Category: HUB News

  • 1/2, Rumson, adds a note of new technology as he marches in the parade as an iPod. Photo Photo Photo

    PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff From top: Members of the Pipes and Drums of the Atlantic Watch march in the Red Bank Halloween Parade Oct. 22. Dillon Preston, 8, Long Branch, leads a group of patriots along Broad Street. Cash Wordseth, 6

  • Tinton Falls revalulation postponed

    BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer TINTON FALLS – It looks as though a borough-wide revaluation expected to be done in 2007 will be pushed back to 2008. Bryan Dempsey, borough business administrator, said on Oct. 12 that he received a letter from the state indicating that the county mandated revaluation of…

  • Notes

    CHRIS KELLY staff Shrewsbury’s Phil Barreca carries Peter, 1, as they walk in the Red Bank Halloween parade, Oct. 22. The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced the winners of its recycling poetry contest. Fifth-graders Andrew Mahon, of Maple Place School in Oceanport, and Maggie Coffey, of St. James Elementary School in Red Bank,…

  • For the Record

    In an article on revitalization plans in Sea Bright, which ran in the Oct. 19 issue of The Hub, it was incorrectly reported that the Borough Council authorized Borough Engineer David Hoder to prepare design specifications for a proposed new municipal building. Hoder is preparing cost estimates for the building and is not preparing architectural…

  • Court grants extension in appeal of Hook lawsuit

    Plaintiffs in suit have retained new counsel BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent BY LIZ SHEEHANCorrespondent Plaintiffs in a lawsuit seeking to block a commercial development at Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook have been given additional time to mount legal opposition to the plan. The U.S. District Court in Trenton has given Save Sandy Hook (SSH) and…

  • Five options for new Rte. 520 bridge

    Engineer: County will try to avoid use of eminent domain BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer Sea B SEA BRIGHT – The proposed replacement of the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge could result in taking some private property on both sides of the Route 520 span, according to a county official. While conceding that…

  • Three west side grocery stores robbed

    RED BANK – A 22-year-old homeless man was arrested last week in connection with the robbery of a grocery store on Drs. James Parker Boulevard. According to police, the robbery reportedly took place on Oct. 3 around 9 p.m. when a clerk working at the Gonzalez Grocery store reported that a white male entered the…

  • Sea Bright Borough Council Candidates

    Dina Greygor Long Dina Greygor Long Ocean Avenue Democrat Over more than three years in office, incumbent Democratic Council-woman Dina Long has worn many different hats. After serving as the borough’s police commissioner, its public relations chairwoman and heading the council’s education committee, Long hopes voters will return her to office for three more years.…

  • Group seeks 365 reasons to celebrate New Jersey

    EAST BRUNSWICK – You may prefer the miles of white sandy beaches along the Jersey Shore or the mountainous region in the northwestern part of the state. Maybe you like the quaint eateries in the central part of the state. There may be another reason you enjoy calling New Jersey home. That reason could make…