Category: HUB News

  • ‘Sister’ to play benefit for a brother in arms

    Charlie Barreca was sound man for rock band Twisted Sister BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer BY MARK ROSMANStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Charlie Barreca, of Keyport, who was the sound board operator for Twisted Sister for more than two decades, holds an award that he and the band received. Twisted Sister will play a July…

  • Optimism after BRAC commissioner visits fort

    BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer EATONTOWN — If the independent commission reviewing the Pentagon’s list of military bases recommended for closure agreed that Fort Monmouth should be shuttered, they would not have sent their most technically savvy colleague to check out the local base, according to two area legislators.…

  • Congressmen say fort move to Aberdeen not justified

    Holt, Pallone tour aging facilities, open spaces at Maryland base BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer EATONTOWN — To view military barracks dating back to pre-World War II days, the Aberdeen, Md., Proving Ground is the place to see. However, if the Pentagon expects to transfer Fort Monmouth’s communications and electronics commands (CECOM) to the…

  • Woman’s Club hosts summer jazz series

    RED BANK — Save the last Friday of those summer months for “Reckless Steamy Nights” at the Anthony Reckless Estate, 164 Broad St. The Woman’s Club of Red Bank will open its clubhouse monthly for an evening of entertainment complements of The Jersey Shore Jazz and Blues Foundation (JSJBF). Visitors can relax on the porch…

  • In the Arts

    The Mike Kaplan Nonet, a nine-piece Jazz ensemble will perform at the kickoff concert of this year’s Comcast Jazz in the Park series at Riverside Gardens Park in Red Bank on Thursday, June 30 for one set at 7-7:45 p.m. The band’s playlist includes uptempo Hardbop, Latin Jazz, swing, ballads and funkier material all filtered…

  • $14K in funds already spoken for, mayor says

    Oceanport Funds earmarked for education, park upgrades, veterans’ tribute BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer OCEANPORT — An infusion of funds from various sources to be placed in this year’s budget will not effect the tax rate in Oceanport, according to Mayor Maria Gatta. “These funds will be going into the budget and then going right…

  • Cell tower may end up inside church steeple

    BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer SEA BRIGHT — Some might say that cell towers are ugly as sin, but members of the town’s only church think that placing a cellular antenna inside their building’s proposed new steeple could turn out to be a blessing in disguise. Now members of…

  • A place to experience and create art opens

    Children offered hands-on experience in many art forms BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer LAYLI WHYTE The 100-year-old former police headquarters is the new home of the Children’s Cultural Center. RED BANK — A building that is more than 100 years old is about to begin a new life as the site…

  • High Court ruling a blow to residents

    MTOTSA atty. says issue must be decided on case-by-case basis BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Last week’s decision by the U.S Supreme Court upholding the right of municipalities to condemn private properties to clear the way for private development has left a group of Long Branch residents outraged and disheartened. “It…