Category: HUB News

  • Grant enhances diabetes care at Parker clinic

    Center receives one of only 10 AMA grants awarded nationwide RED BANK – The Parker Family Health Center has received a $25,000 grant for a project that will enhance the clinic’s existing diabetes management program. At present, the Parker Center is caring for more than 100 diabetic patients in a coordinated disease management program that…

  • Sewer ban to affect development projects

    Plan to increase capacity expected to take two years BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer ERICSUCAR staff The Two Rivers Water Reclamation Authority building, Highland Street, Monmouth Beach. A self-imposed sewer connection ban by the Two Rivers Water Reclamation Authority will affect new construction in 12 towns and Fort Monmouth for an…

  • Notes Around Town

    Mary Ann Christopher (l-r), Isabel Giblon and Judith Stanley Coleman. River Road Books, 759 River Road, Fair Haven, will hold a midnight party Friday, for the release of the seventh Harry Potter book, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” at 12:01 a.m. July 21. Doors open at 11:30 p.m. and the party ends at 1…

  • Ocean Grove House Tour takes place July 20

    This Victorian house will be included on the house tour. The Ocean Grove Historical Society will hold its 39th annual house tour Friday, July 20. The self-guided walking tour within the picturesque Victorian community will include eight beautiful and/or historic homes as well as two of the town’s well-known tent homes. Also included will be…

  • Home Depot approved in Tinton Falls

    BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer TINTON FALLS – Home Depot is coming to the borough. The variance-free application was approved at the July 27 Planning Board meeting. It is now being reviewed by the county and the state, which has to review the traffic impact. They must decide whether or not…

  • Sound of music will be muted in the downtown

    Mayor presses for limit on horn honking in neighborhoods BY LAYLI WHYTE Correspondent BY LAYLI WHYTECorrespondent RED BANK – No sooner had the Borough Council voted to approve a noise control ordinance for the downtown this week, than Mayor Pasquale Menna also suggested some noise restrictions that would protect residential neighborhoods as well. “I think…

  • YMCA swim lessons promote water safety

    Youngsters learn to swim at the YMCA. Red Bank – – As part of a community outreach, a series of water safety lessons were held for children ages 3-17 at The Community YMCA’s Family Health and Fitness Center in Red Bank June 18-23. Offered at reduced fees to the community, the swim lessons emphasized the…

  • Oh, say, can you see

    PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Red Bank’s annual Independence Day fireworks spectacular, KaBoom! Fireworks on the Navesink, lights up the night sky July 3. Throngs wait in Riverside Gardens Park prior to the display, while Chris Fahey, Oceanport, captures the scene. Harrison Baker, 12, Monmouth Beach, and Megan Baker, 12, Manalapan, offer July 4 wares…

  • Pallone seeks inquiry into Fort Hancock lease

    U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6) has called on the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Interior to investigate the three-year-old lease agreement between the National Park Service (NPS) and Sandy Hook Partners (SHP) involving the redevelopment of Fort Hancock. Pallone formally requested the investigation in a letter sent to Earl Devaney, inspector general…