Category: HUB Calendar

  • Afridesia owners plan to close store for good

    Afridesia owners plan to close store for good Less than one year after relocating to Red Bank’s west side, Afridesia, the African art and artifacts gallery, announced it will close in late December. Jeff Morris, co-owner of the gallery, said the decision to close the gallery is a lifestyle choice, not based on economics, and…

  • SBA offers low-interest disaster relief loans

    The U.S. Small Business Administra-tion has given a total of $885 million in low-interest disaster loans to more than 9,300 small business owners nationwide this year. Locally, approximately $3.8 million was distributed in 30 loans to Monmouth County businesses, according to a press release from the SBA. Additionally, the SBA’s supplemental terrorist activity relief (STAR)…

  • VNACJ to offer course on hospice volunteering

    Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey (VNACJ), 176 Riverside Ave., Red Bank, will offer a free, five-session course "Understanding Caring: Understanding Hospice" Tuesdays Sept. 24-Oct. 22 from 6:30-9 p.m. The programs are open to individuals who would like to become hospice volunteers, and members of the community interested in knowing more about the hospice philosophy.…

  • ~ Notes Around Town ~

    Garden club season will begin in Oceanport Sept. 26 when that community’s garden club meets for the first time following the summer break. Members will meet at Deep Cut Park for a tour and talk. Come learn about the interesting programs planned for the year. For more information, call (732) 222-1729. Free, objective and confidential…

  • Monmouth Medical offers support groups, meetings

    Monmouth Medical Center (MMC), 300 Second Ave., Long Branch, will host "Kids Need Support, Too" Oct. 3 from 7-8 p.m. The free support group meeting is for children and adolescents with family members diagnosed with cancer or other serious illnesses. The "Mother-to-Mother" support group will meet Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31 from 10-11:30…

  • Coordinated effort seeks source of bomb threat

    Coordinated effort seeks source of bomb threat SHREWSBURY — A bomb threat forced the stores of Shrewsbury Plaza on Route 35 to close for three hours on Monday. Lt. Louis Ferraro said the stores were evacuated when police responded at 12:31 p.m. to the bomb threat at the shopping center, whose stores include an Acme…

  • Garage sale at Holy Trinity Lutheran Oct. 5

    Garage sale at Holy Trinity Lutheran Oct. 5 Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 150 River Road, Red Bank, will hold its annual garage sale Oct. 5 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the church. For more information, call Pat at (732) 741-9241.

  • See historical sites for free in September

    See historical sites for free in September The Monmouth County Historical Association has announced its free admission dates will be Sept. 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sept. 29 from 1-4 p.m., not Sept. 29 and 30 as previously announced. This will be the last weekend of the season when the museum’s houses…

  • ~ Notes ~

    Chris Kelly Katherine Svikart, 8, of Shrewsbury holds a candle during the borough’s 9/11 remembrance ceremony, held on Wednesday, Sept. 11. An exhibit of new design ideas for the long-running "Greetings From Asbury Park N.J. " postcard will open tonight at Asbury Art, a gallery on Cookman Avenue in Asbury Park. More than 40 entries…