Category: HUB News

  • Agencies seek source of creek contamination

    DEP: Racetrack may not be sole source of pollution BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Clean Ocean Action Executive Director Cindy Zipf speaks at a press conference on contamination of Branchport Creek. The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is working with county and local health officials, including Monmouth Park Racetrack, to…

  • Design project takes paddle-wheeler back to the future

    High Tech H.S. student updates steamboat for use by maritime group BY ANUM AZAM Correspondent BY ANUM AZAMCorrespondent Rik van Hemmen and Caitlin Bogdan look over her design for an updated paddle-wheeler like the ones that once were a familiar sight on the Navesink River. Bogdan designed a modern version of the steamboat (above) while…

  • On Campus

    Brian Erickson, Red Bank, has been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Fairfield (Conn.) University. A marketing major, he is the son of Cindy and Bernie Erickson. Catherine A. Craig, Little Silver, received a bachelor of arts degree in anthropology at the spring commencement exercises at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Brian…

  • In the Service

    Joseph T. Scalzo has graduated from the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Leader’s Training Course at Fort Knox, Ky. Cadets undergo training, which includes fundamental military skills, rifle marksmanship, small arms tactics, weapons training, drill and ceremonies, communications, and squad-level operations field training. A 2003 graduate of Shore Regional High School, West Long Branch,…

  • Photo

    ARTPETROSEMOLO Sailboats ready for a regatta at the Monmouth Boat Club in Red Bank.

  • Former Tredwell resident wants answers about fire

    Ekdahl: Boro role limited because house was private property BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RUMSON – Two months after the fire that destroyed the historic Tredwell House, a former resident of the 300-year-old house is asking for answers. Jennifer Hoagland Sargent, now of Harwich, Mass., lived in the home she called…

  • Developers’ disclosure ordinance is law in boro

    Resident says political contribution measure doesn’t go far enough BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK – Developers with projects before the Planning and Zoning boards will be required to disclose political contributions under an amended disclosure ordinance adopted by the Borough Council last week. The ordinance requires that disclosure of…

  • Tinton Falls OKs $20K for parking lot contract

    BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff The police department wing of the new Tinton Falls borough hall now has steel supports in place. TINTON FALLS – In the grand scheme of things relating to the $9.5 million new municipal building, an additional $20,000 is insignificant. However, it still raised…

  • VNA clinic meets need for prenatal care

    Health clinic cares for 80 patients per day with/without insurance BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Prenatal Nurse Judy Richardson takes the blood pressure of patient Enaida Rivas, Ocean Township, at the Red Bank VNA Prenatal Clinic, which takes place every Thursday 1-5 p.m. RED BANK – Offering prenatal care in conjunction…