Category: HUB News

  • Fair Haven municipal tax rate stable for fifth year

    BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent FAIR HAVEN — For the fifth year in a row, the borough will not have an increase in the municipal tax rate. The proposed budget, introduced at the Borough Council meeting on Feb. 27, calls for amunicipal tax rate of 45.6 cents for each $100 of assessed valuation. This is the…

  • Basketball tourney benefits Horizons program

    RUMSON — March Madness will kick off early this year as hundreds of players, spectators and volunteers converge on the Rumson Country Day School hardwood to compete in the Hoops for Horizons 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament, a benefit for the Horizons Student Enrichment Program. Set for Friday, March 9, and Saturday, March 10, the event is…

  • Red Bank restaurants offer prix fixe during March

    RED BANK – Red Bank Flavour, a culinary campaign, is presenting Red Bank Flavour Fixe, a prix fixe dining event in March. Red Bank Flavour Fixe invites diners to enjoy a three-course dining prix fixe every Tuesday and Wednesday evening throughout March. More than 20 Red Bank restaurants are participating by offering a $15, $25…

  • Rumson Restaurant Month returns for fourth year

    RUMSON — Rumson Restaurant Month returns for the fourth year in March, Rumson Mayor John E. Ekdahl announced. The month-long event showcases unique dining experiences and plenty of savings. “We are happy to celebrate Rumson Restaurant Month, a great show of community spirit with 100 percent participation,” said Ekdahl in a press release. “This event…

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    Students explore their new books during the Read Across America Day program, which commemorates the birthday of children’s author Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel, at the Red Bank Primary School on March 2. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Red Bank Board of Ed finds state aid falls short

    Rising enrollment means district must cut programs and staff, reallocate resources BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer Laura C. Morana Members of the Red Bank Public School District Board of Education (BOE) passed a preliminary budget for the 2012-13 school year on Feb. 28, noting their dissatisfaction with inadequate state funding. The district received $2.256 million…

  • ‘What a Wonderful World’

    Students studying stringed instruments at Red Bank Regional High School’s Visual and Performing Arts Academy perform “What a Wonderful World” during the second annual Sunday Showcase at the Little Silver school on Feb. 26. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

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    Red Bank Regional High School Visual and Performing Arts Academy dance majors perform during the second annual Sunday Showcase at the Little Silver school on Feb. 26. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Jobs, future of Monmouth Park tied to lease

    Agreement calls for thoroughbred horsemen to operate racetrack BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer The New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association is expected to sign a lease this week with the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority to operate Monmouth Park. Nearly two years of uncertainty surrounding the future of Monmouth Park may be over by week’s end…