Category: HUB News
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R.B. District seeks $4M grant to expand pre-K
Grant would fund six additional classrooms for 3- and 4-yr.-olds BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer RED BANK — The Red Bank Public School District is seeking a $4,200,403 preschool expansion grant that would fund six additional classrooms to accommodate nearly 100 more students in the preschool program next year. “The grant funding would cover all…
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Seagulls a problem for some T.F. residents
BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — Some borough residents feel as if they are under attack from the skies, and now they have let the council know about the problem. Several residents from the borough’s Fox Chase development in the southern sector of the borough complained during the Dec. 6 Borough Council meeting about…
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Beck: Monmouth Park accord expedites rebid
NJSEA will continue to operate racetrack while new lessee is sought BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer OCEANPORT — Agreements reached between stakeholders in a last-minute deal to save the 2012 racing season at Monmouth Park will shape the state’s follow-up attempt to lease the rights to operate the racetrack. Sen. Jennifer Beck (R-12th District), who has…
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Angry residents call out ‘elephant in the room’
Fair Haven Planning Board upholds denial of tree-removal permit for developer BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer The site plan for a three-lot subdivision in Fair Haven shows an existing tree located in the footprint of a proposed residence.A single tulip poplar tree located within the footprint of one of three proposed residential lots on WoodlandAvenue…
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Help-Portrait: What a photo is worth
Local photographers pool resources for Asbury Park portrait shoot BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer Thirty-six photographers and 34 volunteers offered their time, talent and equipment for the annual Help-Portrait event held in Asbury Park on Dec. 10 when 750 people in 256 portrait sittings had their photographs taken. PHOTOS BY KRISTEN DALTON Not even a…
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Teens create space for leadership, learning
Boys & Girls Clubs opens teen unit at Red Bank center BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer The Boys & Girls Clubs of Monmouth County opened a new teen unit in its Red Bank center on Dec. 12. The space will benefit the Keystone and Torch Club leadership programs.RED BANK — Teens from the Boys &…
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Monmouth Park talks down to the wire
Oceanport mulls study to look at racetrack operation BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer OCEANPORT — Sen. Jennifer Beck (R- 12th District) said last week that residents would not be left holding the bag if Monmouth Park, the borough’s largest taxpayer, does not operate in 2012. “I have had personal conversations with the governor about the fact…
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Jan. 1 meeting kicks off Fair Haven’s centennial
Reorganization meeting to be held in historic Bicentennial Hall BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent FAIR HAVEN — When the Borough Council gathers at noon on Jan. 1 in Bicentennial Hall to hold its first meeting of 2012, it will be in a building that predates the town’s incorporation in 1912. The council meeting is the first…
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RBR seeks nominees for Distinguished Alumni
LITTLE SILVER — Red Bank Regional High School (RBR), through its education foundation, has a tradition of honoring its most distinguished alumni. To date, nearly 100 individuals have received this honor including successful business men and women, philanthropic community members, long-standing public servants, community leaders, exceptional RBR educators and tireless volunteers. Their names are inscribed…
