Category: HUB News

  • Whee!

    CHRIS KELLY staff Ann McGavin, 2, Highlands, takes an exciting ride down a giant inflatable slide during Sea Bright Day held on Sept. 10.

  • Legislators: House Katrina evacuees at fort

    Holt, Pallone urge Rumsfeld, FEMA to put up to 400 victims at base BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer EATONTOWN — With their constituents offering to take in evacuees who lost their homes when Hurricane Katrina roared through the Gulf States, two area legislators are pressing Bush Administration officials to shelter up…

  • SPCA poised to help canine hurricane victims

    Dogs will receive medical care, be put up for adoption BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Goldie Palama and Doug Ryan fled the devastation of Hurricane Katrina with their dogs Heavy D and Turkey Dog, who are being housed temporarily at the Monmouth County SPCA shelter in Eatontown. EATONTOWN…

  • S.B.Village residents want wall repaired

    Residents pushing Tradewinds developer to fix crumbling wall BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer SEA BRIGHT — First, it was the sound of the walls of the once-popular Tradewinds nightclub and swimming complex being torn down that disturbed residents of the adjacent Sea Bright Village neighborhood. Next, it was the drilling, hammering,…

  • The final stretch

    Fair Haven’s Matthew Stypul (left) wins the men’s race in 52 minutes at the 22nd annual Sprint Triathlon. Red Bank’s Jennifer Beck closes in on the finish line herself. The triathlon, held at Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park, Long Branch, on Sept. 10, consisted of a quarter-mile swim, 13-mile bike ride and 4-mile run. CHRIS KELLY…

  • Attorney continues fight to save fort

    La Vergne pledges more litigation after Congress votes on BRAC list BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer EATONTOWN — One of the co-counsels for area legislators and Fort Monmouth supporters insists that the legal battle to spare the local U.S. Army base from shutdown by the Defense Department is not finished yet.…

  • Four artists share exhibit

    “Bicyclette” by Joyce Chadwick “Four Different Views,” an exhibit of works by four artists and friends, will be at The Monmouth Beach Cultural Center, Ocean Avenue, through Oct. 2. A reception will be held Sunday, Sept. 18. The artists are Claire Kipnis, Joyce Chadwick, Estelle Knize and Ramona Lerner. Kipnis, Wayside, a well known photographer…

  • Librarian wins national Jewish book award

    TINTON FALLS — Rosalind Reisner’s annotated bibliography “Jewish-American Literature: A Guide to Reading Interests” was awarded the Association of Jewish Libraries’ Best-Reference-Book-of-the-Year prize at its annual conference in California this past summer. Published in 2004 by Greenwood as part of its Genreflecting Advisory Series, the book organizes titles by genres, such as mystery, historical fiction,…

  • Celebrating diversity through a universal language — music

    BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Elaine Vander Plate Held accompanies Harold Good as he rehearses African American spirituals he will sing at a “Celebrating Diversity Concert” that will be held Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House in Lincroft. Music lovers are in for a good time on…