Category: HUB News

  • Westlake gets prison term for tax evasion

    NEWARK – A business partner of former state Sen. John A. Lynch was sentenced for tax evasion last week to three months in federal prison and seven months of home confinement with electronic monitoring, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie announced. U.S. District Judge Stanley R. Chesler also fined John E. “Jack” Westlake, 76, of Red…

  • New roof a symbol of faith in future of church

    Reformed Church members hope for new congregation BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer The First Reformed Church of Long Branch on Broadway is undergoing its final phase of a roof restoration project to preserve the 158-year-old building. The church’s pastor, the Rev. Jane Price (at left), ministers to the small congregation of…

  • On Campus

    Matthew F. Mimnaugh, Fair Haven, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., where he is majoring in government and law. A 2006 graduate of Red Bank Catholic High School, he is the son of Lisa and Tom Mimnaugh. Christopher Turli, Tinton Falls, has been named to…

  • AAA offers helpful tips for winter driving

    Winter driving is challenging for even the most experienced drivers, but slippery roads can be especially difficult for the novice dealing with ice and snow for the first time, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic. “Teens lack driving experience, pure and simple, whether in January or in June. But parents can help immeasurably,” said David Weinstein, public…

  • DEP delays approval of new S.B. bridge

    Agency asks DOT for info on alternate replacement span BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent BY LIZ SHEEHANCorrespondent The N.J. Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has notified the state Department of Transportation (DOT) that it is temporarily denying the DOT’s application for approval to demolish the 75-year-old existing drawbridge that connects Sea Bright and Highlands and replace…

  • Three sentenced for no-show job scheme

    TRENTON – – Two former government employees at Fort Monmouth, along with a daughter of one of the employees, were sentenced to federal prison terms today for their scheme to have contractors pay kickbacks and provide no-show jobs for the daughter, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie announced. U.S. District Chief Judge Garrett E. Brown Jr.,…

  • Celebrating differences

    JEFF GRANIT staff Tommy McGuire, 9, a fourth-grader at Point Road School in Little Silver, traces the outline of a star while looking in a mirror, an exercise to simulate visual impairment, during the school’s Celebrating Differences in Learning Ability Day Jan. 25. More photos, page 3.

  • Advocates seek homes for the homeless at fort

    Coalition to apply to gov’t. for Fort Monmouth housing BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Ft. Monmouth is set to close by 2011. There are many buildings at Fort Monmouth that could provide housing for the homeless and for low- to moderate-income residents, according to advocates for affordable housing. Many organizations are…

  • Attorney: Lawsuits likely in wake of COAH ruling

    Appellate decision could force COAH to rethink rules BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer An Appellate Court decision rejecting the third round of regulations set by the state Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) may lead to lawsuits brought by developers against municipalities, according to an attorney whose practice focuses on affordable housing.…