Category: HUB News

  • Community input sought on new superintendent

    Consultant: Meetings will produce BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Parents of Red Bank’s public school district, as well as other members of the community, are being encouraged to take part in the district’s search for a new superintendent. Three meetings will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 11, at both the primary…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Patricia Kilroy and nephew Kevin Barnett, Fair Haven, head for the ocean during the annual Polar Bear Plunge held on the beach in Sea Bright on New Year’s Day.

  • Beck legacy: developers’ disclosure ordinance

    Despite builders BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer By a vote of 3-1, the much-discussed developers’ disclosure ordinance was passed at a special meeting of the Red Bank Borough Council last week — with some prompting by departing Councilwoman Jennifer Beck. With both Councilwoman Sharon Lee and Councilman Robert J. Bifani absent…

  • A-caroling they will go: Volunteers lift spirits

    Informal groupof singers has been ongoing for 20+ years BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer A group of carolers (above) sings Christmas songs for Matthew Lavarin at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch on Dec. 15. Left, Michael Ellis plays guitar and leads the carolers through the hospital’s hallways. He has made…

  • Shrewsbury First Aid Squad to get new ambulance

    BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer SHREWSBURY — The Shrewsbury First Aid Squad is seeking bids for a new ambulance. Early this month, the purchase, not to exceed $140,000, was authorized by the Borough Council. Councilman Don Burden explained last week that the approval to purchase a new ambulance is part of…

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    CHRISKELLYstaff This home at 20 Neville St. was the winner in the “Illumination Award” category of the Tinton Falls Holiday Decorating Contest for 2005.

  • Catching the bad guy with ‘Mike the P.I.’

    Red Bank author spins detective yarns into book for young readers BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Making up stories to tell his son, Andrew, led Michael Tuite to write “Mike the P.I.,” a book of detective stories geared for middle-school readers. Michael Tuite likes to make up stories…

  • St. George’s helps little ones have a safe ride

    Church committee has donated 200 car seats to Madonna House BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer David Gilmour (l), a member of the Outreach Committee at St. George’s by the River in Rumson, gets help loading car seats into a van from the Rev. Bill Feus and his son, William. The car…

  • Blackwood elected second deputy fire chief

    West Side Hose Co. member first black in deputy slot BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer LAYLI WHYTE Noel Blackwood has been named second deputy chief of the borough’s volunteer fire companies. RED BANK — A firehouse known for being “first” is once again living up to its reputation by providing the…