Category: HUB News

  • 12th District election results same after recount

    O BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK — It was an exciting ride with a bittersweet ending for Republican Declan O’Scanlon, who conceded the 12th Legislative District Assembly race to Democrat Michael Panter after a recount. O’Scanlon, according to counts from both Mercer and Monmouth counties, lost the election by…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Doris Jackson leads students and faculty from the West Side Christian Academy in singing holiday songs during the West Side Community Group’s tree-lighting ceremony at the West Bergen Pocket Park in Red Bank Dec. 3.

  • Cop 2 Cop hot line offers counseling and referrals

    24-hour intervention staffed by retired police officers, clinicians BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer A statewide program that started about six years ago to help police officers with the psycho-social anxieties stemming from their work has taken hold over the years. In fact, using the program as a model, a Monmouth County…

  • Higher density approved for West Side Lofts

    In bifurcated application, zoners will next decide on site plan BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK — MW Red Bank has been granted a density variance for its West Side Lofts project, and will now begin to prepare for the upcoming site plan hearings. At last week’s meeting of the…

  • R.B. planners approve affordable housing plan

    BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK — The Borough Planning Board has voted to accept a plan that will meet the borough obligation to provide affordable housing. Richard Cramer, of T&M Associates, the professional planner hired by the borough to prepare its affordable housing plan, explained the preliminary draft of…

  • A gathering of artists

    37 take part in art exhibition at gallery BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Roger Goedel and his painting of two co-workers. A hodgepodge of funky sculptures, folk and fine art, the second annual all-Keyport art show at the Mitchell Sanborn Gallery is on display until Jan. 7. Opening night,…

  • Sea Bright expects final report on revitalization

    Planner hired by boro due to present findings in January BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer SEA BRIGHT — A planning consultant’s final report detailing the possible new look of the borough’s downtown and beachfront is expected to be unveiled shortly after New Year’s Day. In the meantime, borough officials might get…

  • In the Arts

    Monmouth University will present a Holiday Concert on the Grand Staircase in Wilson Hall today at 8 p.m. Wilson Hall will resonate with the sounds of the Monmouth University Orchestra and Chorus, as they perform sounds of the season, both classical and contemporary. Tickets are $10. Wilson Hall is located at 400 Cedar Avenue in…

  • New works by David French

    “Slipping Glimpster” by David French An exhibit of new works by painter/sculptor David French is at Beauregard Fine Art gallery in Rumson. “David French: New Paintings and Sculpture” runs through Jan. 19 at the gallery, located at 109 East River Road. Hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Since 1981 French has been creating…