Category: HUB News

  • Learning to save lives

    Eighth-grader Abbey Fouratt, 13, learns what to do when an infant is hurt. PHOTOSBY JEFF GRANIT staff Paul Roman, of the Shrewsbury First Aid Squad, has been teaching CPR to eighth-graders at Shrewsbury Borough School for the last 30 years.

  • Council OKs bonding for Fair Haven Fields

    Buffer zone will remain between new parking lot and bordering homes BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer The borough is one step closer to seeing progress on the Fair Haven fields project after the introduction of an ordinance last month to appropriate funds for the revitalization plans. The council introduced an ordinance…

  • Legacy could be shaped by federal allegations

    Harry Larrison Jr. served on Board of Freeholders for almost four decades BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer There can be no doubt that recent allegations and charges of bribery will have an impact on the legacy of longtime Monmouth County Freeholder Director Harry Larrison Jr. On April 27, Larrison, 78, of…

  • Borough funds $2.8M in projects, equipment

    Roadwork, building purchase, police and fire equipment approved BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer LITTLE SILVER — Residents of the borough can look forward to various improvements around the town over the next year. At last week’s Borough Council meeting, the council introduced two ordinances that, combined, appropriate more than $2.8 million…

  • Mayor: Gelfound did not want to step down

    Kalaka-Adams charges councilman was BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer SEA BRIGHT — Although he might have appeared happy as he stepped down from office last week to prepare for his coming move to California, recently resigned Democratic Councilman William Gelfound did not want to resign from the Borough Council…

  • Officials cry ‘Foul!’ over proposed sewage rules

    Pallone, Campbell, Zipf protest new sewage discharge rules BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer CHRISTINE VARNO Cindy Zipf (l-r), executive director of Clean Ocean Action; Bradley Campbell, DEP commissioner; and Rep. Frank Pallone held a press conference in Long Branch to protest Bush administration policy they say will increase ocean pollution. LONG…

  • Volunteers at the heart of Woman’s Exchange

    Shop helps crafters sell handiwork; profits go to local charities BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer LAYLI WHYTE A group of Raggedy Anns by various crafters sit high on a shelf at the Little Silver Woman’s Exchange, waiting for a new home. LITTLE SILVER — Over the course of 70 years, close…

  • Greater Media Newspapers wins 29 NJPA awards for ’04

    Greater Media Newspapers has won 26 editorial, photography and advertising awards in the New Jersey Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest for 2004. The group tally included 12 awards for outstanding photography, nine awards for classified advertising, one award for retail advertising, and four awards for reporting. Photographer Jeff Granit won three first-place awards in the…

  • Helipad is history

    Developer, hospital may pursue plan in future BY LAYLI WHITE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHITEStaff Writer GEORGEBOWDEN A helicopter used in a test for a proposed helipad on the Navesink. After an outcry from residents of the riverfront, Riverview Medical Center and Hovnanian Enterprises, both Red Bank, have withdrawn plans for a proposed shared-use helipad…