Category: HUB News

  • Soccer complex nears completion

    Paving, lights last on check list for Sycamore Ave. fields BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer LINDA DeNICOLA A new tot lot and restroom/concession building are ready for soccer season in Tinton Falls. TINTON FALLS — Plans to complete the soccer complex on Sycamore Avenue and the ball/dog park on West Park…

  • Voters approve 1.5¢ hike in open space tax

    BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer TINTON FALLS — Borough taxpayers will see their property tax bills rise by about $23 per year, now that they have agreed to double their contribution to the open-space fund. By a margin of 33 responses, voters passed a Nov. 8 ballot question to raise the…

  • Photo books purr-fect for the holiday

    Kim Levin BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Top, Birdie strikes a pose in “Cattitude: The Feline Guide to Being Fabulous.” Above, Border with mittens is featured in “Hound for the Holidays.” At left, Little SIlver residents John O’Neill and Kim Levin (with Charlie) have collaborated on four books about cats and…

  • Council expected to name new mayor

    Democrats submit three names to fill unexpired term of Maria Gatta BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer OCEANPORT — The Borough Council is expected to name a successor to deceased Mayor Maria Gatta at tonight’s municipal meeting. The Democratic Party submitted the names of Councilwomen Lucille Chaump and Linda Johnson and former…

  • JCC to present Festival of Books, Culture, Arts

    The Ruth Hyman Jewish Community Center in Deal will present the seventh annual Festival of Books, Culture and the Arts, beginning Nov. 29. The series of programs features a roster of fine authors, selected for their topical subject matter book fair events are: • Nov. 29, 7 p.m., Steven V. Roberts and Samuel G. Freedman,…

  • Elevator doors safer at Les Gertrude apts.

    BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer LAYLIWHYTE Les Gertrude apartments on Broad Street. RED BANK — Safety devices have been installed on elevators at Les Gertrude apartment building, ending hearings by the borough’s Construction Board of Appeals. Devices have been installed on the building’s two elevators to correct a problem with the…

  • ‘Still Life’ opens at Laurel Tracey Gallery

    “Butterfly II” by Ephraim Rubenstein An exhibit of works by artists Duane Keiser, Ephraim Rubenstein, Francis Cunningham and Valerie Mendelson, “Still Life,” will open tomorrow at the Laurel Tracey Gallery in Red Bank. An opening reception will take place on Saturday from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the gallery, 10 White St. The exhibit runs…

  • Globe, borough spar on who should pay for road

    Boro will estimate cost of repaving Central Ave., assess business owners BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK — The borough has rejected claims made by a business owner that poor street conditions are responsible for damage to his trucks. Globe Petroleum co-owner and president Pat Mazzucca said in an interview…

  • In the Arts

    A solo exhibition of works by Don Harger will open on Thursday, Nov. 17, at 17 E. Front St. in Red Bank. An opening reception will be held 7:30–10 p.m. Harger’s unique techniques in casting and traditional use of oil paints make the works explicitly his own. The exhibit will run through the end of…