Category: HUB News
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HABcore hosts Jazz by the River Festival
RUMSON — HABcore, a nonprofit that provides permanent and temporary housing for at risk residents of Monmouth and Ocean counties, will host the fifth annual Jazz by the River Festival June 26. The festival is open to 100 people and will include live entertainment by vocalist Kati Brower, guitarist Jerry Topinka and keyboard player Brad…
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Career planning series among library programs for July
The Red Bank Public Library will host a three-part career planning series presented by Nancy Anderson of Blackbird Learning Associates. The series will begin Wednesday, July 28, with “Job Search Skills for the Age 40+ Worker.” The series will continue on Wednesday, Sept. 29, with “Career Assessment and Resume Preparation”; and on Wednesday, Oct. 27,…
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Murder mystery benefits Red Bank UMC
RED BANK — A production of Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were None” will be presented at Red Bank United Methodist Church, 247 Broad St., on July 24 and 25. Produced as a church fundraiser and presented as dessert theater, the production, also known as “10 Little Indians,” tells the tale of 10 strangers invited…
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Practitioners trained in needs of returning vets
BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Henry Acosta (l-r), from the Governor’s Council on Mental Health, stands with Robin Mama, dean of the School of Social Work at Monmouth University, and Robert Lowry, Carolyn Bradley, and Ellen Foley, members of the school’s Coming Home Project, after they were presented with the N.J. Governor’s Council Ambassador Award…
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Vanessa and Jeremy Briggs of Tinton Falls announce the birth of their daughter, Samantha Michelle, Oct. 25, 2009, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. The baby weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces and joins a sister, Breanna, age 6; a brother, Anthony, 5; and a brother, Tyler, 3½. Grandparents are Janet and Wayne Briggs of Atlantic…
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Area youth studying oil spill recovery in Alaska
Local sites part of Hands Across the Sand event June 26 protesting offshore drilling BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Jake Calvitti has been lobbying against drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska since the age of 10. After five years of working with the Alaska Wilderness League, the now 15- year-old…
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Army Spec. Robert N. Chislett, the son of Mary L. Chislett and stepson of Edward Porter of Red Bank, has graduated from the U.S. Army Ranger School at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga., with authorization to wear the distinctive Ranger Tab. A graduate of the Ranger Course is considered the epitome of the U.S. infantryman. During…
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Fort reuse bill progresses through Legislature
Beck looks for approval before June 30 recess BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Abill that would create the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority must gain the approval of one more committee in each house of the state Legislature before it can go to a full vote. Passed unanimously out of the Assembly Commerce and Economic…
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T.F. prioritizes open space acquisitions
Farmland preservation tops list of properties BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — The Borough Council may look at adding to the borough’s open space inventory now that the Open Space Committee has compiled a priority list of properties. The list, which includes eight properties around the borough, was read by Councilman Andrew Mayer…
