Category: HUB News
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Changes may keep volunteer organizations going in future
By lindsey siegle SHREWSBURY — The borough’s volunteer fire department will have an easier time adjusting to meet its needs in the future. The Borough Council recently adopted an ordinance allowing the department to change its rules by making changes in its bylaws. Previously, the department had to come to the council and request that…
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Red Cross moving to Tinton Falls
By linda denicola JEFF HUNTLEY Tara Kelly, director of development for the American Red Cross, Jersey Coast Chapter, sits outside the organization’s new facility in Tinton Falls. After more than 80 years the American Red Cross is leaving Shrewsbury. The local chapter of the relief agency is relocating to the former Sebastian Perfume Plant at…
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HealthSouth plans Tinton Falls location
By elaine van develde HealthSouth, an accredited rehabilitation facility, is coming to Tinton Falls soon. The idea came before the Planning Board recently, and it was met with positive feedback from members of the board. "It would be the only health-care center of this type for miles around," Mayor Ann McNamara said. "In fact, I…
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Rumson’s first dance studio to open soon
By linda denicola Jeff Huntley Dawn Bess, owner of Steppin Out Dance Studio in Rumson, is about to open the town’s first dance studio. The Steppin Out Dance Studio, formerly located in the Red Bank Galleria, has moved to Rumson and will be ready to open for the fall semester. The studio had been in…
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‘Next Time’ the first time for Rumson playwright
By karen plunkett powell MARIE ORTIZ Joe Simonelli is a busy man as he gets ready to take the stage at the First Avenue Playhouse in Atlantic Highlands in a musical he has written. Joe Simonelli will realize a lifelong dream next weekend. On Sept. 8 his original musical comedy The Next Time Around premieres…
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Battle against ocean dumping intensifies
Eight-day 100-mile march concludes at 2 p.m. today on Sandy Hook By marilyn duff Ocean advocates went to work last week to halt the renewed dumping of dredged materials off the Jersey Shore and got a boost from Sen. Robert Torricelli (D-N.J.). Thousands of marchers were expected to join an eight-day, hundred-mile protest march sponsored…
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Resident turns live grenade in to Little Silver police Device picked up and exploded at Fort Monmouth
By john burton Resident turns live grenade in to Little Silver police Device picked up and exploded at Fort Monmouth A live hand grenade is not most people’s idea of a keepsake. For someone in Little Silver, however, it served as just that for the last 50 years. On Tuesday, a borough resident discovered a…
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School Picnic
Cynthia Lascelles and Jessica Bochicchio enjoy the food at the Red Bank Charter School picnic on Monday. For the story, see page 20.
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Charter School becoming an established alternative
By john burton Stephen Bryant, the music teacher at the Red Bank Charter School, entertains at the school picnic Monday. RED BANK — The education alternative, which is the borough’s Charter School, began its third year this week with some new students and high expectations for not only students, but also for parents and the…
