Category: HUB News

  • Principal an old friend at R.B. Primary

    District also names new B.A. BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK – A familiar face returns to the Red Bank Public School District in August as the new principal of the primary school. Richard Cohen, who served as vice principal at Red Bank Middle School during the 2004-05 school year,…

  • Monmouth helping state pilot Medicaid ID cards

    FREEHOLD – Monmouth County has been chosen as one of three counties to participate in a state-sponsored pilot program to issue permanent, plastic identification cards to those enrolled in New Jersey’s Family Care/Medicaid program. Clients in Monmouth as well as in Camden and Sussex counties began receiving their cards in May. Clients in the remaining…

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    SCOTT PILLING staff Members of the class of 2006 at Red Bank Regional High School proceed across the football field on the way to the graduation ceremony held at the Little Silver school on June 21.

  • Tinton Falls moves toward revaluation

    BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer TINTON FALLS – Residents of the Willowbrook development, upset about their high property taxes, addressed the Borough Council about a state-mandated revaluation. On the June 13 agenda was the introduction of an ordinance appropriating an emergency allocation of $500,000 to award a contract to conduct the…

  • Bill would create hurricane fund

    Panter proposal would dedicate portion of property insurance BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer With New Jersey at high risk this hurricane season, a bill introduced by Assemblyman Michael Panter (D-12) would create a fund specifically to deal with any damage that could result from a major storm. The New Jersey Catastrophe Fund would act as…

  • Center announces blood drives scheduled for July

    Central Jersey Blood Center, Shrewsbury, has announced the following local blood drives: + July 9 from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. at St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, 272 Willow Ave., Long Branch, T-shirts for all donors + July 18 from 4-8 p.m. at St. James Episcopal Church, 300 Broadway, Long Branch + July 24 from…

  • Rumson moves to protect remains of Tredwell site

    Boro wants survey, archeological dig at historic site BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer The Tredwell House after the June 15 fire. With the Tredwell House in ruins, the Rumson Borough Council has decided to protect what remains of the property and the surviving structures on the site. Last Thursday the Borough…

  • Red Cross urges residents to heed hurricane warnings

    As storm season nears, residents should have evacuation plan, supplies BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Natural and unnatural disasters can strike any time and anywhere. But, with hurricane season fast approaching, and warnings that it could be a bad one, it would be wise to be prepared. Hillary Cummons, director of…

  • Garden plots offer fraternity, fresh veggies

    Leased garden spaces at Fair Haven Fields are in high demand BY KELLY RIZZETTA Correspondent BY KELLY RIZZETTACorrespondent PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY, staff Clockwise from left: A scarecrow stands watch over flourishing garden plots at Fair Haven Fields Gardens. Judy Fuller is president of the gardens committee and tends a garden plot. Leeanne Fallon helps…