Category: HUB News

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    Photos by SCOTT PILLING staff Tiara Harris, center, a student at Red Bank Regional, was among the young women presented at the 56th annual Monmouth County Cotillion Scholarship Ball held at Convention Hall in Asbury Park on May 6. Red Bank Regional student Zanaya Donato smiles as she is escorted onto the floor at the…

  • In the Service

    Navy Hospitalman Recruit Jesse Canaris recently graduated from the Basic Hospital Corps School at Naval Hospital Corps School, Great Lakes, Ill. His first assignment will involve direct patient care. A 2005 graduate of Long Branch High School, Canaris joined the Navy in August. He is the son of Michele Canaris, Eatontown. Navy Lt. Joseph J.…

  • County proposes signal at Hance and Sycamore

    Residents oppose the taking of property, ask for lower speed limits TINTON FALLS – Residents who live near two intersections that the county wants to improve don’t agree that the changes would be improvements. The Tinton Falls borough engineer, police chief, mayor, and traffic safety officer all think the county’s plan for a new light…

  • Sea Bright withdraws changes to dog ordinance

    BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer SEA BRIGHT – The borough’s plan to change its dog ordinance has had its day. In the absence of the pooches and most notably their owners, the Borough Council voted on May 2 to withdraw an introduced ordinance that would have amended an existing law that…

  • Boro man indicted in fatal accident

    The Monmouth County Grand Jury returned an indictment charging a 20-year-old Tinton Falls man with vehicular homicide on May 1. According to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, Matthew LePree was charged with the second-degree crime as well as with aggravated assault, a second degree crime, and assault by auto, a third-degree crime. The fatal motor…

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    SCOTT PILLING staff Hundreds of runners turned out for the 50th Rumson-Fair Haven 5K run on May 7.

  • Hughes pleads guilty to theft, tax fraud

    State seeks five-year prison term for ex-pastor of Holy Cross Church BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer The Rev. Hughes RUMSON – After pleading guilty to three counts of a 27-count indictment, the Rev. Joseph Hughes, former pastor of Holy Cross Church, faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in state prison.…

  • Hands, hammers, hearts build homes for families

    Habitat for Humanity volunteers take part in community build BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Brian Gill of Locust and Dean Margarites of Matawan EATONTOWN — It only takes a few hours of hands-on work and an open heart to help Habitat for Humanity of Long Branch make a difference. And that…

  • Sea Bright, DOT differ over new Route 36 span

    Speed limits, traffic calming, overpass need tweaking, officials say BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer SEA BRIGHT – Eve Craig finds it scary to walk across two lanes of traffic to eat at Something Fishy and Gaiters, two neighboring Ocean Avenue restaurants. Meanwhile, Frank Brooks, the owner of Something Fishy, would like…