Category: HUB News

  • Police seek witnesses to hit-and-run

    SHREWSBURY – A traffic accident on the northbound side of Shrewsbury Avenue, near Patterson Street, left a 20-year-old female pedestrian with multiple injuries, according to police. Angelica Serrano, of Red Bank, was struck by a vehicle whose driver then left the scene of the accident on Sept. 26 sometime between 9-9:50 p.m. She was transported…

  • Boro one step closer to ‘Tree City’ status

    State DEP approves five-year plan to manage tree inventory BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK – Since April, the Borough Shade Tree Committee has been working hard on the first year of a five-year plan. The plan was submitted to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection in April, and…

  • Historic inventory minus two structures

    BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK – Two properties were recently withdrawn from the borough’s inventory of historic places, much to the dismay of Historic Preservation Committee Chairman George Bowden. Bowden told the Borough Council at its Sept. 25 meeting that it is the property owner’s prerogative as to whether…

  • Free to read: Banned Books Week a reminder

    Libraries tell patrons attempts still made to remove books from shelves BY SARAH CHOI Correspondent BY SARAH CHOI Correspondent PHOTOS BY SARAH CHOI Books that have been challenged are on display at the Monmouth County Library Eastern Branch in Shrewsbury (above) and the Ocean Township Branch (below), reminding library patrons that there are still attempts…

  • The welcome mat is out at Shore’s ‘green’ buildings

    Open house event Oct. 7 will showcase sustainable features BY KATHY HALL Correspondent BY KATHY HALLCorrespondent The Knowlton home in Fair Haven has solar panels on the roof. The house is one of the Shore-area buildings on the Green Buildings Open House tour to be held Saturday. Jersey Shore home and business owners who use…

  • Traffic light coming soon on Hance and Apple St.

    BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer TINTON FALLS – The drainage pipes are buried and the traffic light is up at the intersection of Hance Road and Apple Street. For now, traffic is flowing unimpeded, and all that is left to do is get the light working. Monmouth County Engineer Joseph M.…

  • To widen or not – that is the question

    BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer TINTON FALLS – About a dozen people stayed for the Borough Council session that followed a contentious meeting on a proposed traffic signal at Hance and Sycamore avenues. Monmouth County Engineers attended the special meetings held on Sept. 19 and showed computer simulations of the effects…

  • Sea Bright is calling on CodeRed to get out vote

    Officials opt to use emergency contact system for SRHS vote BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer SEA BRIGHT – Worries about rising school taxes, not rising waters, prompted borough officials to activate the town’s CodeRed system earlier this week. The elected leaders of this small seaside community agree that the reverse telephone…

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    SCOTT PILLING staff Monmouth Regional High School’s color guard strutt their stuff during a marching band competition held in Brick on Saturday.