Category: HUB Calendar

  • ‘Dear America’ at Point Road School, May 10

    Point Road School, Little Silver, will present the musical Dear America by the Pushcart Players May 10 at 1:45 p.m. The troupe will perform for children in grades kindergarten through fourth. The Monmouth Historical Association’s "Trunk Show" for fourth-graders will be held May 13-14 from 9-10:30 a.m. Presenters in Revolutionary War-era costumes will share artifacts…

  • ‘Stonebreaking’ slated at Sandy Hook May 11

    ‘Stonebreaking’ slated at Sandy Hook May 11 The Memoria Project, Red Bank, will hold a "stonebreaking" at the site of its monument May 11 at 11 a.m. at Sandy Hook, Gateway National Recreation Area. The memorial will be donated to victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. The ceremony will also feature an address by Richard…

  • Walks, tours and plays at Sandy Hook in May

    Several events are scheduled at Sandy Hook during May, beginning with "May Migrants Mania" May 4 at 9 a.m. at the visitor center. Birders will join a naturalist to look for migratory songbirds. Attendees should bring binoculars. "Going Bunkers" will be May 12 at 2 p.m. at the Fort Hancock theater. Reservations and a flashlight…

  • Garden takes wing

    Gotti Kelley (l-r, top) and Lynn Royce, members of the Navesink Garden Club, and Judy Burton, of the Red Bank Board of Education, planted shrubs as part of the creation of a butterfly garden on the grounds of the Red Bank Primary School. The garden is part of an initiative to create an environmental classroom…

  • Sierra Club requests disclosure of Hook plan Organization also seeks independent assessment of plan’s effects

    Sierra Club requests disclosure of Hook plan Organization also seeks independent assessment of plan’s effects A local environmental group has called for an independent assessment of the environmental effects of a National Park Service plan to redevelop Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook and a more in-depth study of its effect on threatened and endangered species.…

  • Baptist church granted approval for expansion Facility will be about twice as large at end of construction

    Staff Writer By john burton Baptist church granted approval for expansion Facility will be about twice as large at end of construction RED BANK — The borough’s Calvary Baptist Church will be getting its long planned addition. The borough’s Zoning Board of Adjustment, at last week’s meeting, approved the church’s application to permit the construction…

  • ~ Notes Around Town ~

    Megan Springate A short storm packing a wallop tore through Shrewsbury Township at about 6:30 p.m. April 19, snapping tree trunks and flipping this car on Crawford Street. Hitting the high notes. Pacific Opera Company will hold a benefit concert to help with medical expenses for a 6-year-old cancer victim. The Oceanport-based post-conservatory program for…

  • Marine fighter pilot shares stories of Afghan combat

    Staff Writer By john burton Marine fighter pilot shares stories of Afghan combat JERRY WOLKOWITZ U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Joshua Zager, a former Fair Haven resident and Knollwood Middle School student, returned to the school last week to talk to the students about his experiences as a fighter pilot. Zager, seen here with seventh-grader Justin…

  • ‘Healthy Home, Healthy Body’ slated for April 29

    The J.W. Ross Cultural Art Center and Library, 1097 Ocean Ave., Sea Bright, will present "wellness consultant" Peggy Masse on April 29 at 7:30 p.m. Masse will present "Healthy Home, Healthy Body." She will discuss natural products for the home and body, and nonchemical products. The program is free, but reservations are requested. For more…