Category: HUB News

  • Italianissimo!

    PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff The Zippor ride takes visitors to the 31st Italian Festival for a spin on Aug. 8. Lajos Barabas waits for customers during the festival, held Aug. 8-12 at Joe Palaia Park in Ocean Township. Richard Kohler, Tinton Falls, sports his red, white and green cap during the event, which is…

  • Oceanport to hold end-of-summer fest

    OCEANPORT – The borough will host its 31st annual Summer’s End Festival Sept. 8 at 4 p.m. at Blackberry Bay Park. A rain date is scheduled for the Sept. 9. Festivities at the event will include face-painting, spin art, moon bounce, food vendors, relay races, and karate and dance demonstrations. There will also be hot…

  • Sailing off

    PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Clockwise from top: Young sailors compete during the Junior Sweepstakes Regatta held Aug. 7 at the Shrewsbury Sailing and Yacht Club in Oceanport. Hilary Clauss and Brooke Luisi compete in the C420 division of the regatta. John Duddy (center) rounds a buoy marker during the Blue Optimist division race. Competitors…

  • Keeping horse industry at pace may cost $50M-$75M

    Legislators aim to ramp up support for $1.1B enterprise in trouble BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Assemblyman Joseph Malone (R-30) wants to use bare-knuckle politics to get legislators in Trenton to understand the importance of New Jersey’s horse industry and racing. Malone made his remarks at a meeting…

  • Notes

    The Sea Bright Library will be collecting book donations for its annual book sale through Aug. 31. The books should be clean and without any mold or mildew. No textbooks or encyclopedias, but paperbacks are OK. Please drop books off during regular library hours. Do not leave them outside the library as they will get…

  • Boro will go ahead with Donovan’s talks

    Council’s views on purchase break along party lines BY AMANDA BELING Staff Writer BY AMANDA BELINGStaff Writer Donovan’s Reef SEA BRIGHT – Mayor Jo-Ann Kalaka-Adams broke the tie vote among Borough Council members in favor of starting negotiations for the possible purchase of Donovan’s Reef at the municipal meeting Tuesday, Aug. 7. Kalaka-Adams, a Republican,…

  • Photo

    Family members ranging from 9 months to 96 years gathered for a Mazza Family Reunion Saturday, July 28, at the home of John and Delynn Mehrlander, Little Silver. This was the second formal reunion since 1986 with several informal reunions held in between. In attendance were the children, grandchildren, great-great grandchildren and great-great-great grandchildren of…

  • 7 appointed to committee

    TINTON FALLS – Because many members of the Borough’s Open Space Committee had resigned over the last several months, the Borough Council was anxious to fill those positions. At the Aug. 7 meeting, the council did just that and appointed seven new members. “Fortunately, when the word went out that new members were needed, the…

  • Jazz in the Park

    PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff With the Navesink River as a backdrop, the Don Carter band performs at Riverside Gardens Park in Red Bank Aug. 9. Vocalist Yvonne Taylor performs with the band during the Jazz in the Park concert. Percussionist Don Carter plays under cloudy skies that kept many jazz aficionados indoors.