Category: HUB News

  • Unlocking the language of a new country, a new life

    English as a Second Language classes help immigrants adjust to new home By gloria stravelliStaff Writer By gloria stravelli Staff Writer PHOTOS BY FARRAH MAFFAI Lawrence Pergola uses axioms to help Hispanic students like Ada Flores (r) learn English. His students need to master English to do everyday things like filling out job applications or…

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    Ryan Barnett Carol Penn, Red Bank, dances on the stage of the Count Basie Theatre during a concert by the Sun Ra Arkestra. The concert, honoring the 98th birthday of William “Count” Basie, opened the Red Bank International Film Festival 2002 on Wednesday.

  • County may fund pocket parks in urban towns

    Voters will be askedto approve increasein open space tax By gloria stravelliStaff Writer Voters will be asked to approve increase in open space tax By gloria stravelli Staff Writer High-density towns like Red Bank, Eatontown, Long Branch and Freehold Borough may be able to carve out pocket parks and other green spaces for recreation if…

  • Eric’s brings cutting-edge style to Broad St.

    By gloria stravelliStaff Writer Eric’s brings cutting-edge style to Broad St. VERONICA YANKOWSKI Eric Guenther, Marlboro, will fulfill a longtime dream when he opens his new clothing store, eric’s, at 7 Broad St. in Red Bank, which will offer unique, trendy and hard-to-find fashions for young adults. By gloria stravelli Staff Writer A chance encounter…

  • Shore Regional High School hires new physics teacher and coach

    By Sherry conohanStaff Writer By Sherry conohan Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — Shore Regional High School has a new soccer coach. The Shore Regional High School Board of Education approved the hiring of Paul Green, the assistant coach in Summit for 11 years, for the head position at Shore at its July 25 meeting.…

  • Memoria Project rejects site offered by county

    Freeholder says another county facility could accommodate work By gloria stravelliStaff Writer By gloria stravelli Staff Writer The Memoria Project Inc. has decided against taking the county up on its offer to locate the Sept. 11 memorial at the Mount Mitchell Overlook in Atlantic Highlands. After revisiting the site the county offered recently, the project’s…

  • The ride stuff to help cancer patients recover

    Volunteers ensure victims of disease can make itto treatment sessions By jane waterhouseStaff Writer The ride stuff to help cancer patients recover Volunteers ensure victims of disease can make it to treatment sessions By jane waterhouse Staff Writer JANE WATERHOUSE Volunteer driver Baldwin Davidson of Red Bank goes the extra mile for cancer patients traveling…

  • Have oars, will travel: Rowing club seeks new home

    Organization must move from current site, which is slated for development By JANE WATERHOUSEStaff Writer By JANE WATERHOUSE Staff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ Kay Vilardi, president of the Navesink River Rowing Club, stands amid boats housed at the organization’s current Maple Avenue home. RED BANK — Kay Vilardi, president of Navesink River Rowing, just doesn’t get…

  • Cobb, Mittermaier tracts to become soccer complex

    Officials say facility will offer active/passiverecreation for all By elaine van develdeStaff Writer Officials say facility will offer active/passive recreation for all By elaine van develde Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — The sales are complete and soccer fields are planned to cover two contiguous open space tracts in town. Those tracts are the 12-acre Mittermaier…