Category: HUB News

  • Report: Median new home in county $810K

    Study notes about half of homes being built are age-restricted BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer FREEHOLD – The median price of a new single-family home in Monmouth County is now $810,000, according to a new study. Project Manager Yen-Quen Chen of the Monmouth County Planning Department produced the report,…

  • Tour to visit Freehold’s popular & historic sites

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD – History buffs can take advantage of an opportunity to see Freehold Borough’s history up close and personal on June 23 when the first Historic Borough Bus Tour is held. The tour, sponsored by the Freehold Borough Historic Preservation Commis-sion, will offer up…

  • Monmouth, Ocean Girl Scouts OK merger

    By an overwhelming vote on June 4, delegates from the Girl Scouts of Ocean County and the Monmouth Council of Girl Scouts ratified their merger after more than a year of planning. The newly formed Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore will formally launch July 1 and serve almost 18,000 girls with the assistance of…

  • Relay for Life celebrates spirit of cancer survivors

    Event held at RBR raises $70K for cancer research BY ANUM AZAM Correspondent BY ANUM AZAMCorrespondent Mary Graves, Amy Wallace and Ali Quast walked as Team Juggey, the nickname of Steve Graves. LITTLE SILVER – – The Red Bank Regional High School football and track and field was transformed into a colorful tent city June…

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    ERIC SUCAR staff Runners make their way along Broad Street to the finish line of the George Sheehan Classic 5-Mile Run, which drew more than 3,000 runners to Red Bank Saturday.

  • RBPD promotes 7 officers

    BY LAYLI WHYTE Correspondent BY LAYLI WHYTECorrespondent RED BANK – Following the retirements of Capt. Aurelio Ramos, Lt. John Schulte and Sgt. Dennis Kerr, several officers in the Red Bank Police Department have received promotions. “We have a first-rate, and I believe, the premier police department in New Jersey,” said Mayor Pasquale Menna at the…

  • Boro offices finally move into new home

    Employees settle into spacious new $9.5M quarters BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Top photo: Tinton Falls’ new municipal building has a center section, where the court is located, and two wings, one for the municipal offices and the other for the police department. Bottom: The new…

  • Budding poets from local schools recognized

    BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Verbs and nouns and children sounds, that is what constitutes a poetry contest for elementary school children. The Monmouth County Reading Council (MCRC) recently announced the winners of its 2007 Poetry Contest. They are from schools in Tinton Falls, Fair Haven, Red Bank and Cliffwood in…

  • Council to rule today on fate of liquor store

    Charges against Best Liquors include selling to minors BY LAYLI WHYTE Correspondent BY LAYLI WHYTECorrespondent The hearing to decide the future of the alcohol distribution license held by Best Liquors of Red Bank continued last week, but the Borough Council will not announce its decision until this afternoon at 4 p.m. The council heard testimony…