Category: HUB News

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Roddy Au, Red Bank, works on some ramp trickery as he skates at Skateplex, Long Branch, on Aug. 27.

  • Wanted: New executive director of RiverCenter

    Tricia Rumola leaving to join NYC nonprofit BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer The search is under way for a new executive director of Red Bank RiverCenter, the downtown alliance that oversees the borough’s business district. Tricia Rumola Tricia Rumola, the current executive director, will leave that post Sept. 7 and move on to a new…

  • FanFest will lead up to Breeders’ Cup

    Events seek to involve community in race festivities BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer OCEANPORT – – As Monmouth Park Racetrack is readied to host one of the world’s top thoroughbred races this fall, the Borough of Oceanport is gearing up for a week’s worth of local festivities to support the big event. Plans are in…

  • Volunteers needed to help safeguard elderly

    Looking for a way to make a difference? New Jersey’s elder ombudsman needs volunteers to help safeguard elderly people living in nursing homes and other long-term-care facilities. The Volunteer Advocacy Program, administered by the Public Advocate’s Office of the Ombudsman for the Institutionalized Elderly, acts as the eyes and ears of the ombudsman, said Elder…

  • Firemen’s Fair

    PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Top to bottom: Tessa Campolattaro, 3, of Rumson, takes the wheel on one of the many rides at the Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair Aug. 27. Thomas Brenner, 13, Fair Haven, spins cotton candy. The Bellezza family tries to win a prize as Frank and Nancy of Little Silver help Olivia,…

  • GOP: Politics at play in e-mail disclosures

    Kahle says council members need municipal accounts BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer An Oceanport councilwoman is calling for borough email accounts for the municipality’s governing body in order to protect the council members, as well as the pockets of taxpayers. Ellynn Kahle councilwoman Councilwoman Ellynn Kahle said her request comes in the wake of multiple…

  • ‘You’d Better Sweat It’

    PHOTOS BY GLORIA STRAVELLI The 32nd annual Clearwater Festival, New Jersey’s oldest and largest eco-festival, was held Saturday and Sunday at Sunset Park in Asbury Park. The theme of this year’s event, which is presented by Monmouth County Friends of Clearwater, was “Global Warming – You’d Better Sweat It!” The family-friendly event combines information on…

  • Police merger study gets $40K in state funding

    Little Silver, Fair Haven, Rumson look at sharing services BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer Astudy of the feasibility of merging the police departments of Little Silver, Fair Haven and Rumson is under way, funded by a SHARE Grant awarded by the New Jersey State Department of Community Affairs. Declan O’Scanlon Councilman The approximately $40,000 grant…

  • More summer campers in line for federal food program

    House bill would expand summer food program to all 50 states BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer Congressman Frank Pallone (D-6) speaks with youngsters who attend the Red Bank Recreation summer camp on Aug. 16. RED BANK – – With stomachs rumbling and lunch bells ringing in their heads, Red Bank summer campers sat still Aug.…