Category: HUB News
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Business as usual at local Kmart, Sears stores
Changes may come after merger complete spokeswomen say BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — Inside the Kmart on Route 36, wistful holiday music is playing, numerous red-vested sales associates are busily stocking displays and ringing sales, and the aisles are already decked from floor to ceiling.…
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Choir concert
PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Top, Sarah Biser translates a question for Michael Tirfy, a member of the Yemin Orde Youth Choir of Israel at a preconcert reception at Congregation B’nai Israel, Rumson. Above are choir members Daniella Kaufmann and Melissa Shabat at the reception that preceded the concert at Red Bank Regional High School…
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Ownership changes at Two River Times
RED BANK — Fourteen years after its founding, it’s a time of transition once again for The Two River Times. The Red Bank area broadsheet has new owners who say they will stick to the same popular format. “We are not looking to make any major changes in the paper. We think the product is…
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In The Arts
“Together We Stand,” a joint annual dance of the Bates Lodge No. 220 and the Phyllis Wheatley Temple No. 276, will be held Saturday, Nov. 27, at 306 Shrewsbury Ave. in Red Bank. The event will begin at 9 p.m. and will feature live music performed by The No Regretts Band and a DJ, plus…
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Los Lonely Boys to play Brookdale benefit show
MIDDLETOWN — Los Lonely Boys, Alex Band and the Calling will perform Saturday night at Brookdale in an effort to raise funds for breast cancer victims. Proceeds from the show will go toward the Christina S. Walsh Breast Cancer Foundation, named for a New Jersey woman who lost her battle to breast cancer in August…
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In the Arts
”Red Bank Reflections,” a collection of photographs by Don Rothman will be on display at the Red Bank Public Library through Dec. 30. An amateur photographer, Rothman has been taking pictures of New Jersey for over half a century. The 12 color photos in the exhibit capture multiple reflections in store windows throughout the business…
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Craig, Kelly win Sea Bright seats
Six-member council to be evenly split between Democrats, GOP BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — When Councilman-elect Clark W. Craig joins the Borough Council in January, he doesn’t expect to make any waves, figuratively speaking. However, Craig and fellow Republican running mate Brian Kelly, who won their first three-year council terms on…
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School, parents deal with arrest of pastor
Prosecutors say priest siphoned $500,000 from church accounts BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff First Assistant Prosecutor Robert Honecker explains charges that led to the arrest of the Rev. Joseph Hughes of Holy Cross Church in Rumson at a press conference held at the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office in…
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On Campus
Artwork by Grace Chung, Amanda Jones and Christine Jones of Monmouth Regional High School, Tinton Falls, Ashley Moore and Lori Zimmerman from Keyport High School; and Peter St. Onge from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School, Rumson; was recently selected for exhibit at Monmouth Beach Library, 18 Willow Ave. The students all took part in the…
