Category: HUB News

  • Teen Arts

    From top: Sarah Bertekap, a junior at Communications High School, studies an art book included in “Identity,” an exhibit of student art at the Center for Visual Arts at Brookdale Community College during the Teen Arts Festival on March 15. The Monmouth County Arts Council presents the festival in collaboration with Brookdale, which hosted the…

  • Health care costs continue to impact local budgets

    Mild winter a bonus for Red Bank’s, Rumson’s 2012 municipal budgets BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer The Red Bank Borough Council introduced the 2012 municipal budget, up $841,000 from last year, at its March 14 meeting. The $20.7 million proposed budget increased 4.2 percent, with 2.7 percent of the increase due to an increase in…

  • Oceanport BOE approves $9.9M tentative budget

    Tax levy will remain flat in Oceanport, Sea Bright BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer OCEANPORT — If all goes according to plan, Oceanport and Sea Bright property owners will not see an increase in the school district portion of their tax bills. The Oceanport Board of Education at its March 5 meeting approved a tentative $9.9…

  • Race for Haiti’s Children April 21

    RED BANK — The First Presbyterian Church at Red Bank, also known as Tower Hill Church, will hold the second annual 5K Race for Haiti’s Children on Saturday, April 21. The 5K starts promptly at 8:30 a.m. with children’s events and races starting at 9:15 a.m. Registration takes place on church grounds at 255 Harding…

  • Boro, horsemen view track as year-round venue

    Twilight races, concerts and Haskell planned for 2012 season at Monmouth Park BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer With the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen’sAssociation (NJTHA) in control, plans for Monmouth Park call for the Oceanport racetrack to evolve into a year-round destination with attractions that appeal to a wider audience. “Ideally our first goal is to increase…

  • Spring(steen) is in the air

    Fans flock to Jack’s Music for CD’s midnight release BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer Bruce Springsteen fans file into Jack’s Music Shoppe on Broad Street after standing in line for the midnight release of his new album, “Wrecking Ball,” on March 6. KRISTEN DALTON I t was cold, it was dark, and you could see…

  • Red Bank library offers March programs for adults and children

    RED BANK — Adoption reform advocate Carol Barbieri will discuss her experiences as an adoptee in New Jersey and her difficult search to find her biological family Thursday, March 29, at 7 p.m. at the Red Bank Public Library, 84 W. Front St. Separated from her twin sister at birth, abandoned as an infant, Barbieri…

  • Sea Bright council discusses $5.3M budget

    Reduced state aid, decreased property values impact tax increase BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — The Borough Council discussed the $5.3 million municipal budget for the 2012 fiscal year at a special workshop onMarch 5. The budget calls for taxpayers to raise $3.9 million compared to last year’s $5.2 million budget that called…

  • 11th Annual Keith D. McHeffey 3-Mile Fun Run and Walk

    Troy D’Amico sprints to the finish line during the 11th Annual Keith D. McHeffey 3-Mile Fun Run and Walk along Ocean Avenue through Sea Bright and Monmouth Beach on March 10. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Carrie Adams (l-r) and Alice Adams, of Fair Haven, share a hug after finishing the run, which is held…