Category: HUB News
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Monmouth Regional H.S. introduces $24M budget
Eatontown, Tinton Falls, Shrewsbury Twp. would raise $18.7M tax levy BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer The Monmouth Regional High School Board of Education is seeking public support for its proposed $24.2 million 2011-12 spending plan. Introduced by board Business Administrator Maria Parry at the board’s March 22 meeting, the budget calls for a reduction in…
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New logo reaffirms mission of The Arc of Monmouth
Focus remains on support for people with disabilities and their families BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer Top: Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande, R-12th District, (far left) and The Arc of Monmouth Board President Neil Fleischman (far right) get help unveiling the new logo at the nonprofit’s Tinton Falls headquarters March 24. More than 100 people were on…
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Hydrofracking subject of Brookdale panel
MIDDLETOWN — Brookdale Community College will host an expert panel discussion on the risk of hydrofracking, the controversial procedure that opponents claim is resulting in dangerously contaminated drinking water. The free event will take place Wednesday, April 6, at 7:15 p.m. It will be held in theWarner Student Life Center, Twin Lights rooms I and…
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Historic county sites to be open for visits
‘W eekend in Old Monmouth” returns again with 40 historic sites throughout Monmouth County opening their doors to visitors interested in local history. Hours for most sites are from10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 30 and from noon to 5 p.m. May 1. “Forty historic sites will participate in the third ‘Weekend in Old Monmouth’event,”…
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‘Food for Fines’ program at libraries in April
Patrons with overdue books can close the book on library late fees and donate to their local food pantry at the same time under the Monmouth County Library’s “Fines for Food” program. Anyone who brings in a nonperishable food item to any Monmouth County library branch during National Library Week in April can get $2…
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O’port district budget is under state cap
Voters will weigh in on $9.7M spending plan on April 27 BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer OCEANPORT — The borough Board of Education has approved a $9.7 million 2011-12 spending plan with a 1.86 percent school tax increase that stays under the state cap . Approved unanimously at the board’s March 24 budget hearing, the…
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‘Little Women’ at Ranney
A cast of middle- and upper-school students at Ranney School, Tinton Falls, performs on March 26 in the spring musical, an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women.” PHOTOS BY LAUREN CASSELBERRY
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Residents want garden to take root
BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer RED BANK — While voicing unanimous support for a community garden, Borough Council members said several outstanding issues related to the proposal require consideration . “Who’s going to pay for it? That’s themain thing,” Councilwoman Kathleen Horgan said of the plans by a residents committee to establish a community garden…
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April programs & events at R.B. Public Library
Rik van Hemmen, vice president of the Navesink Maritime Heritage Association, will discuss his new book, “AChronology of Boating on the Navesink River,” at the Red Bank Public Library from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14. The book describes the evolution of boating on the Navesink River from the dugout canoe of 10,000 years…
