Category: HUB News

  • In the Arts

    CHRIS KELLY staff Grave Lyttle, Oceanport, a student at Ranney School, Tinton Falls, recites lines from “Romeo and Juliet” during the 2005 Shakespeare Competition for High School Students at Brookdale Community College on March 5. A benefit fund-raiser for “Greetings From Asbury Park,” an independent film written and directed by Christina Eliopoulos, will be held…

  • Grant will fund upgrades to Old Wharf Park

    Park will be first new project in boro BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer OCEANPORT — The borough received a Monmouth County Open Space Trust Fund grant last week to fund renovations to its waterfront park, the centerpiece of the borough’s Village Center Zone. The $59,000 matching grant, which means the borough…

  • Recent works by Jon Peters

    “Star,” enamel on aluminum. Laurel Tracey Gallery in Red Bank launched the new season with an exhibit of recent works by painter Jon Peters. The paintings in the show are inspired by the graphics on the side of airplanes. Peters, gallery co-founder, finds the British roundel and the American star and bars very powerful imagery,…

  • O’port proposes 2.9-cent tax hike, $5.2M budget

    LOSAP accounts for half of proposed budget increase BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer OCEANPORT — The Oceanport council introduced a preliminary budget that would increase the tax rate by approximately 4.5 percent, if adopted, at a special budget meeting on March 10. The $5.2 million budget calls for a property tax…

  • On Campus

    Meghan Chrisner, Fair Haven, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse (N.Y.) University, where she is a junior majoring in public relations. Philip Edward Rehders, Rumson, was recently named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Franklin & Marshall…

  • Church music director sees all music as sacred

    Music director taps traditional and global music for worship BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Delyn Celec practices at Christ Church United Methodist, where she will be the new music director. FAIR HAVEN — Christ Church United Methodist has a new take on liturgical music. Delyn Celec will soon…

  • Judge recommends trustees rejoin board

    State education commissioner has 45 days to make decision BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer The two disputed members of the Red Bank Charter School Board of Trustees may be one step closer to rejoining the board. Judge Solomon Metzger, an administrative law judge, sent a recommendation last week to reinstate Vincent…

  • On Campus

    Coastal Carolina University, Conway, S.C., announced the following local students named to the dean’s list for the fall semester: Susan M. Arnault of Ocean; Daniel M. Johnson of Red Bank; and Ashley A. Pavlis of Shrewsbury. Local seniors at Ranney School, Tinton Falls, recently earned the designation of AP Scholar from the College Board in…

  • Photo

    Robin Kellogg (center) rehearses his role as Joseph during dress rehearsal for this weekend’s production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at Rumson-Fair Haven High School.