Category: HUB News

  • Library project add-ons total over $100K

    Change orders add up, but project is within budget BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer After numerous change orders for renovations to the Red Bank Public Library that cost the borough more than $100,000, the Borough Council balked at approving an additional $8,467 change order at last week’s council meeting. The total cost of the change…

  • RiverCenter welcomes new executive director

    With broad experience in downtowns, Adams sees post as a good match BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer MELISSA KARSH Harriet Cook, director of RiverCenter operations, and Nancy Adams, new executive director. RED BANK – – Political aspirations and downtown revitalization goals are two of the qualifications of Red Bank RiverCenter’s newly named executive director. Nancy…

  • Walk to feed the hungry

    The 27th Crop Hunger Walk in the Red Bank Area will take place Sunday, Oct. 21, starting at Red Bank Regional High School, through Fair Haven, Red Bank and Little Silver, to raise funds for 15 local hunger-fighting partner programs in Monmouth County. The Crop Walk will collect rice, beans and peanut butter for local…

  • Fort Monmouth honors military retirees

    Fort Monmouth will host its annual Military Retiree Appreciation Day Saturday, Oct. 13. Admission is free and military retirees from all services and their families in Monmouth, Middlesex, Union, Morris, Warren, Essex, Hudson, Bergen, Sussex, Hunterdon and Passaic counties are invited and encouraged to attend. The day will begin at 9 a.m. in the Officers’…

  • Boro mayor will face challenge

    SEA BRIGHT – Mayoral and Borough Council elections will take place in the borough in November, with three incumbent office holders facing challenges. Incumbent Mayor Jo-Ann Kalaka- Adams, a Republican, will be challenged in the race for mayor by Councilwoman Maria Fernandes, a Democrat. This will be the second time Kalaka- Adams is being challenged…

  • No contest for council seats

    FAIR HAVEN – Incumbment Councilman Jonathon Peters and newcomer John M. Lehnert are running for the two seats up for election on the Borough Council in an uncontested municipal election this November. Peters, of Park Avenue, is seeking his second three-year term on the all-Republican six-member council. Councilman Thomas Schissler decided not to seek re-election…

  • Celebrating Jamie for a job well-done

    Ocean Place fetes employee for 11 yrs. of service BY AMANDA BELING Staff Writer Jamie Kiernan LONG BRANCH – Known as the “hardest working man” at his Arc of Monmouth group home, Jamie Kiernan is no ordinary Joe. Born with the extra chromosome that causes Down syndrome, Jamie, 33, has been living a very full…

  • Sea Bright at work on flood plan

    Hazards, ways to mitigate flooding being studied BY AMANDA BELING Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT – – As part of its Smart Growth planning, the governing body has a flood mitigation plan in the works. At a workshop meeting Sept. 27, Mayor Jo-Ann Kalaka-Adams and members of the Borough Council discussed the process of formulating an…

  • Brookdale offering free job training to local businesses

    MIDDLETOWN – As a participating partner of the Basic-Skills Workforce Training Program, Brookdale Community College is offering basic skills training to employees of Monmouth County businesses at no charge, thanks to a $1.88 million grant from the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Recently, the Labor Department partnered with the New Jersey Business…