Category: HUB News

  • NOTES AROUND TOWN

    Learn how to recognize the hawks that fly overhead during their annual fall migration. The Monmouth County Park System is sponsoring a series of day trips to local hawk-watching hot spots. Bring binoculars and pack a lunch. Each of the day trips begin at 8 a.m. in the parking lot of Huber Woods Park Environmental…

  • Hook advocates will appeal court rejection

    District Court says developer’s lease stands BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent Save Sandy Hook will appeal a U.S. District Court decision that rejected the group’s complaint that a developer’s lease for historic buildings at Fort Hancock is “arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion or not otherwise in accordance with law.” The grassroots organization formed to block…

  • Police officer forfeits position after conviction

    On Aug. 31, the Judge Ira E. Kreizman ordered Dean A. Hashimi, a 12-year veteran of the Jersey City Police Department, to forfeit his employment as a condition of a sentence imposed for a 2006 attempted insurance scam and false report to police. Kreizman imposed a two-year term of probation upon Hashimi, 38, of Red…

  • DOT seeking bids for Highlands bridge

    Demolition of drawbridge could begin in early 2008 BY AMANDA BELING Staff Writer As early as January, the Highlands bridge is coming down, according to the N.J. Department of Transportation (DOT). DOT spokeswoman Erin Phallon said last week the official newspaper advertisement for bids went out Sept. 13. “They [the DOT] will start accepting bids…

  • Panel recommends ways to improve boro gov’t.

    Volunteers will continue review for additional two-month period BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer OCEANPORT – A volunteer panel has recommended creating a borough manager’s position to improve the efficiency of borough government, but said the council may not have to hire additional personnel to fill the role. A three-member, volunteer “blue ribbon” panel charged with…

  • Residents want action on pollution of waterways

    Group says runoff from racetrack must be stemmed BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer LONG BRANCH – A group of city homeowners is calling on municipal, county and state officials to find a solution to the polluted waterways surrounding Monmouth Park racetrack. The group, which has taken the name, the Rivergate Keepers, is planning to meet…

  • Officers to take part in Tour de Force to honor 9/11 fallen

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN – Many people have many ways of honoring those who perished on 9/11, and members of the Middletown Police Department are no different. Starting yesterday, Detective Gerald Weimer, Lt. Craig Weber and Lt. Joseph Capriotti, along with 100 other law enforcement officers from throughout the country and Canada, will…

  • NOTES

    Co-chairs Becky Weinberg (l-r) and Stacee Seiler Samuels kick up their “paws” with Monmouth County SPCA Executive Director Ursula Goetz (center) at the kickoff party for Kick Up Your Paws!, a fundraiser to be held at the home of Becky and Max Weinberg Saturday, Oct. 13. Proceeds will benefit a $3.5 million campaign to renovate…

  • Skimboarding Competition September 9

    CHRIS KELLY staff Rumson’s Danny Miles, 17, competes in the fourth annual Sea Bright Skimboard Competition on Sept. 9.