Category: HUB News

  • Historical group holds its 106th annual meeting

    The Monmouth County Historical Association will hold its 106th annual meeting and lecture at 6 p.m. Jan. 18. The meeting will take place at the Taylor-Butler House, 127 Kings Highway, Middletown. The program will be a first-person, living history presentation on New Jersey’s first governor, titled “Governor Livingston, I Presume.” Gov. William Livingston will be…

  • Photo

    CHRIS KELLY staff A seagull takes flight as the wash from a wave hits the shore on a local beach.

  • Exhibit showcases works of seven women artists

    Arlene Mollow Powys Gallery in Shrewsbury is hosting “Collective Concepts: An Exhibition by Seven Women Artists.” All seven of the women artists featured in the show live in the Jersey Shore area. Claire Boren creates expressive mixed-media works of abstracted figures and forms full of turmoil. Judi Lewis tends to be more playful in a…

  • In the Arts

    The Monmouth County Arts Council, Red Bank, is seeking entries in all fine arts media for its 28th Annual Juried Art Show and Sale which will run Jan. 23-Feb. 20 at the Monmouth Museum in Lincroft. Artworks need not be for sale. The event is open to artists ages 16 and over who will be…

  • Artist leaves legacy of creativity spanning century

    Bernarda Shahn, 101, recalled for friendship & prolific body of work BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer FILEPHOTO Artist Bernarda Shahn, who helped her late husband, Ben, paint the Roosevelt Mural in 1936-37, was a well-known figure in the small Monmouth County town of Roosevelt. On April 6, 2003, the small western…

  • PRB raising funds to preserve boro history

    This hand-painted replica of the Red Bank train stationhouse is being used to raise funds for Preservation Red Bank. A miniature of the Red Bank train station building is helping to preserve historic structures in Red Bank. In its first fund-raising drive, Preservation Red Bank will thank those who donate $50 or more to support…

  • Notes

    The next Red Bank Pub Crawl will be in January, where the group will be braving the cold streets of Red Bank in search of that perfect beer at the perfect bar. ***** The topic of the Jan. 9 meeting of the Monmouth County Genealogy Society will be “The Use of Catholic Sacramental Records in…

  • Heeding the call to serve the less fortunate

    Woman says her life BY JENNIFER DOME Staff Writer BY JENNIFER DOMEStaff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff Elaine French, Lakewood, has worked with the Visitation Roman Catholic Church in Brick on Project Appalachia and now serves as fund-raising chair for a new nonprofit organization, Bridges of Peace. Elaine French has a husband, has raised three sons,…

  • In Red Bank, what’s obscene won’t be seen

    Council restricts obscene displays; Menna lone dissenter BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer It’s officially time to cover up, and not just for the cold weather.At a special meeting last Thursday, the Red Bank Borough Council approved an ordinance that controls the display of obscene material, by a 5-1 vote. Only Councilman…