Category: HUB News
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Fresh Air Fund seeks host families
BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer A program that brings New York City children to the suburban splendor of New Jersey for a week of summer fun is seeking new host families for 2011. The Fresh Air Fund has been giving inner-city children the joy of a summer vacation with volunteer host families and at Fresh Air…
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Understanding, empathy is message of Abilities Day
Students learn that physical & developmental challenges can be overcome BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer Above: Fifth-grade students learn about the challenges of visual impairment by participating in an exercise during Abilities Day held at Maple Place Middle School in Oceanport on June 3. Below: Chris Glenn takes part in a mobility exercise, one of…
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Let it rain!
Shrewsbury residents learned how to build, operate and maintain a rain barrel during the Shrewsbury Garden Club’s first “Make a Rain Barrel” workshop. SHREWSBURY — More than a dozen local residents learned how easy it is to catch and harvest rainwater during the Shrewsbury Garden Club’s first “Make a Rain Barrel” workshop held Saturday, May…
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Deadlock continues on site of community garden
Council approves garden project at site other than West Front Street BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer RED BANK — The Borough Council simultaneously endorsed a community garden and rejected a proposed West Front Street location for it with an official resolution June 8, riling the site’s ardent advocates. The garden’s location has been a point…
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Photo contest to capture five decades of open space preservation, park development
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but howmany pictures would it take to capture the beauty of preserving 650,000 acres of open space and parks in New Jersey over the past 50 years? That’s the challenge the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is putting into the shutter-happy hands of residents and visitors,…
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R.B. summer campers will explore river
BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer RED BANK— The borough public school district’s summer program aims to bridge the gap between school years with the help of several community partners. The Boys and Girls Club, Navesink Maritime Heritage Association and New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium (NJSGC) will provide activities for the enrolled students, Superintendent Laura Morana…
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Rowing on the river
From top: Allison Lehman, Ocean Township, gets a rowing lesson from instructor Eamon Sweeny during Learn-to-Row Day on the Navesink River in Red Bank on June 12. A group of youths enjoy the sport of rowing during the event, which was sponsored by Red Bankbased Navesink River Rowing, whose mission is to educate the public…
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Aslan’s ‘Island Nights’ fundraiser July 23
RED BANK — Aslan Youth Ministries, a nonprofit that provides leadership programs for disadvantaged youths in Asbury Park, Long Branch and Red Bank, will host its largest fundraiser of the year 5:30-11 p.m. July 23. Aslan’s 12th annual “Island Nights,” to be held at 41 Breezy Point Road in Little Silver, will feature Caribbean cuisine,…
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County receives $1.5M for fort workers’ assistance
Career center provides training/support to displaced employees of Fort Monmouth BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer The county’s assistance program for workers displaced by the closure of Fort Monmouth has received a $1.5 million boost from the federal government. The $1.5 million is the final installment of an initial $3 million National Emergency Grant (NEG) awarded…
