-hop melee

    Some residents say they no longer feel safe on streets BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer After a recent hip-hop event at a West Front Street club erupted into a street brawl involving several hundred people, the club owner has agreed to a change in music programming. Red Bank Mayor Pasquale Menna said the owner of…

  • Boro mulls measures to curb underage drinking

    Ordinance would give police the right to enter a private home BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer TINTON FALLS – The Borough Council will continue to workshop two ordinances involving the consumption and purchase of alcohol by underage persons at the November or early December council meetings. One of the ordinances being drafted addresses underage drinking…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Rebecca Burnette, 3, marches in the Red Bank Halloween parade Oct. 21.

  • Future of fort, racetrack

    Four candidates – an incumbent and three challengers – are vying for two seats up for election Nov. 6 on the Oceanport Borough Council. Although their political affiliations differ, all four agree that two issues are critical to the future of Oceanport: the future uses of Fort Monmouth’s acreage and the viability of Monmouth Park…

  • Mayoral candidates see Oceanport at crossroads

    A former member of the Borough Council is challenging incumbent Lucille Chaump for the mayoral seat Lucille Chaump – Christine Varno Lucille Chaump With two years of experience, Oceanport Mayor Lucille Chaump said she is seeking re-election to continue addressing the many ongoing issues facing the borough. Such issues, Chaump said, are the closure of…

  • County’s first female attorney dies at 99

    Red Bank attorney Florence Forgotson Adams had an enduring connection with the Monmouth County Bar Association throughout her long career. Florence Forgotson Adams Forgotson, who died at her home Oct. 13 at the age of 99, was the first woman to become a member of the county bar association. And, she was the last person…