Category: HUB News

  • Walk/run to benefit brain tumor research

    OCEANPORT – – The second annual Kortney’s Challenge 2-mile fun run and walk will be held at Blackberry Bay Park in Oceanport Sept. 8. Preregistration check-in and same-day registration starts at 2 p.m. with the race to follow at 3 p.m. Rain date is Sept. 9. The event will be held in memory of Kortney…

  • Police seek burglary suspect

    RED BANK – A suspect attempted to break in and burglarize a residence on South Street Aug. 9, according to a township police department press release. The resident returned to the South Street home at approximately 1:05 p.m. and discovered the suspect attempting to gain entry into the home, according to the press release. The…

  • Parking plan revised for L.S. project

    Planning Board hearing continues Sept. 6 at 7 p.m. BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer BY MELISSA KARSHStaff Writer LITTLE SILVER – – A revised parking plan for a proposed townhome development on Eastview Avenue was presented at the Little Silver Planning Board meeting Aug. 9. Engineer Peter A. Ciliberto Jr., testifying for applicant Eastview Associates…

  • Freeholders adopt rules on campaign financing

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has adopted what is believed to be the strongest pay-to-play reforms in New Jersey that caps all contributions from anyone doing business with the county. It also restricts the wheeling of campaign contributions from out-of-county special interests, political committees, candidate committees and political action committees. According to a press…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Siobhan Kenney and Nicole Sikowitz unfurl the spinnaker during the Junior Sweepstakes Regatta held Aug. 7 at the Shrewsbury Sailing and Yacht Club in Oceanport. More photos, page 3.

  • Campers learn to row, row, row their sculls

    Camper Kalil Richardson with Navesink River Rowing President Kay Vilardi. Thirty campers from the Red Bank Recreation Summer Program and their counselors tried something different recently – rowing lessons with Navesink River Rowing (NRR). The youths spent an afternoon with members of the rowing club who shared some riverside lore and their love of the…

  • Group wants study of bridge impact

    Partnership to ask DOT to assess effect on environment BY AMANDA BELING Staff Writer BY AMANDA BELINGStaff Writer Highlands bridge A newly formed Environ-mental Partnership of 14 local municipalities is asking for a full Environmental Impact Assessment of the proposed replacement of the Highlands Bridge. “There are many environmental questions that remain unanswered that we…

  • Rookie lifeguard, family members save swimmer

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Jessica Mejia LONG BRANCH – When off-duty rookie lifeguard Jessica Mejia witnessed a man struggling in the water after hours at Seven Presidents beach, her instincts took over and she ran to his rescue. The rescue turned into a joint family effort when Mejia was joined…

  • Support grows for community center

    Menna says boro will consider use of former Y bldg. BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer BY MELISSA KARSHStaff Writer Led by local community activist David Prown, concerned Red Bank residents came out in droves for the Aug. 13 council meeting to alert the council about the need for a community center in Red Bank. Prown,…