Category: HUB News
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Notes Around Town
The theme for the Christmas bazaar at the Presbyterian Church at Shrewsbury is “A Host of Angels.” The doors to the church house at 352 Sycamore Ave. open at 9:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. on Dec. 4. This year the bazaar has a special shop for kids only, with gifts chosen and priced just for…
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‘Celebration of Trees’ Dec. 4 at Monmouth U.
Monmouth University, West Long Branch, will hold its 30th annual holiday ball and “Celebration of Trees” Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. at the university’s Wilson Hall. The event is sponsored by the Monmouth University Library Association. The ball will transform the historic hall into a forest with Christmas trees surrounding the dance floor, grand stairway…
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Charity auction tobenefit local causes
‘Rockin’ the Shore,” a benefit auction for two local causes, will be held at Elements in Sea Bright Dec. 8 from 7 to 10 p.m. All proceeds from the charity event will benefit the Ronald McDonald House of Long Branch and The Christina Walsh Fund. Walsh, a wife and mother and a special education teacher,…
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Oceanport ready to adopt pay-to-play ban
Mayor says ban will restore trust in government BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer OCEANPORT — After talking about a pay-to-play ordinance for more than a year, the Oceanport council introduced a ban on awarding no-bid government contracts to campaign donors at the Nov. 18 council meeting. Pay-to-play is the practice of…
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Storytelling
CHRISKELLY staff Red Bank’s Josephine Smiga tells a funny story to Little Silver’s Shawn Cappello, 13, during the Red Bank Parks and Recreation and Senior Center’s “Senior Prom” held Nov. 19.
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Park service requests input on pipeline
MIDDLETOWN — Public comments are being requested concerning a long-term beach maintenance program on Sandy Hook. A cyclic maintenance program is needed to off-set the annual sand loss in an area known as the Critical Zone, according to a press release distributed by the National Parks Service (NPS). The NPS proposes a sand-recycling system in…
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Silvert offered support for community causes
Furniture store owner was pillar of Freehold for more than 50 years BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer Harry and Evelyn Silvert were honored in 2001 along with other founders of Freehold Area Hospital, Freehold Township (now CentraState Medical Center.) FREEHOLD — For more than half a century, downtown Freehold was Harry…
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Clark realizes goal of seat on Board of Ed.
BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK — After living in the borough for her entire life, Linda Clark has achieved a long-standing goal of serving on the Red Bank Board of Education. She fills the seat vacated by Thomas Schroll, who resigned from the board effective last month. Clark doesn’t…
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Using the written word to paint portraits
Books, articles are the media for collages of notables BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Christopher Lee Covert was standing on line at the supermarket when he noticed a tabloid with a story that splashed across its front page, claiming Elvis Presley is still alive. Inspiration struck. He bought 10 copies of…
