Category: HUB News
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Trunk show will benefit breast cancer awareness
SHREWSBURY — Tula the boutique will host a benefit, “Dressing Up for a Cause,” beginning March 16. The dress event will be dedicated to Cristine Meredith Miele, of Rumson, a tula customer who was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 29 and who succumbed to the disease in 2010 at the age of 41, leaving…
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Charter school marks progress in Nutrition Project
RED BANK — The Red Bank Charter School (RBCS), a K-8 public school, recently announced milestones in its Nutrition Project to provide meals prepared on-site to students and faculty. RBCS announced it has completed construction of a new kitchen, complete with appliances, storage and basic equipment. The school has additionally completed a review of U.S.…
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Secretary of the U.S. Army: Keep commissary open
PX could operate for two years after Fort Monmouth closure BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer The fight to keep the commissary at Fort Monmouth open past the post’s closure date in September has received some significant backing. In a pair of letters addressed to Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez (both D-N.J.), Secretary of the…
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Allaire State Park is Wall’s treasure
Treasures of the Jersey Shore The Allaire Chapel at the Historic Village at Allaire Nestled away in the woods on AtlanticAvenue (Route 524) in Wall Township is Allaire State Park, home to the Historic Village at Allaire. The park is one of the major attractions in Wall Township, a gateway town to the Jersey Shore.…
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New book chronicles black experience in Monmouth
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Brandon Williams, 11, of Manalapan, a member of the New Jersey Orators Club, presents his composition about the importance of reading, as part of a programat Barnes & Noble, Freehold Township, marking Black History Month. The struggles and achievements of African-American families in Monmouth County is the subject of…
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GM Newspapers staff spreads ‘Greater Good’ at animal shelter
Volunteers roll up their sleeves at Sayreville Pet Adoption Center BYAMY ROSEN Staff Writer Clockwise from above: Kyle, a Shih Tzu, gets all dolled up for his new owners during the Greater Media Newspapers’ Day of Greater Good at the Sayreville Pet Adoption Center Feb. 17. GMN controller Kathy McBain (center), an experienced groomer, gets…
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Navesink Garden Club show celebrates spring
RED BANK — Gardeners are invited to the next meeting of the Navesink Garden Club on Tuesday, March 15, when the club celebrates spring with an “Art in Bloom” exhibition at The Atrium, 40 Riverside Ave. in Red Bank. The exhibit is open and free to the general public beginning at 1 p.m. “Art in…
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Neighbors credit mayor for cell tower save
New site negotiated for cell tower along parkway BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — The anxieties that surfaced at the borough’s Zoning Board meetings in recent months may soon subside since Mayor Michael Skudera has brokered a deal to move a controversial proposed cell tower. Skudera announced last month that he reached a verbal…
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O’Scanlon touts GOP pension reforms
Assembly bill would raise retirement age, pension contributions BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer RED BANK — Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon Jr. (R-12th District) has proposed legislation to reform the state’s pension system and avoid a future fiscal crisis that could end in bankruptcy. “If we don’t do [the reforms], the pension system will swallow massively increasing…
