Category: HUB News
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Red Bank PBA agrees to furloughs
Measure aimed at avoiding layoffs of four officers BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Following more than an hour of closed-session talks over negotiations, the Red Bank Borough Council voted unanimously for an amended contract with police that will require officers to take three unpaid furlough days in 2010. During the May 24 meeting, council also…
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Holocaust stories told to empower students
Survivors and liberator tell of hatred, racism BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer The story of the relationship between Abe Chapnick, Robbie Waisman and Leon Bass is one of tragedy and hope, reunion and activism. Holocaust survivor Robbie Waisman speaks about being imprisoned at Buchenwald concentration camp during the 29th annual colloquium “65 Years of Bearing…
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Tinton Falls elections will be moved to fall
Boro cites cost savings, higher voter turnout BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — In a move that is expected to eventually save close to $100,000 and boost voter turnout, the Tinton Falls Borough Council agreed to move the municipal election date to coincide with the fall general election. By a 4-1 vote at…
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Students are on their way to workshops and performances during the 40th annual New Jersey State Teen Arts Festival held at Monmouth University in West Long Branch on May 27. Students performed and were judged in dance, drama, musical theater, voice, art, creative writing, video and other areas of the arts and attended workshops and…
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Jersey Shore Partnership Celebration June 7
RED BANK — The Jersey Shore Partnership Summer Celebration is scheduled for June 7 at Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook. The Summer Celebration attracts more than 400 shore-loving people for an evening of seafood provided by New Jersey fisheries and prepared by area chefs. The evening includes an awards program and music by Pat Guadagno, local…
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Rotary Club carries on 20-yr. Career Day tradition
Little Silver Police Officer Pete Gibson watches as Isabel Magnus puts on police gear before her tour of the borough Police Department. LITTLE SILVER — For more than 20 years, Red Bank Rotary Club members have made a springtime pilgrimage to Red Bank Regional High School to pick up students who will job shadow them…
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Red Bank community to join together for Night Out Against Crime
Police aim to foster community outreach BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Superintendent Laura C. Morana, Mayor Pasquale Menna, Sen. Jennifer Beck and Police Chief Steven McCarthy announce a series of community events planned for Red Bank’s Night Out Against Crime. KIMBERLY STEINBERG RED BANK — Borough officials last week announced collaborative plans for a series…
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Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Festival at Monmouth Park June 5-6
OCEANPORT — More than three dozen jazz and blues artists and their bands will performSaturday and Sunday, June 5 and 6, at the Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Festival at Monmouth Park racetrack in Oceanport. Music legends John Pizzarelli and Smokin’ Joe Kubek featuring Bnois King will headline the two-day event as 19 different bands…
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Environmental groups oppose power plant
PurGen official says plant would be clean, safe BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Local environmental groups are trying to block a proposal for a power plant that would include a 100-mile-long underwater pipeline transporting pressurized liquid carbon dioxide around Sandy Hook, through Raritan Bay and along the coast of New Jersey. Led by the New…
