Category: HUB News
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Shrewsbury honors past, looks to future
BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer SHREWSBURY — The biggest issue facing the borough for 2011 will be keeping taxes and expenses down, according to the borough’s new mayor, Donald Burden. “The number one issue, like every other borough around here, is to try and hold down the taxes and hold expenses,” Burden said, adding that…
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Libraries celebrate Black History Month
Black History Month will be celebrated at the Monmouth County Library with special weekend programs at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan, and the Eastern Branch Library, 1001 Route 35, Shrewsbury. The programs will explore the power of African American music; the legacy of more than 3,000NewJerseyAfricanAmericanswho served in the Civil War;…
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Car-sharing, solar panels proposed for Monmouth St. project
Courtyards at Monmouth application back before Zoning Board BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer RED BANK — A site plan application for the 57-unit Courtyards at Monmouth returned to the Zoning Board of Adjustment on Jan. 20 with added rain garden, solar canopies and car-sharing provisions. The board heard a previous draft of the application between…
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Eastern Branch to pilot Read Like a Library Champion contest
SHREWSBURY — The Monmouth County Library’s Eastern Branch has been chosen as a pilot library for the Read Like a NJ Library Champion program . The Eastern Branch is one of 10 libraries from across the state chosen by the New Jersey State Library to participate in the program, which will offer patrons the chance…
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Winter fun
Siblings Paige (l-r), Luke and Isabelle Brickle, all of Middletown, try a music-making activity at the Winter Activities Showcase held at the American Red Cross in Tinton Falls on Jan. 22. ERIC SUCAR staff
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R.B. District finds space for pre-K classes
Expanded program open to all 3- and 4-year-olds BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer RED BANK — Through community partnerships, the Red Bank Public School District has found space to house its recently expanded preschool program, according to Superintendent Laura Morana. At a press meeting at St. Anthony Parish on Bridge Avenue on Jan. 13, Morana…
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Donations, volunteers sought for Markham CARES Day
LITTLE SILVER — Markham Place School is asking for volunteers for school activities on Feb. 2 and for donations for Valentine’s Day care packages to be sent to U.S. troops serving abroad. Feb. 2 will be the second annual Markham CARES Day, during which the sixth-grade students will focus on overcoming adversity and building on…
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Speakers throw cold water on golf course proposal
DEP is considering request from Trump National to increase water usage BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer COLTS NECK — Residents of Colts Neck do not want to see green grass at the Trump National Golf Club while they have to deal with wells that are running dry. A New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) public…
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in the service
Army National Guard Staff Sgt. John C. Laczkowski, brother of Brenda Cary of Little Silver, has been mobilized and activated at Joint Base Dix- McGuire-Lakehurst in preparation for deployment to serve in support of either Operation New Dawn or Operation Enduring Freedom. The soldier is a member of the 131st Transportation Company inWilliamstown, Pa. The…
