Category: HUB News

  • Local team to compete in ‘World Series of Birding’

    The Cheep Trills team of Monmouth County Audubon Society, Red Bank, will take part in the 24-hour “World Series of Birding” May 12. Teams nationwide compete in the event. trying to find the most bird species in 24 hours. Cheep Trills was the 2006 champion in the limited geographic area category. A field of more…

  • Earth Day

    SCOTT PILLING staff Brandon Hussey, a sixth-grader at the Red Bank Charter School, plants a tree on the school grounds during the school’s Earth Day assembly April 20.

  • Brookdale names WWII center after Narozanick

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer DAN NEWMAN Holding the scissors (l-r) are Brookdale Community College President Peter Burnham and Freeholder Emeritus Ted Narozanick as they get ready to cut the ribbon at the Center for World War II Studies and Conflict Resolution, which was named after Narozanick. MIDDLETOWN – For nearly…

  • Running to celebrate life

    Marathoner battles brain tumor by building stamina BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Tim Ragan running in the Sgt. Pat 5K in Long Branch earlier this month. LONG BRANCH – – As runners gather at the Long Branch shore Sunday to take on the challenge of the Long Branch Marathon, one man…

  • Pre-K gourmet … to go

    PHOTOSBYSCOTT PILLING staff Red Bank Mayor Pasquale Menna made good on a promise to prepare a home-cooked lunch for preschoolers in Mrs. Moss’ class at Red Bank Primary School April 18. Top, Arwen Curtiss and Ruby Flores dig in to the repast. Below, Menna, reputed to be a gourmet chef, arranges the luncheon buffet.

  • Oceanport stalled on budget vote

    Special budget meeting May 3; public hearing set for May 24 BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer OCEANPORT – The Borough Council failed to approve the municipal budget last week after no members of council seconded a motion to adopt the $6.2 million spending plan. An amended budget is expected to be…

  • Arborist: Trees removed due to safety concerns

    Boro to receive Tree City status on Arbor Day BY SARAH KLEPNER Staff Writer BY SARAH KLEPNERStaff Writer RED BANK – There was an unusual exhibit at the Borough Council meeting April 23. Three large tree segments, the remains of nine trees that were removed on White Street earlier in the day, were on display.…

  • Grant will help preserve rare stained-glass windows

    Christ Church gets $50K from N.J. Historic Trust This stained-glass window is one of eight that will be preserved with grant funds. SHREWSBURY – Christ Church Episcopal has been selected by the N.J. Historic Trust to receive a $50,000 matching grant to preserve a rare set of Gothic revival stained-glass windows that date from the…

  • Boro and church in talks on cell tower site

    Pastor: Church members agree to tower site to end controversy BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent BY LIZ SHEEHANCorrespondent FAIR HAVEN – The borough is working on the details of an offer that would be made to the Christ Church United Methodist Church, Ridge Road, to allow the town to locate a cell tower on the church…